This hat is made with all single crochet, and a few slip stitches. It is one of my very favorite patterns to make. You may have already made it in Bernat Softee Cotton when it was first released, but I have been wanting to try it with a chunkier yarn to see the results and I am in love!
Here is the original Baby Maude hat made with Bernat Softee Cotton (with its fur pom that I learned you need to take a blow dryer to it before you take a photo, learn from my mistake.)
Using Patons Inpired, a 5 weight wool and acrylic blend was a dream! I used a J 6.mm recommended on the package size hook and it worked out wonderfully. Plus, they have a wide range of beautiful colors to choose from and currently all in stock on Yarnspirations.com. I’m using the color ALLOY BLUE. See the color chart below for more choices:
Shop for Patons Inspired here.
Sometimes using wool to crochet with can make my hands itch, or the hat turns out itchy and my kids won’t wear it. This yarn does not do that. It is very nice and soft. There was no splitting of the yarn and stitches were easily undone if I happened to make a mistake and need to take some out.
Overall a new yarn that is a win for me when making winter hats! I’d like to try a few more of our hat patterns with this yarn. I think they would turn out so well. Here are a few I am thinking of off the top of my head that I’d really like to use with this chunkier yarn:
The Even Mixed Loop Hat would be an amazing hat made with Patons Inspired. And another I would like to try is the Chunky Griddle Stitch Hat.
You can search through all of our hat patterns and see which one you’d like to try with Patons Inspired by searching our category Hats and Headbands.
You’ll want to use the chart above to make your starting chain the length you need. This hat is made as a rectangle with the brim made at one end of the chain, then the middle portion is alternating front or back loop single crochet, and the very end of the chain is slip stitches that help bring the top of the hat in.
Having the flexibility to work with the starting chain to inches instead of a set number of chains helps you work with the yarn and tension you have.
If I am making an adult hat, I allow 4 inches of the chain to account for the brim, and I like 3 or 4 slip stitches for the top of the hat, the rest of the chains are for the alternating single crochets.
If I was making a hat for a little child I would allow 3.5 inches for the brim, and 3 slip stitches for the top of the hat, and then the rest of the chains for the alternating single crochet.
My best tip is to definitely use a stitch marker on the last single crochet of the brim portion and move it with you every row. This makes sure that you are starting the brim portion on the same stitch every time. When you are alternating single crochets it can get confusing which one is the last of the middle portion.
I made this hat as an adult size. I chained 12 inches which was 46 chains for me. (If you like your hats slouchy add another inch or two.) I divided the chain as follows: 14 for the brim (back loop single crochet), 26 alternating front loop, back loop single crochet, 5 slip stitches at the end of the chain, plus one chain for the turning chain. That is a total of 45 stitches worked.
To watch a full tutorial and get free written pattern, please visit the original pattern for the Baby Maude Hat.
To purchase pom poms that snap onto the top of your hat, we found them on Amazon at this link here: 6 inch large fur pom pom.
I hope you give Patons Inspired a try and let me know how it goes. Come share with us in the Daisy Farm Crafters Group on Facebook or tag us @daisyfarmcrafts on Instagram!
XO, Tiffany
