How to Return to One Stitch Per Hole

When you crochet a hat you usually start at the top. You increase your stitches to make the broad, flat part of your hat. Then you decrease your stitches to make the crown of the hat, or the part that bends. After the crown of the hat, you will form the sides of the hat. Here's how.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

1. Turn your piece by chaining the correct number of stitches (one stitch if working in a single crochet, two stitches if working in a double crochet, three stitches if working in a triple crochet). If you are working in the round, as is common when making a hat, you can skip this step and move on to Step 2.

2. Slip the needle through the hole that is next in line on your crochet piece. Crochet one stitch through this hole. (The type of crochet stitch, single, double or triple, does not matter.) This hole is the first stitch on your crochet piece that is after the chains you made in Step 1.

3. Move on to the next stitch, and crochet one stitch. Continue moving by only adding one stitch per stitch on the previous row until your garment is the proper length.

4. Keep in mind that your piece will continue becoming more broad or tapered, despite having stopped decreasing or adding stitches for several rows. In fact it may take two or three rows of crocheting one stitch per hole before the piece looks as if it hasn't increased nor decreased.

Tips & Warnings

• When shaping a hat, consider Step 4 to avoid making the crown too bulbous.