My daughter, Laura, was my inspiration for this pattern. She is so much like me in so many ways and such a joy to watch grow up. Her favorite color is brown, which, much to her mother's shopping happiness, replaced her preschool desire to be exclusively pink. Influenced by her devotion to her Girl Scout Brownie troop, she has named her hat Brownie. You can find me at www.tiffcrochets.com [1].
Bernat Cashmere Natural Blends (worsted weight, 65% acrylic/30% nylon/5% cashmere, approx. 60 g/2.1 oz, 94 m/103 yds). Color Earth.
Complementary substitution: Lion Brand Wool Ease (worsted weight, 80% acrylic/20% wool, approx. 70 g/3 oz, 180 m/197 yds). Color Chocolate Brown.
H (5.00 mm) hook
Tapestry needle
Fits an average woman's 20" (50.5 cm) head circumference. If you would like to make a smaller size, replace Round 6 with instructions for Round 8.
Length of hat from center to bottom shell edge is 7 1/2". If you would like to shorten hat, remove Rounds 15 and 16.
3 groups of 2 dc clusters in round = 2"
Ch. 2. Work 8 dc into the 2nd chain from the hook. Join with sl st to first dc.
Round 1: Ch 1, sc in first dc, (ch 1, sc in next dc) 7 times, ch 1. Join with sl st to first sc.
Round 2: Sl st into first ch-1 sp, ch 3, 3 dc in ch-1 sp, (sk next sc, 4 dc in next ch-1 sp) 7 times. Join with sl st to first sc.
Round 3: Ch 1, sc in first dc, (sk next dc, ch 2, sc in next dc) around; at end of round, skip last dc, ch 2, join with sl st to first sc.
Round 4: Sl st into first ch-2 sp, ch 3, 2 dc into same ch-2 sp, (sk next sc, 3 dc in next ch-2 sp) around. Join with sl st to first dc.
Round 5: Ch 1, sc in first dc, (sk next dc, ch 2, sc in next dc) around; at end of round, skip last dc, ch 2, join with sl st to first sc.
Round 6: Sl st into first ch-2 sp, ch 3, 2 dc into same ch-2 sp, (sk next sc, 2 dc in next ch-2 sp, sk next sc, 3 dc in next ch-2 sp) around; at end of round sk next sc, 2 dc in next ch-2 sp, join with sl st to first sc.
Round 7: Ch 1, sc in first dc, (sk next dc, ch 2, sc in next dc) around; at end of round, skip last dc, ch 2, join with sl st to first sc.
Round 8: Sl st into first ch-2 sp, ch 3, dc, (sk next sc, 2 dc in next ch-2 sp) around. Join with sl st to first dc.
Rounds 9 – 16: Repeat Rounds 7 and 8 four times
Round 17: Ch 1, sc in first dc, (sk next dc, ch 2, sc in next dc) around; at end of round, skip last dc, ch 2, join with sl st to first sc.
Round 18: Sl st into first ch-2 sp, ch 3, 2 dc in same ch-2 sp, (sk next sc, sc in next ch-2 sp, sk next sc, 3 dc in next ch-2 sp) around, sc in last ch-2 sp, join with sl st to first dc.
