Pattern Description:
The Skipton Hat is a crochet pattern worked in two main sections. The headband is created by working rows from side to side, which are then joined to form a ring.
Subsequently, the body of the hat is worked into the sides of these headband rows in continuous rounds, without joining or turning.
Materials Needed & Measurements:
- Yarn: 1 x 100g skein of Double Knit weight yarn.
- Yarn Weight: Double Knit (DK).
- Hook:
- 3.5mm/US 4/E (or size needed to achieve gauge).
- 5mm/US 8/H (or size needed to achieve gauge).
- Notions:
- Removable Stitch Marker.
- Pom Pom (optional).
- Measurements: The finished hat measures 50cm/20” on the headband circumference (with stretch room) and 29cm/11.5” long.
Stitches & Abbreviations Used:
- BLO: Back Loop Only
- Ch: Chain
- Cont: Continue
- Rep: Repeat
- St(s): Stitch(es)
- Htr: Half Treble Crochet (Half Double Crochet)
- Htr2tog: Half Treble Crochet two stitches together (Half Double Crochet two stitches together)
- Sl St: Slip Stitch
Instructions for Making the Skipton Hat Pattern:
Work the Headband
- Foundation Row: Using the smaller hook (3.5mm/US 4/E), Ch 17. Then, work 1 Htr in the 3rd Ch from the hook, and work 1 Htr in each Ch to the end. Turn your work. You should have 15 Sts.
- Rnd 1: Ch 3, then work 1 Htr BLO in each St to the end. Turn your work.
- Repeat Rnd 1 a further 58 times, creating a total of 60 rows.
- Join: Join the top of the last row to the bottom of the first row by working a row of Sl St through both thicknesses.
Work Main Body of Hat
- Preparation: Turn your work 90 degrees, so you are now working into the sides of the rows you just created.
- Rnd 1: Using the larger hook (5mm/US 8/H), Ch 2. Evenly work 90 Htr around the headband. This can be easily calculated by working 3 Sts across each 2 rows. Place a Removable Stitch Marker to indicate the end of the Rnd. You should have 90 Sts.
- Note: You are now working in rounds of continuous crochet. At the start of a new Rnd, work directly into the first St from the previous Rnd without joining or turning.
- Rnd 2: Work 1 Htr in each St to the end of the Rnd.
- Repeat Rnd 2 a further 13 times more, for a total of 15 Rnds.
Decrease for the Crown
- Rnd 1: 13 Htr, 1 Htr2tog, Rep from to end of Rnd. (84 Sts).
- Rnd 2: 12 Htr, 1 Htr2tog, Rep from to end of Rnd. (78 Sts).
- Rnd 3: 11 Htr, 1 Htr2tog, Rep from to end of Rnd. (72 Sts).
- Rnd 4: 10 Htr, 1 Htr2tog, Rep from to end of Rnd. (66 Sts).
- Rnd 5: 9 Htr, 1 Htr2tog, Rep from to end of Rnd. (60 Sts).
- Rnd 6: 8 Htr, 1 Htr2tog, Rep from to end of Rnd. (54 Sts).
- Rnd 7: 7 Htr, 1 Htr2tog, Rep from to end of Rnd. (48 Sts).
- Rnd 8: 6 Htr, 1 Htr2tog, Rep from to end of Rnd. (42 Sts).
- Rnd 9: 5 Htr, 1 Htr2tog, Rep from to end of Rnd. (36 Sts).
- Rnd 10: 4 Htr, 1 Htr2tog, Rep from to end of Rnd. (30 Sts).
- Rnd 11: 3 Htr, 1 Htr2tog, Rep from to end of Rnd. (24 Sts).
- Rnd 12: 2 Htr, 1 Htr2tog, Rep from to end of Rnd. (18 Sts).
- Rnd 13: 1 Htr, 1 Htr2tog, Rep from to end of Rnd. (12 Sts).
- Rnd 14: 6 Htr2tog. (6 Sts).
Finishing Instructions
- Fasten off leaving a tail long enough to close the top of the hat.
- Close the top of the hat: Turn the hat inside out, fold the hole flat, and work 3 Sl Sts across, working through both thicknesses.
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