Crochet Along - Spring Or Summer Baby Hat for 3+ Old Baby

I am sick and tired of winter. I do not want to knit gloves and scarves and winter hats until next fall. Actually I do not want to wear them anymore either. I yearn for spring. Soon we will have birds singing on the trees and we won't have to bundle up anymore. Aaaahhhh. Until next winter, that is.

That vision made me work on my newest project - spring/summer hat for a baby. It took me about 5 days to crochet, videotape, edit, convert the video into the proper format, upload it, do a write up and share it on social media for my fellow knitters out htere all over the world. 

Anyway, here are the specs: the circumference of the hat is about 14" and it's height is 5.75", so I think that about 3-6 moths old baby could wear it without any problem. 

The stitches I used in this pattern are chain, slip stitch, single crochet and double crochet, so if you know how to do those, you can crochet this hat for sure. 

I made a video which you can view HERE. See Step-by-Step written instructions below.

If you have a spare time, know how to crochet and know a baby that is about 3 months old and older, get yourself some cotton yarn and make some one happy with a beautiful stylish hat. And do not be shy to share this with your friends-crocheters. 

Happy knitting and crocheting. Cheers.

Sunday, May 31, 2015 - I made a small update to this pattern. Use the numbers in red curly brackets if you want to crochet this hat for a 1 year old child. The numbers are mathematically calculated thus only approximate. The red numbers should correspond with about 18" circumference. If anyone of you out there will follow this pattern for one year old, please let me know if it is OK, and if there are any errors.  THANK YOU.

Material:
Cotton yarn from Pattons, "Grace" in green and pink colors
Hook size: 3.5mm
Scissors
Button

Step-by-Step directions:

Hat

Green Yarn 

Row 1 ch5 {6}, join
Row 2 ch1, 11 {14} sc, join
Row 3 ch2, *[2 sc into each st] - repeat, join ( total 22 {28} sts)
Row 4 ch3, 1 dc into first st, ch1, skip st *[ 2 dc into next st, ch1, skip st ]* - repeat from * to *, join ( total 11 {14} clusters)
Row 5 Sl st along first cluster, ch3 into first space, 1 dc into same space, ch1, 2 dc into same space, *[2 dc into next space, ch1, 2 dc into same space]* - repeat from * to *, join, ( total 11 {14} clusters)
Row 6-13 2 Sl sts along first cluster, ch3 into first space, 2 dc into same space, ch1, 3 dc into same space, *[3 dc into next space, ch1, 3 dc into same space]* - repeat from * to *, join, ( total 11 {14} clusters)

Pink yarn

Row 14 start in the chain space of the first cluster: sl st, ch 3, 1 dc between clusters, ch2, *[1 sc in the middle of the next cluster, ch2, 1 dc between clusters, ch2]* - repeat from * to *, join at first sl st
Row 15 ch2, 2 sc into ch2, 1 sc into dc st, 2 sc into ch2, *[1 sc into sc st, 2 sc into ch2, 1 sc into dc st, 2 sc into ch2*] - repeat from * to *, join ( total 66 {84} sts)
Row 16-17 ch2, sc 65 {83}, join with sl st

Flower

Pink yarn

Row 1 ch5 , join
Row 2 crochet into the base circle *[ch3, 2 dc, ch3, sl st]* - repeat from * to * four more times (total 5 petals), place button in the middle to the flower and attach both to the hat.

Weave in all ends.

If any one of you finds any error, pls let me know.

Knitted Crown For Little Girls On Double Pointed Needles

Once upon a time, there lived a beautiful princess. Her mom loved to knit. One day her mommy came across a very nice looking headband while searching for knitting ideas. She thought: "Hmmm... My little princess would like that very much." She searched some more until she found a free pattern. However, the pattern had a few errors. As she was knitting she struggled a little. She decided to re-write the pattern to her liking and to change the edge of the crown a little. When she finished knitting the crown she gave it to her little girl. The princess jumped with joy and wore the beautiful platinum crown all the time. She even wore it to a bed at night. Her mommy decided to share the updated pattern on her blog. The end.

OK. OK. Enough of this fairy-tale. Here is more info :-)
I used Lion Brand, Vanna's Glamour in platinum color, but you can use any other yarn brand of your choice. Also if you'd use thicker yarn and higher-sized needles the headband would get slightly bigger and taller.

I think this a great way to keep your girl's ears warm on a windy spring day and at the same time have your princess (or even a prince) looking stylish. It makes a great gift, too.
Enjoy.

Read my other post about using thicker yarn HERE, or you can watch my video HERE.

If you have a hard time knitting on circular, or double-pointed needles (DPNs), check out my post where I wrote another pattern of this crown for knitters who use only straight knitting needles. CLICK HERE to see the post.

Crocheters can make their crowns too - THIS ONE is a simple crown, and THIS ONE is taller and more elaborate.


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Materials (if you shop via affiliated links below you could help fund my projects TXS):
Michaels online store, OR Hobby Lobby, OR Jo-Ann Fabrics, OR Walmart
1 skein of yarn - fine weight #2 or #3
long needles size #5, circular needles size #5, OR five double-pointed needles #5
scissors
yarn needle for weaving in the ends

Abbreviations:
K - knit
P - purl
s2k - slip two stitches knit-wise (one at a time) from your left needle to your right needle
p2sso - pass two slipped stitches off your right needle over your knitted stitch (decrease by 2 stitches)
pm - place marker onto your right needle
sm - slip marker from left needle onto your right needle
YO - yarn over
BO - bind off

Size:
circumference of my knitted crown measures 13.5", and is 2.5" tall at the highest point

Step-by-step Instructions:

We work on multiple of 18 sts.

Row 1 - CO 126 sts
Row 2 - *[K8, s2k, K1, p2sso, K7, pm]* - repeat from * to * six more times (total 7 points) - join without twisting the knit, Note: if you are using circular needles use magic loop, if you are using DPNs distribute stitches evenly
Row 3 - *[P7, s2k, K1, p2sso, P6, sm]* - repeat from * to * six more times
Row 4 - *[K6, s2k, K1, p2sso, K5, sm]* - repeat from * to * six more times
Row 5 - *[P5, s2k, K1, p2sso, P4, sm]* - repeat from * to * six more times
Row 6 - K all sts
Row 7 - *[K1, YO, K3, s2k, K1, p2sso, K3, YO, sm] - repeat from * to * six more times
Row 8 - K all sts
Row 9 - *[K2, YO, K2, s2k, K1, p2sso, K2, YO, K1, sm] - repeat from * to * six more times
Row 10 - K all sts

Row 11 - *[K3, YO, K1, s2k, K1, p2sso, K1, YO, K2, sm] - repeat from * to * six more times
Row 12 - K all sts

Row 13 - *[K4, YO, s2k, K1, p2sso, YO, K3, sm] - repeat from * to * six more times
Row 14-15 - P all sts
Row 16-17 - K all sts
Row 18-19 - P all sts
Row 20 - BO (loosely) all sts

Note: for Rows 14 through 20 you can remove all markers.

Weave in your ends.

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Note: Most of the time I work as fast as I can to keep up with knitting and crocheting requests. I have to videotape, edit videos, then convert them & upload them to my channel. After that often I post on my blog patterns. I answer many questions, which means that often I work up to 16 hours a day. I would tremendously appreciate IF anyone of you who finds an error in the written pattern, so please, let me know - where (what rows) and what may be the problem. Many future knitters & crocheters from our artsy and crafty virtual world will thank you for your good deed, including myself.