This easy slouchy hat pattern works up quickly in bulky yarn. It’s designed to meet donation requirements for Head Huggers, an organization that provides hats to people suffering from hair loss due to illness or medical treatment.

This pattern is available for FREE on my blog by following the link below.

The free version is supported by advertising on my website. The downloadable pdf for sale on Ravelry includes includes the full pattern in one printable file without advertisements.

Skills Used
Basic crochet stitches: chain, double crochet, single crochet, slip stitch
Crocheting flat in rows (for band), crocheting in the round (for the rest of hat)
Changing colors, crocheting in the back loop, decreasing
Special stitch: scBL2tog (with written explanation in pattern)

Skill Level
Easy

Finished Sizes
Newborn (3-6 months, 6-12 months, 1-2 years, 2-3 years, 3-5 years, 6-10 years, Teen/Adult Small, Adult Medium, Adult Large). Photographed sample is size Teen/Adult Small.

Newborn: 12.5” (32 cm) hat circumference, 6.25” (16 cm) length.

3-6 months: 15” (38 cm) hat circumference, 7.26” (18.5 cm) length.

6-12 months: 16” (40.5 cm) hat circumference, 7.5” (19 cm) length.

1-2 years: 17” (43 cm) hat circumference, 8” (20.5 cm) length.

2-3 years: 18” (46 cm) hat circumference, 8.25” (21 cm) length.

3-5 years: 19” (48 cm) hat circumference, 8.75” (22 cm) length.

6-10 years: 20” (51 cm) hat circumference, 9.25” (23.5 cm) length.

Teen/Adult Small: 21” (53.5 cm) hat circumference, 9.5” (24 cm) length.

Adult Medium: 22” (56 cm) hat circumference, 10” (25.5 cm) length.

Adult Large: 23” (58.5 cm) hat circumference, 10.25” (26 cm) length.

Materials
Bernat Maker Home Dec yarn (72% cotton/28% nylon, 8.8 oz/250 g/317 yd/290 m) – 1 skein each in 11005 Aqua (MC) and 11019 Pebble Beach (CC), or approximately 250 yd (229 m) in MC and 85 yd (78 m) 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.

Locking stitch marker or scrap yarn (optional).

Gauge
12 sts x 8.5 rows = 4” (10 cm) in pattern for hat body. For best fit, always check your gauge.