How to Crochet Boy's Hats
Crocheting a boy's hat is quick, easy and fun. As with all handcrafted projects, the creative aspects of selecting yarn and the size of the crochet hook make it possible to use the same pattern repeatedly while achieving very different looks and results. Variegated polyester yarns work just as nice as a solid-color wool for this pattern.
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Instructions
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Shape the Crown
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Use single crochet stitches to create the cap. Measure the head circumference of the person who will wear the cap. Make a note of the measurement and keep it handy while you crochet the cap. Tie a slipknot onto the crochet hook with the yarn. This is the first stitch. To make the first row of the cap, use a method called chaining. To create a chain stitch with the slipknot on the hook, hook the yarn and draw it through the loop, using your thumb and index finger to guide your work. Chain 5. Join the slipknot to the last stitch using a slipstitch, by pulling the yarn through the loop to form a circle. This is the top, or skull, of the cap.
To mark this point with a yarn marker, snip another piece of a different-colored yarn, and weave it through the beginning point. Do not tie the marker. You will remove this visual device later.
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To single crochet, wrap the yarn around the crochet hook, and then hook the yarn so that you have two loops on the crochet hook. Pull both through the loop. This is one single crochet. Single crochet 6 stitches in each of the previous 6 stitches around the circle. This will take you back to the original marker --- the piece of yarn that you added in Step 1. Use a slipstitch to join, or pull the yarn through the first and second rows.
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This begins your third row of the cap. Single crochet 2 stitches in each of the 6 stitches to increase, giving you a total of 12 stitches. This process widens the cap gradually so that it fits easily. At this point, you can already begin to compare the width of the cap with the measurement that you noted earlier. You will need to continue to crochet additional rows for the proper fit.
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Single crochet in the next stitch. Single crochet 2 stitches in the second stitch. Follow this pattern to complete the round. This row increases the cap's width gradually.
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To create a hat with an upturned brim, crochet in the round for several more inches. Single crochet 4. On every fifth stitch, crochet two single crochets in each. Follow this pattern to complete the round. Compare the cap measurement from the largest point of the cap to the measurement that you took earlier. When the circumferences are the same, discontinue crocheting two single crochets in each stitch.
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Single crochet in each stitch until the desired length is achieved. If possible, at this point you can carefully place the cap on the boy's head to fit so that you can gauge the best length. When you have reached the desired dimensions of the cap, clip the yarn at about 3 inches past the last stitch and pull the yarn through.
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Remove the yarn marker. Thread the tail of the yarn from the last stitch onto the needle. Weave the yarn through by guiding the needing up and between stitches on the inside of the cap to hide and secure the last stitch. From the top, weave the beginning thread through in the same manner, guiding the threaded needle down through the completed crochet stitches to finish the cap.
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Tips & Warnings
For the most effective yarn markers, use a contrasting color yarn cut to approximately 5 inches long.
The hat will be crocheted in the round without needing to join after the second row. The yarn marker will help you to determine where the rows begin and end.
To ensure that the cap does not fit too tightly, measure the circumference of the child's head before starting the project and then add rows to increase the circumference as necessary.
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- Photo Credit crochet image by Lytse from Fotolia.com crochet project image by robert mobley from Fotolia.com boy image by Svetlana Kashkina from Fotolia.com
