How to Crochet a Hat Brim for a Newsboy Cap
Turn a regular slouchy cap into a newsboy cap with the addition of a hat brim. To crochet a hat brim for a newsboy cap, you only need to understand simple crochet stitches and the art of increasing and decreasing. Add a stiff center to your brim and sew it on.
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Instructions
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Crochet the top of the brim by starting with a small beginning chain (six to eight stitches, depending on how wide you want the tip of your brim to be). Make one single crochet in each chain across, then chain one and turn.
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Increase the next row by making two single crochet stitches in every single crochet stitch from row one. For the next row, increase by making two stitches in every other stitch. Continue in this fashion until the brim reaches its desired width, then make one or two rows of even single crochet stitches.
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Fasten off the top of the brim and leave a long tail for sewing.
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Make the bottom of the brim by repeating steps 1 through 3.
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Trace the top of the brim onto cardboard, and then cut out the shape, making it slightly smaller than your traced line. Place this sheet of cardboard between the two sides of your brim.
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Sew the two sides of the brim together with the cardboard between them. To do this, either single crochet all around the edges or use a whipstitch with a large eye blunt needle.
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Sew the brim onto the front of your newsboy cap using an extra length of yarn and a large-eye blunt needle.
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