How to Crochet a Mod Hat
You can stroll into your neighborhood boutique and pick up a cute hat or you can take pride in your crafting ability and make a floppy-brim hat with retro-mod '60s style your friends will be clamoring for. You need to know how to crochet in the round and make single and half double crochet stitches.
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Things You'll Need
- One skein each cotton yarn in two coordinating or contrasting colors
- Size G/6 crochet hook
- Stitch marker
- Large-eye tapestry needle
- Scissors
Instructions
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Crown and Body
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1
Crochet five chains (ch) using color A and your G/6 hook and join with a slip stitch (sl st). For round one, make three ch and, repeat six times from this point, work a half double crochet (hdc) stitch into the circle and make one ch. Join with a sl st in the second ch of the ch three. Place your stitch marker on this stitch.
Each round will begin with three chains and end with a slip stitch in the second chain of the chain three.
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2
Begin round two. Crochet one hdc and one ch, one hdc and one ch in between hdc and repeat to the end of the round. For round three, crochet one hdc and one ch into the same ch space. Repeating to the end of this round, make one hdc, one ch and one hdc into the next ch space.
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3
Skip the first space for round four. Repeating from this point to the end of the round, make one hdc and one ch into the next space.
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4
Crochet one hdc in the first space of round five. Make one ch. Repeating from this point to the end of the round, crochet one hdc and one ch twice in the next space. Make one hdc and one ch into each of the next two spaces.
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5
Repeat round four for round six. Begin round seven and work one hdc and one ch into first space. Repeating from this point to the end of this round, work one hdc and one ch into the next two spaces.
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6
Crochet rounds eight through 22 with the same stitch pattern as in round four.
Brim
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7
Begin round one of the brim with three ch as usual. Repeating from this point to the end of this round, crochet two hdc in the next space six times then one hdc in next sp. Join with sl st as in rounds for crown. Each round of the brim begins and ends as those in the crown.
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8
Crochet round two with one hdc in the space between hdc four times then two hdc in the next space. Repeat to end of round.
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9
Work round three as round two. Begin round four and crochet one hdc in each space around.
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10
Start round five, then, repeating from this point to the end of this round, make one hdc in the next spaces nine times and two hdc in the next space. Crochet rounds six through nine as round five.
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Crocheting with two strands of color B for round 10, make two ch then one single crochet in each space to the end of this round. Join with sl st and fasten off.
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Tips & Warnings
Use the stitch marker so you know where you are in your work.
Gauge: Six chains times five rows, using G/6 hook equals two inches.
