Magic Baby Hat

Now that I’ve finished the blanket, some yarn of both colors are still in one of my yarn baskets, so why not try to make a hat this time?.

Materials:

Yarn: Alize cotton baby soft, 50% cotton, 50% acrylic, 100 g. / 270 mt. (3.53 0z. /295 yds), one skein of color light yellow 643, one skein of color winter sky 514, or you can make the hat with the same yarn left from the blanket. And I also used two strands of the yarn.

Hook: 5 mm, US. H/8

Tapestry needle

Level: easy

Hat measurements
size 6 to 12 months
head measurement:  17 "/ 43.5 cm
height: 5.5 "/ 14 cm

Term of stitches used in the design (American)
ch: chain
sc: single stitch
dc: double crochet
sl st: slip stitch

Making the hat

With light yellow yarn, make a magic ring, or you can chain six and sl st to the first ch.

Round 1: ch 3 (counts as dc and ch 1), *dc, ch 1, repeat 8 more times from *, sl st to 2^nd ch of the first ch 3.

Round 2: ch 3 (counts as dc and ch 1), *dc in the ch1 space, ch 1, dc in previous round dc, ch 1, repeat from* 8 more times, dc in ch1 space, ch 1, sl st to 2^nd ch of the first ch 3.

Round 3: ch 2 (counts as dc), (2 dc in the ch 1 space, dc in dc, *ch 2, dc in next dc, repeat from * 3 more times), repeat between brackets 2 more times, 2 dc in the ch1 space, dc in dc, *ch 2, dc in next dc, repeat from * 2 more times, ch 2, sl st to 2^nd ch of the first ch 2.

Round 4: ch 2 (counts as dc), (dc in each 3 dc, 2 dc in the ch 2 space, dc in dc, *ch 3, dc in next dc, repeat from * 2 more times), repeat between brackets 2 more times, dc in each 3 dc, 2 dc in the ch 2 space, dc in dc, *ch 3, dc in next dc, repeat from * 1 more time, ch 3, sl st to 2^nd ch of the first ch 2.

Note: you probably noticed that these four rounds are the same as the magic granny square.

Round 5: ch 2 (counts as dc), (dc in each next 6 dc, 3 dc in the ch 3 space, dc in dc, *ch 3, dc in next dc, repeat from * 1 more time), repeat between brackets 2 more times, dc in each next 6 dc, 3 dc in the ch 3 space, dc in dc, ch 3, dc in next dc, ch 3, sl st to 2^nd ch of the first ch 2.

Round 6: ch 2 (counts as dc), (dc in the next 3 dc, skip 2 dc, ch 2, 5 dc in the next 5 dc, 3 dc in ch 3 space, dc in next dc, ch 3, dc in the next dc), repeat between brackets 2 more times, dc in the next 3 dc, skip 2 dc, ch 2, 5 dc in the next 5 dc, 3 dc in ch 3 space, sl st to 2^nd ch of the first ch 2.

Round 7: ch 2 (counts as dc), (dc in the next 3 dc, skip ch 2 space, ch 2, dc in the next dc, skip 2 dc, ch 2, dc in the next 6 dc, 3 dc in ch 3 space, dc in next dc), repeat between brackets 2 more times, dc in the next 3 dc, skip ch 2 space, ch 2, dc in the next dc, skip 2 dc, ch 2, dc in the next 6 dc, 3 dc in ch 3 space, sl st to 2^nd ch of the first ch 2.

Round 8: ch 2 (counts as dc), dc in the next 3 dc, *(skip ch 2 space, ch 2, dc in the next dc) twice, skip 2 dc, ch 2, dc in the next 10 dc, repeat from * 2 more times, (skip ch 2 space, ch 2, dc in the next dc) twice, skip 2 dc, ch 2, dc in the next 6 dc, sl st to 2^nd ch of the first ch 2.

Round 9: ch 2 (counts as dc), dc in the next 3 dc, *(skip ch 2 space, ch 2, dc in the next dc) three times, skip 2 dc, ch 2, dc in the next 7 dc, repeat from * 2 more times, (skip ch 2 space, ch 2, dc in the next dc) three times, skip 2 dc, ch 2, dc in the next 3 dc, sl st to 2^nd ch of the first ch 2.

Round 10: ch 2 (counts as dc), dc in the next 3 dc, *(skip ch 2 space, ch 2, dc in the next dc) four times, skip 2 dc, ch 2, dc in the next 4 dc, repeat from * 2 more times, (skip ch 2 space, ch 2, dc in the next dc) four times, skip 2 dc, ch 2, sl st to 2^nd ch of the first ch 2.

Cut yarn, weave in loose end, and bind on the winter sky yarn at the first stitch of previous round.

Round 11: ch 1, sc in the same stitch, 2 sc in each 2 ch space and sc in each dc to the end of round, sl st to first ch 1.

Round 12: ch 1, sc in the same stitch, (ch 3, skip 1 st, 1 sc in the next), repeat to last st, skip it, ch 3, sl st to first ch 1, cut yarn and weave in loose ends.

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