4-12 Year Meghan Slouch Hat Crochet Pattern

Due to high request, we decided to make a child size of this flower slouchy hat! What is your favorite part about this slouchy hat? We love how you could change out the flower if you wanted for any color, to go with anything! Get the teen/adult size here.

Skill Level

Intermediate

Size Included

4-12 years

Materials

Worsted weight yarn (4-medium)

White
Gray
Green
Pink

H-8 (5.00mm) crochet hook

1″ button for flower

Fabric Scissors

Yarn needle, to weave ends

Gauge

16 dc stitches x 8 rows is 4″

*Change your hook size to obtain the gauge.

Notes

ALWAYS start in the same stitch as chain.
ALWAYS join in first stitch of the row.
In the amount of stitches you should have at the end of the row, (ex. 11 sts). That count does include the chain.

Special Stitch

Secure Stitch~secure stitch is when you take the hook in project, yarn over, take the hook back through the stitch, take the hook in the next stitch, yarn over, take the hook back through the stitch, yarn over, take hook through all remaining loops on the hook. Or single crochet decrease, attaching ribbing to hat.

Abbreviations/Stitches Used

st(s)-stitch(es)

ch-chain

slst-slip stitch

sc-single crochet

blsc-back loop single crochet

hdc-half double crochet

dc-double crochet

secure st-secure stitch

*This pattern is written in American Crochet Terms.

Hat

Start with gray yarn.

ch 3

Row 1: 10 dc in 3rd ch from hook, join (11 sts)

Row 2: ch 2, 2 dc in each st, join (21 sts)

Cut yarn and change to white yarn.

Row 3: ch 2, 2 dc in first st, dc in next st, *2 dc in next st, dc in next st* repeat * to * around, join (31 sts)

Row 4: ch 2, 2 dc in first st, dc in next 2 sts, *2 dc in next st, dc in next 2 sts* repeat * to * around, join (41 sts)

Cut yarn and change to gray yarn.

Row 5: ch 2, 2 dc in first st, dc in next 3 sts, *2 dc in next st, dc in next 3 sts* repeat * to * around, join (51 sts)

Row 6: ch 2, 2 dc in first st, dc in next 8 sts, *2 dc in next st, dc in next 8 sts* repeat * to * 4 more times around, 2 dc in next st, dc in remaining sts, join (57 sts)

Cut yarn and change to white yarn.

Row 7-8: ch 2, dc in each st around, join (57 sts)

Cut yarn and change to gray yarn.

Row 9-10: ch 2, dc in each st around, join (57 sts)

Cut yarn and change to white yarn.

Row 11-12: ch 2, dc in each st around, join (57 sts)

Cut yarn and change to gray yarn.

Row 13: ch 1, sc in each st around, join (Do NOT cut.) (57 sts)

Stretch Ribbing

ch 5 (continuing from the hat, not separate),

sc in 2nd ch from hook, sc in remaining ch, secure stitch, turn (this will feel a little weird if you aren't used to it),

Row 2: blsc in each st, turn

Row 3: ch 1, blsc in each st, secure stitch, turn

Row 4: blsc in each st, turn

Repeat rows 3-4 all the way around the hat

slst the beginning and end of ribbing together
cut yarn, weave ends, fasten off

Leaf (make 2)

With green yarn.

Ch 8

sc in 2nd ch from hook, hdc in next st, dc in next 3 sts, hdc in next st, 3 sc turning to opposite side, hdc in next st, dc in next 3 sts, hdc in next st, sc in next st, cut yarn, fasten off, weave ends

Flower

Using this flower pattern with pink worsted weight yarn and an H hook