Beginner Crochet Hat in Bulky Yarn

Beginner crochet hat pattern with bulky yarn

This beginner crochet hat in bulky yarn is long enough to wear slouchy or fold up at the bottom for extra warmth around your ears. The pattern includes six sizes for preemies, babies, children, and adults. If you are pretty new to crochet, this pattern is the perfect first hat for you to try!

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Can you make a hat with bulky yarn?

You might be wondering if bulky yarn is good for crocheting hats. Bulky yarn is a great choice for crochet hats! The thick yarn creates a warm beanie that’s great for time spent outdoors in the winter.

In addition to making warm hats, it’s also quicker to crochet a hat in bulky yarn. Thicker yarn and bigger hooks make bigger stitches, so you can crochet the needed measurements for a hat more quickly with bulky yarn than you can with thinner weights of yarn.

It also takes fewer yards of yarn to crochet a hat in bulky yarn than it does to make one with worsted or other thinner weights of yarn. So it can be more cost effective to use bulky yarn.

Wondering what else you can make with bulky yarn? You can find all of my crochet and knit designs that use bulky yarn here.

Where can I get this beginner crochet hat pattern?

This hat pattern is free right here in this post, just scroll down for the free version.

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Hannah Hat, a beginner-friendly crochet hat pattern

By April Garwood of Banana Moon Studio

(C)2024 April Garwood. As with all my patterns, please do not make paper or digital copies for others. Instead, please direct them to my website to get their own. Thank you!

Difficulty Level: Beginner

Available Sizes: Preemie [Baby, Toddler, Child, Adult S, Adult L]

Finished Measurements: Hat circumference 11 ¼ [15 ¼, 16 ¾, 19 ¼, 20 ¾, 23 ¼] inches; Hat height 7 ¼ [8 ½, 9, 10 ½, 11 ¾, 13] inches.

Yarn: King Cole Hedgerow Chunky (100% Premium Acrylic; 332 yds; 200 g; yarn weight category 5/bulky): 1 skein in color #5845 Wildberry.

Crochet hook: K (6.5 mm), or size needed to match gauge.

Notions: Locking stitch marker (m), tapestry needle, pom pom (optional), sewing needle (optional), sewing thread (optional), 1/2 inch button (optional).

Gauge: 10 sts x 6 rows = About 4 inches in dc.

Notes

This pattern uses standard US terms. For help with abbreviations, get my free, printable crochet abbreviations list here.

See this tutorial post for help with basic crochet stitches.

For additional help, check out this full video tutorial!

Special Abbreviations

BOR, beginning of round

Special Stitches

Decrease (dec): Yo, insert hook under FL of designated st, insert hook under FL of next designated st, yo, pull up a loop, [yo, pull through 2 loops] 2 times.

Hat

Ch 28 [38, 42, 48, 52, 58], being careful not to twist ch, sl st in first ch to join into the rnd.

Rnd 1: Ch 1, sc in first 3 sts, place m in first st to mark BOR, hdc in next 3 sts, dc in each remaining st, do not join or turn – 28 [38, 42, 48, 52, 58] sts.

Rnds 2-9 [10, 11, 13, 14, 16]: Dc in first st, move m up into new st, dc in each remaining st.

Crown Decreases

As you work these decrease rnds, continue moving m up into the first st of each rnd.

Rnd 1: *Dc in next 5 [17, 5, 2, 11, 3] sts, dec over next 2 sts, repeat from * to last 0 [0, 0, 0, 0, 8] sts, dc in any remaining sts – 24 [36, 36, 36, 48, 48] sts.

Adult S and Adult L sizes only

Decrease rnd: *Dc in next 2 sts, dec over next 2 sts, repeat from * 11 times – 36 sts.

Baby, Toddler, Child, Adult S, Adult L sizes only

Decrease rnd: *Dc in next st, dec over next 2 sts, repeat from * 11 times – 24 sts.

All sizes

Decrease rnd: [Dec over next 2 sts] 12 times – 12 sts.

Final rnd: Hdc in first st, sc in next st, sl st in next st – 3 sts. Fasten off.

Using a tapestry needle, weave end back and forth through tops of last rnd of sts, pull end to close hole, go around this last rnd of sts one more time to secure, then take yarn end to the inside of the hat.

Finishing

Weave in all ends with a tapestry needle.

To attach a pom pom that has two strings, pull each string to the inside of the hat through separate holes that are close together, tie in a bow on the inside of the hat.

To attach a pom pom with an elastic loop, sew a half inch button just inside the top center hole of the hat. Pull elastic loop through top center hole with a crochet hook and secure around button.

Always remove pom poms before washing.

That finishes this beginner crochet hat in bulky yarn. I would love to see your finished hats! You can share them on Instagram and tag me, or you can join my Facebook group and share them there.

Happy crocheting!

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