Mini Sun Hat Crochet Pattern

Instructions

1. Crochet all parts by following the crochet patterns stated below. 
2. Tie the bow to the hat
3. Weave in all yarn ends.

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Abbreviations

ch: chain

sc: single crochet

hb: horizontal bar (refer to the tutorial picture below)

slst: slip stitch

inc: 2sc increase

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CROCHET PATTERN

Mini Sun Hat

With Khaki Yarn:

Round 1: sc 8 in magic ring. {8}

Round 2: [inc hb] 8 times. {16}

Round 3: [sc hb, inc hb] 8 times. {24}

Round 4 - 8: sc hb around. {24}

Change to Brown Yarn:

Round 9: sc hb around. {24}

Change to Khaki Yarn

Round 10: [inc hb, sc hb] 12 times. {36}

Round 11: (sc, sk 1 st, 5dc, sk 1 st) 9 times. slst to the first sc stitch of the round.

Fasten and hide yarn ends.

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Bow (Refer to the picture above)

With Brown yarn:

a) ch 18,

b) slst in the 4th st from the hook, slst in next 4 sts,

c) ch 8,

d) slst in the 4th st from the hook, slst in the next 4 sts,

e) ch 12,

f) slst in the 4th st from the hook, slst in the remaining 21 sts.

Fasten and leave a long tail for sewing.

Band the 2 long ends of the bow as per the picture above, sew to connect them.

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More Details on how to crochet the Mini Sun Hat

As the crochet pattern is calling for a variation of single crochet stitch: single crochet at a horizontal bar or 3rd loop (sc hb), here is the detail on how to crochet it.

This is the front side of the “sc hb” single crochet stitch variation. 

This is the back.

If you compare it to normal single crochet, you may notice the difference as this variation has no horizontal bar (round 1 and 2) at the back of the crochet piece.

In a normal single crochet stitch, we insert our hook under the 2 loops (the V) on the top of the last round. However, for this horizontal bar variation, we insert the hook into the horizontal bar or the 3rd loop at the back of the crochet piece (as shown in the picture). By doing this, we push the 2 top loops to the front and that’s where the “knit-like-V” forms.

Another view of where to insert the hook.

It is just like how you do the single crochet stitch just that you are drawing yarn over from the horizontal bar or the 3rd loop at the back of the crochet piece.

When the pattern called for an increase, just make 2 single crochet stitches into the same horizontal bar.

If you have difficulty understanding this explanation, search “single crochet in 3rd loop” on Youtube for a video.

Attach the bow to the sun hat after you have completed them according to the crochet pattern above.

Perfect Match!

Crochet a mini tote bag to pair with the mini sun hat. Get the pattern for the Mini Tote Bag here.