Spring is in the air! The sun is shining, the flowers are blooming and it's time to put away the cold weather gear and get ready for summer.Babies need sun hats, so I designed this simple cap to protect the little ones from the strong summer rays.
P, the cutest sheep in the world, is modeling my new Here Comes the Sun Baby Cap. This is a very fast and easy cap to make.
The pattern is below:
Here Comes the Sun – Baby Cap
By Wormie
You can make this cap with the yarn of your choice and a G Hook.
This yellow cap was made with Peaches and Cream Cotton.
Chain 4, join to form a loop.
Row 1) chain 3, 11 DC in loop, slip stitch to join (12 DC)
Row 2) Chain 4, sc in next stitch, *Chain 3, sc in next stitch*, repeat ** all the way around. Slip stitch in first loop to join. ( 12 loops )
Row 3) Chain 3, 2 dc in first loop (counts as 3 DC), 3 DC in each loop around. Slip stitch to join (36 DC)
Row 4) Chain 4, skip the next stitch, sc in next stitch, *chain 3, skip the next stitch, sc in the next stitch*, repeat ** all the way around. Slip stitch to join (18 loops)
Row 5) Chain 3, 2 dc in first loop (counts as 3 DC), 3 DC in each loop around. Slip stitch to join (54 DC)
Row 6) Chain 3, turn work, DC in each stitch around. Slip Stitch to join (54 DC)
Rows 7-10) Repeat Row 6
Row 11) Chain 4, turn work, *sc in next stitch, chain 3* all the way around – this makes a tiny looped ruffle along the bottom of the cap. (54 loops). End off and weave in tail.
This is an original copyrighted pattern.
Feel free to use it for personal and charity use, but do not sell the completed caps or the pattern. You may link to this pattern on this sight, but please do not post it elsewhere without permission.
If you like this pattern, please consider donating a completed cap to Operation Marine Corps Kids.
7 Comments:
Soooooooo cute! You must have been reading my mind Wormie. Been in hat mode lately, but then got to thinking about the weight of the yarn etc. However, it's cold, grey, wet and ugly here again today, so the regular weight caps seem good. Made note of your pattern here. Thanks for posting. Must look in my stash and see if I have some cotton or lighter weight yarn of some sort. I don't often buy lighter weight yarns....sounds like an excuse to go shopping for some yarn--don't ya think. lol Come on, let's go; I'm sure Hobby Lobby or JoAnne have something on sale.
Got a blue and white baby ghan done (pictured on my blog in the album), I want to send to Marine's so will hope over to your other site and get details on that again. Got a few hats; but am now wondering if I should send those elsewhere as they are the heavy, more suited to cold weather style and weight. Thoughts?
Hope you had a nice Mothers' Day, come visit; welcome mats always out.
Sandy
hey, there's a formatting thing or something making these directions hard to read, and I would like to try making this hat.
(i'm still in denial of my crochet addiction!)
Oh my! Yes there is! It didn't look like that before. I'll try and get this fixed as soon as possible. Thanks for bringing it to my attention. (and I'll e-mail you the pattern tonight so you don't have to wait for me to fix it. :) )
Ok, I am new to this crocheting thing, but really want to learn how to do this. This is my second project, first was a simple scarf. I am confused, or maybe just dumb, but once I make my loop I complete the first row, which I am able to do, but then slip stitch and (12 DC), that confuses me. Can anyone help!!! Sorry, I know you are probably sitting there saying is she dumb<
B
Hi B!
I'm certainly not going to say "dumb". I'm going to say good for you for challenging yourself! It took me a while when I started to try reading patterns and working in the round!
Ok - you got that when you make the first few chains, you join with a slip stitch to form a loop. The next round is worked into that loop, so you're working to form a cicle (from the center out). The first 3 chains counts as your first DC. Then you worked 11 dc in the loop and join to finish the round. The (#) at the end of each pattern row indicates how many stitches are in that row. So in that round you had a total of 12 double crochets.
The (#) is not part of the pattern instructions - its just an indication of how many stitches are in the round to help you keep track as you go.
Good luck!!!
Awesome pattern! I have a question however..
for row 7, it says repeat row 6. Does that include turning the work?
Thanks!
Thanks Kari!
I'm glad you like the pattern. To answer your question....Yes. I turned the work in each row in that section. You don't have to, but it adds a bit more texture, and I like that.
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