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Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Granny Skull Cap



I am always searching for new patterns to make hats. I made these for Stephanie to go with her fall jacket. Unfortunately she will not keep a hat on her head but my friends saw the hat and loved it and requested some for their own kids.

For the hats above I used Lion Brand Cotton Ease and it was really nice and stretchy. I've also made it with Caron Simply Soft (my go to yarn) and have also had great results. I tend to crochet kind of tight so I had to modify the pattern a bit to make it work for me and the different sizes I was making.

Below is the original pattern and in pink you will see any changes that I made. Since everyone crochets differently my adjustments may or may not work for you. This is a cute and fun hat to make and best of all it works up very quickly!

The link will bring you to the site where I originally found the pattern.

Granny Skull Cap

Ch 4, join with sl st to form ring.
Rnd 1: Ch 3 (counts as first dc now and throughout), 2 dc inside ring, ch 1, (3 dc in ring, ch 1) 3 times, join to third ch of beg ch 3. (12 dc, 4 ch 1 spaces)
Rnd 2: Sl st in next dc, Ch 3, 2 dc in same stitch, ch 1, (3 dc in next ch 1 sp, ch 1, skip next dc, 3 dc in next dc, ch 1) around, 3 dc in last ch 1 sp, ch 1, join to third ch of beg ch 3. (24 dc, 8 ch 1 spaces)
Rnd 3: Repeat rnd 2. (48 dc, 16 ch 1 spaces)
Rnd 4: Sl st in each of the next 2 dc and in next ch sp, ch 3, 2 dc in same sp, ch 1, (3 dc in next ch sp, ch 1) around, join to third ch of beg ch 3.
Rnd 5-11: Repeat rnd 4 7 MORE times for a total of 11 rnds.
Rnd 12: Ch 1, sc in same st as joining, sc in each dc and in each ch sp around, join to first sc.
Fasten off. Weave in ends.

Attach favorite flower or rose to front side of skull cap.

Toddler - Size G Hook - follow the pattern as is but add an extra row of sc.
Rnd 13: Ch 1, sc in sc around, join to first sc.
Fasten off and weave in ends.


Child - Size H Hook - follow the pattern as is up to Rnd 5. Add 2 more rows.
Rnd 5-13: Repeat rnd 4 9 MORE times for a total of 13 rnds.
Rnd 14: Ch 1, sc in same st as joining, sc in each dc and in each ch sp around, join to first sc.
Rnd 15: Ch 1, sc in sc around, join to first sc.
Fasten off and weave in ends.

Adult - Size I Hook - follow the pattern as is up to Rnd 5. Add 4 more rows.
Rnd 5-15: Repeat rnd 4 11 MORE times for a total of 15 rnds.
Rnd 16: Ch 1, sc in same st as joining, sc in each dc and in each ch sp around, join to first sc.
Rnd 17: Ch 1, sc in sc around, join to first sc.
Fasten off and weave in ends.

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