There are so many ways to crochet hats for Winter, we have quite a bunch of them on our site. We have the DIY Free Crochet Animal Hat Pattern for kids. We also have Crochet Girl’s Sun Hats with Pattern. Today we are going to crochet some hats for adults, too. Today we are going to crochet a textured hat with beautiful 3D leaf pop out, which is great for cold weather. If you know some basics of crochet, you can use this article to follow a step-by-step process of crochet these fabulous beanie hat for a man or woman.
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Birch Leaf Beanie by Jennifer Smith
Written pattern(efforts by fabartdiy, image by Carmen) with crochet hook: 4.0mm
Ch 88 [multiples of 8], join
R1: ch 3, DC around on chain, sl st to join in 3rd st of ch3
R2-R5: BPSC in ch from previous round, ch 2, *FPDC, BPDC* around, sl st to join in 2nd ch of beginning
R6: ch 3 to bring up yarn, DC into each of the next 6 st of previous round, [DC, ch1, DC] into the 7th st; *DC into each of the next 7 st, then [DC, ch1, DC] into the 8th st* continue to end of round, join w a sl st into 3rd ch of beginning ch 3
R7: BPSC in ch 3 from previous round & ch 2, BPDC into next 2 st from previous round, FPDC in next st, BPDC next 3 st, FPDC in next st, [DC, ch1, DC] in ch 1 sp, FPDC in next st *BPDC next 3 st, FPDC in next st, BPDC next 3 st, FPDC in next st, [DC, ch 1, DC] in ch 1 sp, FPDC in next st* to end, sl st to 2nd ch of beginning ch 3
R8 – R11: BPSC in ch 2 from previous round & ch 2, BPDC into next 2 st from previous round, FPDC in next st, BPDC next 3 st, FPDC in previous row’s FPDC/DC, [DC, ch1, DC] in ch 1 sp, FPDC in previous row’s FPDC/DC *BPDC next 3 st, FPDC in next st, BPDC next 3 st, FPDC in previous row’s FPDC/DC, [DC, ch1, DC] in ch 1 sp, FPDC in previous row’s FPDC/DC* to end, sl st to 2nd ch of beginning ch 2
R12 to R14: BPSC in ch 2 from previous round & ch 2, BPDC into next 2 st from previous round, FPDC in next st, BPDC next 3 st, FPDC2tog, FPDC to last 2 FPDC in the leaf, FPDC2tog *BPDC next 3 st, FPDC in next st, BPDC next 3 st, FPDC2tog, FPDC to last 2 FPDC in the leaf, FPDC2tog* to end, sl st to 2nd ch of beginning ch 2
R15: BPSC in ch 2 from previous round & ch 2, BPDC into next 2 st from previous round, *[FPDC, ch 1, FPDC] in next st, BPDC next 3 st, FPDC2tog, BPDC next 3 st, FPDC2tog* to end, sl st to 2nd ch of beginning ch 2
R16 – R18 BPSC in ch 2 from previous round & ch 2, BPDC into next 2 st from previous round, *FPDC in previous row’s FPDC/DC, [DC, ch 1, DC] in ch sp, FPDC in previous row’s FPDC/DC, BPDC next 3 st, FPDC, BPDC next 3 st, FPDC* to end, sl st to 2nd ch of beginning ch 2
R19 – R20: BPSC in ch 2 from previous round & ch 2, BPDC into next 2 st from previous round, *FPDC2tog, FPDC in previous row’s FPDC/DC to last two FPDC in leaf group and FPDC2tog, BPDC next 3 st, FPDC, BPDC next 3 st, FPDC* to end, sl st to 2nd ch of beginning ch 2
R21: BPSC in ch 2 from previous round & ch 2, BPDC into next 2 st from previous round, *FPDC2tog , BPDC next 3 st, [FPDC, ch 1, FPDC], BPDC next 3 st, [FPDC, ch 1, FPDC]* to end, sl st to 2nd ch of beginning ch 2
R22++: repeat from R7 until hat is desired depth, final rows can be made from the end point of any leaf motif by not adding FPDC increases. Pattern Continues…Down
For this pattern, skip the written pattern of R21, R22++ of above.
R23: BPSC in ch 2 from previous round & ch 2, BPDC into next 2 st from previous round, *FPDC2tog, BPDC next 3 st, FPDC, BPDC next 3 st, FPDC* to end, sl st to 2nd ch of beginning ch 2
R24-R25 BPSC in ch 2 from previous round & ch 2, BPDC into next 2 st from previous round, *FPDC, BPDC next 3 st, FPDC, BPDC next 3 st, FPDC* to end, sl st to 2nd ch of beginning ch 2
R26: BPSC in ch 2 from previous round & ch 1 to bring up the yarn; BPDC3tog, *FPDC, BPDC3tog, FPDC, BPDC3tog, FPDC* to end, sl st to ch of beginning ch
R27- 28: BPSC in next st from previous round & ch 2 to bring up the yarn *FPDC, BPDC* to end, sl st to 2nd ch of beginning ch 2
R29: sl st into top of the st from the previous row’s FPDC, then make FPSC and ch 2 to bring up the yarn, make only FPDCs around, skipping BPDC stitches, sl st into 2nd ch of beginning ch 2
R30 : FPSC, ch 2 to bring up yarn, FPDC2tog around, sl st into 2nd ch of beginning ch 2
R31: ch 1, SC2tog around, sl st into ch 1 to end round, tie off with a long tail to sew hole shut.
