Texture up your hat with a ripple, lots of ripples... I say! I love the natural elastic nature of the Camel Stitch, as Mikey has demonstrated in the Crystal Ice Hat. It gave the body of the hat easy ripple textures. This is the Crochet Easy Ripple Hat.
The latest revision has some fixes and using Patons Alpaca Blend with the same hook size. The pattern was revised with a crochet diagram to help you out.
Using Caron Cakes, I decided to use CaronCakes Bumbleberry to see how it would turn out. Full disclaimer, the ball naturally fed the colours and it just happened to work out that the brim was a solid colour before changing. Seriously, I should have bought a lotto ticket! Below though, I show you a sample in Bernat Pop! and you can see the brim change midway through to a different colour.
Crochet Diagram
This is available in the download above as well.
If you want the brim a solid colour, isolate a complete section of the Caron Cakes colour and use it. When the brim is finished, cut the yarn then restart the ball at a new colour. Caron Cakes has the ability to have the colours all work together well as decided by professional designers. So don't be afraid to doctor it.
Written by Laura Jean Bartholomew, The Crochet Crowd Seeker
©2017 The Crochet Crowd
Sylvia says
Can you direct me on making this smaller, like for a toddler? My good at changing patterns but would like to give it a try for my granddaughter. 🙂 Thanks in advance for any guidance!
Laura Jean Bartholomew says
Sylvia - I would chain just short of your granddaughters's head circumference. - So there is a little stretch and then make sure you have an even number of stitches 🙂
I will contact my oldest daughter and have her measure my granddaughter's head, and give it a whirl too. -LJ
Sylvia says
Thank you so much, can’t wait to give it a try!?
Valerie Tarbart says
A Mikey video for this? Maybe even for lefties?
Love this
Laura Jean Bartholomew says
Not at this time, we do have tutorials on the brim and the body of the hat - LJ
debbie says
if using bernat pop! Is it still 1 ball? Thanks for the pattern!
Laura Jean Bartholomew says
Yes and I think I might have enough for a second! - lj