A Pearl In Summer Hat- Free Pattern

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One of our most popular patterns is the very simple but very elegant looking A Pearl in Summer Hat. I had made this hat for my husband’s niece last year. It took me a little more than an hour to make it from start to finish. I had written a brief description of how to make it when I showcased the hat to you last year. This is a beautiful hat and after a reader asked me for a more clear written part, I started on this pattern again this weekend. Here is the free pattern for you!

It has been almosta year since I had made it and I had almost forgotten the pattern but luckily, after a few tries and testing, I got it right. I am still at the beginning rounds and since we have the kids catching the flu one after the other, the progress on our hat is quite slow. Before I forget it, I am writing it down here for my readers. If you would like to crochet along with me, I’d love for you to join me! This hat took me not more than two hours the last time I made it. It is very very simple and if you have the time to sit down undisturbed for two hours straight, you can finish it too. I did that with five little ones (all six years and under) running around me. It was possible then because I had three more grown ups to have an eye on them. This time, there is just me with my three sick kids. 🙂

Back to the pattern now, A Pearl in Summer hat is a Cloche style Hat. The original hat was made in a fancy yarn made from Bamboo (Alize). The hat was slightly heavy but the brim that was made in crochet cotton helped keep it’s shape. You can use that same yarn for making this hat if you can find it around you too. This hat can be made from any yarn you like. It will hold its shape and it is pretty easy to make. You can use variegated yarn with a plain light coloured brim too if you like but I believe any combination will look well. For the hat that I am making, I had a finer version of the Alize yarn called Super fine Bamboo. This is marked as being soft and suitable to make baby items. This is the only variegated yarn that I had in my stash and I didn’t want to waste time by waiting for a day to go shopping.

A Pearl in Summer Hat in progress. Notice the tangled yarn… babies and cats are no different… no?

The pattern is very simple. It is just loops of chains and single crochet going round and round. You have to increase the loops to keep it in shape. The brim is made of single crochet stitches that again are increased as we go to make it flare out and give it that cloche style. The last row, however, is reverse single crochet. This is a fancy stitch, very simple to make and I explain it in the pattern below. The flower is a quick chains only flower. A single pearl is sewn on to decorate and the whole flower is attached to the flower with some silk ribbon.

I am still making the second hat and will come back to update the pictures and number of stitches when I am done. For now here is the written pattern in detail.

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