Hello Everyone!
It’s day 8 of the 10 days of giving and today I’m bringing you an alpine hat in a style that’s new to my blog! This hat is made in a long tube so no increases or decreases, it’s cinched shut at the end and then a pompom is put on top. I recently got some fur pompoms and this style of hat is wonderful with fur pompoms.
Remember this is the 10 days of giving collection and with that I always urge my fellow crocheters to use their crafts to help those who need it. Usually I would suggest websites that you can visit to send items places, but this year I’ve been doing it a little bit different. This year I’ve been urging everyone to look locally for places to help. With the way the world’s been this year I feel like coming together to raise the spirits of our local community this holiday season should be something we really try to do, Many local places accept donations for warmth, places like schools, hospitals, women’s shelters, homeless shelters, churches. You can also ask around your community to find more places that may be asking for help.
Let’s get hooking everyone!
Supplies
1 ball of a weight 4 yarn. (any ball over 100 grams will be large enough, the hat in the photo used about half of a caron cake.)
5.5mm crochet hook
Scissors
Darning needle
Fur pompom
Abbreviations
Ch- Chain
Sc- Single crochet
DC- Double crochet
FPDC- Front post double crochet
Slst- Slip stitch
Notes
Gauge- 7 stitches=2 inches every. 7 rows (DC, sc alternating)= 2 inches.
The side that shows the alpine stitch is the right side.
For the pompom I placed a button on the inside of the hat, just off of where the hole is. That way it can be removed for watching.
For cinching the top shut i double up my yarn so I could make the cinch tighter.
Crochet Hat Pattern
Row 1- Work 72 foundation sc. Join to beginning with slst.
Row 2- Ch 2, turn, DC in each stitch around. Join to beginning with slst.
Row 3- Ch 1, turn, sc in each stitch around. Join to beginning with slst.
Row 4- Ch 2, turn, *work 1 DC in the next 3 stitches from hook. FPDC in the next DC of the previous DC row, DC in the next stitch, FPDC in the next, DC in the next, FPDC in the next* Repeat * around. Join to beginning with slst.
Row 5- Ch 1, turn, sc in each stitch around. Join to beginning with slst.
Row 6- Ch 2, turn, *DC in the next 4 stitches, FPDC in the next DC of the previous DC row, DC in the next stitch, FPDC in the next* Repeat * around. Join to beginning with slst. (You will end with 1 DC in the final stitch)
Rows 7-21- Repeat rows 3-6
Band
Row 1- Ch 7, work 1 sc in second ch from hook and in each ch across. Slst in the next 2 stitches of the body of you hat.
Row 2- turn, sc in each sc stitch.
Row 3- Ch 1, turn, sc in each stitch. Slst into the next 2 stitches of the body of your hat.
Rows 4-72- Repeat rows 2-3
Tie off
Whip stitch the first and last row of your band together. Weave in ends.
Before we go…
As always I hope you all enjoyed today’s pattern, I sure loved making it the alpine stitch is one of my favorites. If you would like to see some of my other patterns that use the alpine stitch you can see my alpine stitch fingerless gloves (Which would go wonderfully with today’s pattern). You can also see my bulky alpine ear warmer here!
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Once again I hope you all enjoyed todays pattern and as always happy hooking!