This is “Haileyville Hat,” a crochet pattern. What you really want in a hat is warmth, so this one is long enough to cover your ears, and only has a bit of openwork detail for visual interest.

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I love this yarn! It is Cascade Yarns 220 Superwash Effects, color #16 Grapes. The hat needs about 60 g of yarn, so you’ll only need one skein, but there is also a matching cowl pattern that needs about 120 g of yarn, so you’ll probably want to get two skeins. Get the cowl pattern, also free, by clicking here.

The hat is made with a band of single-crochet-in-the-back-loop-only ribbing, followed by a body of half-double crochet stitches. Interestingly, the chain spaces that make the swirling lines, are stacked on top of each other, not offset. Half-double crochet stitches have a natural bias, so it makes the lines of spaces swirl around the hat.

I’ve made a two part video tutorial for this design! See the tutorial post by clicking here.

Hailyeville Hat

Pattern by April Garwood of Banana Moon Studio

Copyright notice: (C)2018 April Garwood. You may not distribute copies of this pattern to others, or post the text of it online. If you know others that would like to have this pattern, please direct them to my website. Thank you!

Difficulty Level: Easy

Finished Measurements: 16 1/2″ around, 9″ tall [42 cm around, 23 cm tall]. The distance around is unstretched. It will stretch to fit almost any adult-size noggin, including mine, which is 23″ around.

Yarn: Cascade Yarns 220 Superwash Effects #16 Grapes (100% Superwash wool; 220 yds [200 m]; 3.5 oz [100 g]; yarn weight 3 or 4/light worsted), 1 skein (but if you want to make the matching cowl, pattern available soon, get 2 skeins).

Crochet Hook: K/10.5 (6.5 mm), or size needed to obtain gauge.

Notions: One locking st marker (m), yarn needle.

Gauge: 17 sts and 12 rows = 4 1/2″ [11.5 cm]

Notes: Hat begins with several rows of sc blo (see Stitch Guide). This is seamed to form a band. Stitches are worked into these row ends, and this forms the base of the hat body. At this point, there is not joining at the ends of rnds, and not turning between rnds. You will place a locking stitch marker in order to keep track of rows.

Stitch Guide:

Single Crochet in the Back Loop Only (sc blo): Insert hook into the back loop only of designated st, complete a single crochet stitch as usual. See a video tutorial for this stitch here.

Half Double Crochet Two Stitches Together (hdc2tog): Yo, insert hook in first designated st, yo, pull a loop through the st, yo, insert hook in second designated st, yo, pull a loop through the st, yo, pull through all loops on hook. See a video tutorial for this stitch here.

Hat Band

Ch 11

Row 1: Sc in 2nd ch from hook, and each ch across, turn — 10 sts.

Rows 2-64: Ch 1, sc blo (see Stitch Guide) in each st across, turn.

After turning at end of last row, bring two short edges of band together with starting end in back. Do not allow band to be twisted. Ch 1, working through both ends, sl st in each st across to seam. Turn band RS out, so that seam is inside — 10 sts.

Hat Body

Rnd 1(RS): Ch 1, sc in first 3 row ends, place m in first sc, move it up into first st of each rnd as work progresses, hdc in next 4 sts, ch 1, sk next row end, *hdc in next 7 row ends, ch 1, sk next row end, rep from * around, do not join or turn — 56 sts.

Rnds 2-12: *Hdc in next 7 sts, ch 1, sk next ch sp, rep from * around, do not join or turn.

Rnd 13: *Hdc in next 5 sts, hdc2tog (see Stitch Guide) over next 2 sts, ch 1, sk next ch sp, rep from * around, do not join or turn — 48 sts.

Rnd 14: *Hdc in next 4 sts, hdc2tog (see Stitch Guide) over next 2 sts, ch 1, sk next ch sp, rep from * around, do not join or turn — 40 sts.

Rnd 15: *Hdc in next 3 sts, hdc2tog (see Stitch Guide) over next 2 sts, ch 1, sk next ch sp, rep from * around, do not join or turn — 32 sts.

Rnd 16: *Hdc in next 2 sts, hdc2tog (see Stitch Guide) over next 2 sts, ch 1, sk next ch sp, rep from * around, do not join or turn — 24 sts.

Rnd 17: *Hdc in next st, hdc2tog (see Stitch Guide) over next 2 sts, ch 1, sk next ch sp, rep from * around, do not join or turn — 16 sts.

Rnd 18: *Hdc2tog over next 2 sts, ch 1, sk next ch sp, rep from * around, do not join or turn — 8 sts.

Rnd 19: Hdc in each st around, skipping all ch sps, sl st in first hdc of rnd to join. Fasten off with a long tail.

With a yarn needle, weave tail in and out through sts of last rnd. Pull tight to close, and tie a knot to secure. Weave in ends. Finished!

Happy Stitching!

April

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