How to Crochet a Skully Hat

Use variegated yarn to crochet a rainbow skully hat, or go with a solid color for a traditional look.

Skully hats are a great gift item for people of any age or gender. Worn just down to partially cover the ears, a skully hat is ideal for any cool-weather days. You can crochet a skully hat in one color for a simple style or embellish it with striped patterns and embroidered designs. If you can crochet in the round, you can crochet a skully hat.

Difficulty:

Moderate

Instructions

Things You'll Need

• Worsted weight yarn
• Crochet hook size US I
• Scissors
• Large eye blunt needle

1. Make two chain stitches and stitch five half double crochet stiches in the second chain from the hook. Join with a slip stitch to form a circle. Chain one.

2. Increase the size of your circle by crocheting two half double crochet stitches in every stitch around and joining with a slip stitch. For every subsequent round, you will crochet X number of half double crochet stitches followed by two half double crochets in the next stitch. So for instance, in your second round X will be one; in round three X will be two and in round four it will be three. Increase X by one for every round until the circumference of the hat measures approximately two inches smaller than the circumference of your head.

3. Crochet evenly around for the next few rounds. To do this, chain one and make one half double crochet stitch in every stitch around, joining with a slip stitch to form a circle. Keep crocheting in this manner until the hat is long enough to just cover the wearer's forehead and the tops of his ears.

4. For the final round, join with a slip stitch and then cut your working yarn, leaving a four-inch tail. Make one more slip stitch to secure the yarn and then weave in the loose ends using a large-eye blunt needle.

Tips & Warnings

• For a striped look, crochet in one color until the last five rows. Then switch to a new color for one row, back to the old color for two rows, then the new color for one row, and old color for the last two rows.

References

• Crochet Pattern Central: Hats