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Crochet Striped Bucket Hat

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As I mentioned in my previous post, I have been working on my own pattern for a bucket hat. This is my striped bucket hat, embellished with flowers.

The pattern is available in my Ravelry store.

This beautiful bucket hat is made using 2 colours in sport weight cotton yarn. The yarn I used is Katia Menfis cotton yarn. This comes in 100 g balls, and you will need 1 ball in each colour.

The hat will fit an adult. It is made in one piece, but has stylistically three distinct sections:

  • the top part, measuring approximately 6.5 inches
  • a middle section measuring 3.5 inches in height and
  • the rim, which is 1.5 inches.

For the flowers, you can choose to make these in any other complementary colours, or stick with the two main colours of the hat.

Here are a couple of colour variations which I have made. Also, as the flowers are crocheted separately, you can decide to leave them out.

Crochet “Crown” Bucket Hat

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If you’ve seen my previous posts, you’ll know that I’m really into bucket hats at the moment. Here is an experiment which I actually quite like — it reminds me of a crown. Basically, I made a few granny squares inspired by a granny square I have used a couple of times in the past (see Colourful Lined Baby blanket), and used these in the middle section of the hat. There is no pattern – again, it has been a bit of an experiment. I used single crochet for the rest. 

Hope you like it and it inspires you! Keep an eye out for the next post, where I will showcase a bucket hat in cotton. If you’d like to try making one yourself, I later designed a striped cotton bucket hat and published the pattern. You can see it in my Crochet Striped Bucket Hat post →

Crochet Bucket Hat

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Bucket hats are really cool — and here are some of the ones I’ve made. There is no pattern, and each has been a bit of an experiment. Basically, I just winged it! 😊

Essentially, there are three sections to the hat. The hat is made as one piece, so these sections aren’t crocheted separately and sewn together:

  • the crown,
  • the middle,
  • and the rim.

I used single crochet as the stitch of choice for the whole hat. I worked the crown in a circle, until it was around 6.5 inches in diameter.  For the middle part, I kept going until it was a band which reached the top of my ear. And then finally, I made the rim – approximately 2.5 inches, but it’s really up to you. As the rim is flared, it was also quite an experiment – and I undid and redid this part several times.

Below are some of the hats I made. Big thanks to Jamie for helping model one of them. These hats were made with acrylic yarn using a 4 mm crochet hook.

Enjoy the “Hatstravaganza!”

Jamie
Safari hat
Inspired by the Panama hat
My first bucket hat

Crochet Flower Sun Hat – Free Pattern

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Hey all!

Finally it seems like summer has made her appearance! The temperature here in Malta is in the high 20s (Celsius), there is a nice cool breeze, skies are blue and days are getting longer. No more COVID restrictions – life is good and it’s definitely the best time of the year!

In warmer weather, I normally switch to using cotton yarns for my projects – that way, I can continue crocheting all year round 🙂

I have long wanted to make a granny square sun hat – and finally, I got round to it and have made a few. I used the Flower Sun Hat pattern by Natalie Beard for Hobbycraft, which is available free online:
Flower Sun Hat – Free Pattern →

For my hats, I used Katia Menfis yarn and a 3 mm hook.

So, without further ado, here are the hats I have made so far. A great big thanks goes out to Ylenia and Alex for being such good sports and modelling them along with me!

This is just the beginning – I’ve got lots more bucket hats which I have been working on – so keep an eye out for more posts in the coming days.

And, don’t forget to use sunscreen and stay hydrated!

Ylenia
Moi 🙂
Moi 🙂
Alex