This cozy slouchy hat uses a simple, repeating pattern featuring front post double crochet stitches for textured ridges. It works up quickly in bulky yarn.

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Skills used
Basic crochet stitches: chain, double crochet, single crochet, slip stitch
Crocheting in the round
Increasing and decreasing
Special stitches: FPdc and sc2tog (with written instructions in pattern)

Skill Level
Intermediate

Finished Sizes
Newborn (3-6 months, Child/Teen, Adult Small, Adult Large). Photographed sample is size Adult Small.
Newborn: 11” (28 cm) hat circumference, 5” (13 cm) length.
3-6 months: 14.25” (36 cm) hat circumference, 6” (15 cm) length.
Child/Teen: 17.25” (44 cm) hat circumference, 8” (18 cm) length.
Adult Small: 20.5” (52 cm) hat circumference, 8.5” (21.5 cm) length.
Adult Large: 23.5” (59.5 cm) hat circumference, 9” (23 cm) length.

Materials
Bernat Maker Home Dec (72% cotton/28% nylon, 8.8 oz/250 g/317 yd/290 m) – 1 skein each in 11005 Aqua (CA) and 11008 Clay (CB), or approximately 160 yd (146 m) in each of 2 colors in any bulky weight, cotton blend yarn.

US Size K-10.5/6.5 mm crochet hook, or size needed to obtain gauge.

Yarn needle.

Clover Pom-Pom Maker – Extra Large (optional).

Gauge
Through Rnd 5 in pattern = 4.5” (11.5 cm) diameter. For best fit, always check your gauge.

This pattern was originally published in one size on AllFreeCrochet in September, 2016.