The Crochet Cotton Sun Hat uses the latest Bernat Softee Cotton yarn. Sized for an average adult female. Double-stranded for sturdiness.
Challenged by the social team of Yarnspirations to develop a summer based hat,
I pulled inspiration from the Crochet Bucket Hat by Yarnspirations for stitch count tolerance.
I didn't want just straight double crochets as it's too easy for me to do that. Instead, I used the stitch counts to give me a helping hand.
Using my preference of textured stitches, someone messaged me about the bean stitch earlier in the day before starting to design this. So I had the bean stitch on the brain, sort of speak, and wondered if I could through that in my hat.
The latest new yarn called Bernat Softee Cotton is not dishrag cotton. It's fashion cotton on the light #3 level. I double-stranded to provide more strength and durability. The hat has substance and possibly a hat style you would find in a gift shop. The way the bean stitch and the 2 dc that share a stitch work together, visually gives me the impression of weaving and intention gapping spaces to let the heat from your head escape.
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Alternative Sizing
During the tutorial, I did the entire pattern using the 4 mm / G Hook with single-stranding Caron Cotton Cakes. The hat turns to a child-size of 19". A child's head circumference is 18" - 20". It's lightweight and works.
Sherryl Gentry says
I love this hat. I vote for a tutorial! Please!
Oldina says
I would like to print it is there an option to do this
Wendy Maruna says
There are two spots where you can get the PDF for this pattern. One is the name of the pattern in the first paragraph of the article - it is a blue link that will open the PDF for you. The other option is a little ways the article (between the headings of MORE IDEAS and TUTORIAL) you will see a pretty blue button that says FREE PATTERN that will take you to the pdf also. Hope it helps
Cara says
Click where it says pattern in the blue box. That opens the pdf of the pattern. You can print from there.
sandy says
Hi Thank you for the pattern for the cotton sun hat, will you be doing a tutorial for the hat, i really want to try it but i do so much better with a tutorial, so please consider doing one. Thank you and thank you for all that you do.