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this will be a crochet cap made with chunky or bulky yarn
i will be using size N 9 millimeter crochet hook
this shows what type of yarn i am using
we will start by attaching a slip knot to the crochet hook
take your loose end, wrap it over the main strand
now you have a loop
take the loop wrap it over the main strand
take your hook put it below, back up the opposite side
this creates the slip knot
you can use the magic circle instead if you are familiar with that technique instead
work a chain of five
one
two
three
four
five
join with the beginning chain
chain one
work nine single crochet through the center loop
one
i am putting my hook right through the center
two
three
four
five
six
seven
eight
nine
instead of joining
i am going to work in the continual round
that will be working the first single crochet
right through the top of the first stitch
putting my hook below the two loops
at the top of the stitch
working the first single crochet
now i am working a second single crochet in the same stitch
we will be working two single crochet
in each stitch on round two
for a total of eighteen
i am using a scrap piece of yarn
i am marking my first stitch
this is so i know when to change rounds
i will continue on with two single crochet in each stitch around
for a total of eighteen on round two
three
four
five
six
seven
eight
nine
ten
eleven
twelve
thirteen
fourteen
fifteen
sixteen
seventeen
eighteen
we have completed round two
round three
we will work one single crochet in the first stitch
in the next stitch, we will work two single crochet
and this is increasing
on the second stitch
the next stitch will be one single crochet
the next stitch will be two single crochet
the next stitch will be one single crochet
the next stitch will be two single crochet in the same stitch
one single crochet
two single crochet in the next stitch
one single crochet in the next stitch
two single crochet in the next stitch
i have completed fifteen single crochet
we will continue on for a total of twenty seven single crochet
on round three
sixteen
now we are doing two
seventeen
eighteen
nineteen
twenty
twenty-one
twenty-two working a single stitch
twenty-three
twenty - four
that is two in the same stitch
twenty-five
twenty-six
twenty-seven
now we are around to the beginning
we have completed round three
round four
we will work one single crochet in each stitch around
for a total for twenty-seven
two
three
four
five
six
seven
eight
nine
ten
eleven
twelve
thirteen
fourteen
fifteen
sixteen
seventeen
eighteen
nineteen
twenty
twenty-one
twenty-two
twenty-three
twenty-four
twenty-five
twenty-six
twenty-seven
that completes round four
i will be moving my yarn marker and attaching it to the last single crochet on round four
round five
work one single crochet
in each of the next two stitches
work two single crochet in the next stitch
one
two in the same stitch
one single crochet in each of the next two stitches
one
two
work two single crochet in the next stitch
one
two single crochet in the same stitch
one single crochet in each of the next two stitches
theres one
two
work two single crochet in the same stitch
one
two
one single crochet in each of the next two stitches
one
two
work two single crochet in the same stitch
you will continue around to the beginning for a total fo thirty-six stitches
work one single crochet individually in two stitches
and then on one stitch you will work two single crochet
which is the increase
thirty-three
thirty-four
thirty- five
thirty-six
and that completes round five
round six will be one single crochet
in each stitch around
for a total for thirty-six
one
two
three
four
five
six
seven
eight
nine
ten
continue around to the beginning
one single crochet in each stitch around
for a total of thirty-six
round seven
will be one single crochet in each of the next two stitches
one
two
two single crochet in the next stitch and that is the increase
one single crochet in each of the next two stitches
one
two
two single crochet in the next stitch
and that is the increase
one single crochet in each of the next two stitches
two single crochet in the next stitch and that is the increase
you will continue around
working one single crochet individually
in two stitches
and then two single crochet in the same stitch for the increase
there will be a total of forty-eight stitches on round seven
round eight, and the remaining rounds for the length of the cap will be
one single crochet in each stitch around
for a total of forty-eight
you can continue with increase stitches if you find that your cap is turning out to small
for example if you have used a smaller crochet hook
and smaller yarn
you can continue working increase rounds
until you get the size that you are looking for
i have completed fourteen rounds at this point
i am half way around
round fifteen
i have run out of yarn
what i am going to do is
complete my last single crochet
wrap the yarn over one more time to secure
now i am going to attach a slip knot
to the crochet hook
i am going to put my hook through this loop
and this loop
work a single crochet
through all the loops like that
continue working around
for the length of the hat
i have completed nineteen rounds
this will show how to create the brim
i am attaching my yarn marker
i will use that as a reference
for the brim
work on single crochet in each of the next fifteen stitches
one
two
three
four
five
six
seven
eight
nine
ten
eleven
twelve
thirteen
fourteen
fifteen
skip one stitch
work a slip stitch in the next stitch
turn
we will be working seven increases
across the fifteen stitches
for a total for twenty-two single crochet
work one single crochet in the first stitch
two in the next stitch
that gives us three
one in the next stitch for four
two single crochet for five and six
in the same stitch
seven
two in the next for eight and nine
one in the next for ten
two in the next for eleven and twelve
thirteen
which is single
and then two in the next
for fourteen and fifteen
continue across for the remaining stitches
skip one stitch
work a slip stitch in the next
flip the cap around
work one single crochet
in each of the next twenty-two stitches
two
three
four
five
six
seven
eight
nine
continue across for twenty-two
skip one stitch
work a slip stitch in the next
turn the cap around
work one single crochet in each stitch across for a total of twenty=two
twenty-one
twenty-two
skip one stitch
work a slip stitch in the next
and that completes the brim