Hello everybody,

Spring is here, summer comes slowly: it’s time to crochet a beautiful sun hat!
I offer you today the pattern of a sun hat, created specially for my daughter.
She wishes a light hat, white color with a blue stripe, and a daisy, a poppy and a leaf to decorate (it’s accurate, and I love it!):

So here is “the flowers hat”, made with a paper yarn and with coton scraps for flowers.
It is extremly light, and I love the fit: it holds very well in shape compared to the cotton hats that I was able to realize previously, and this is rather nice!

For a hat on size 52 cm (for a girl 6-7 years old), you will need:

  • 2 to 3 balls of paper yarn (or raffia), the color you want + 1 ball of contrasting color.
  • coton scraps for decoratives flowers
  • G crochet (4mm)

You can work in rounds or in spirals, as you want.
Bound lines will be hidden by the flowers when you sew them.
It will however be advisable to switch to “round work” mode when you change colour if you do not wish to put a flower.

Pattern

SC 6 in a magic round
row 1: increase in every sc of the previous row
row 2: *sc1, inc*, repeat until the end of the row
row 3: *sc2, inc*, repeat until the end of the row
row 4: *sc3, inc*, repeat until the end of the row
row 5: *sc4, inc*, repeat until the end of the row
row 6: *sc5, inc*, repeat until the end of the row
row 7: *sc6, inc*, repeat until the end of the row
row 8: *sc7, inc*, repeat until the end of the row
row 9: *sc8, inc*, repeat until the end of the row
row 10: *sc9, inc*, repeat until the end of the row
row 11: *sc10, inc*, repeat until the end of the row
row 12: make a row of sc by crocheting in the back strand, to form the “break” of the top of the hat..
row 13: *sc11, inc*, repeat until the end of the row
rows 14 to 20: 7 rows of sc
rows 15 and 16: change color and make 2 rows of sc
row 17: (pick into the front strand to form the “break” of the visor of the hat) *sc6, inc*, repeat until the end of the row
row 18: *sc7, inc*, repeat until the end of the row
row 19: *sc8, inc*, repeat until the end of the row
row 20: *sc9, inc*, repeat until the end of the row
row 21: *sc10, inc*, repeat until the end of the row
row 22: sc

Fasten off.

Flowers

You can adapt this hat in different ways, with or without flowers, by changing the flowers, by reducing the height, by widening the visor, etc….
You can also change the size by adding an increase row after row 11, or by removing row 11…
Anyway, have fun!

I wish you pleasant sunbathing and hope to see you soon for new creations!

Hélène