Easy Half Double Crochet Slouch Hat by Lori Friedrich

Easy Half Double Crochet Slouch Hat

Crochet
August 2017
Any worsted weight
Worsted (9 wpi) ?
6.0 mm (J)
Adult
US
English
This pattern is available as a free Ravelry download

Super easy slouchy hat. Start with DCs to the crown, continue with HDCs for the body, and end with SCs.

Slouchy HDC hat

Yarn: worsted weight
Hook: 6mm (J)
Worked from the top down in the round

Make a magic ring
Ch3 (do not count ch3 and ch2 at start of rounds)
R1: 12 dc into ring, sl st to top of ch3
R2: ch 3, 2 dc into each dc, sl st to top of ch3
R3: ch 3, 2 dc into each dc, sl st to top of ch 3
R4: ch3, 1 dc in each of next 3 dc, 2 dc in next dc sl st to top of ch 3
R5: ch 3, 1 dc in each dc, sl st to top of ch 3
R6: ch3, 1 dc in each of next 3 dc, 2 dc in next dc sl st to top of ch 3
R7: ch 2, 1 hdc in each dc, sl st to top of ch 2
R8: ch2, 1 hdc in each of next 5 hdc, 2 hdc in next hdc sl st to top of ch 2
R9-20: ch 2, 1 hdc in each hdc, sl st to top of ch 2
R21: ch2, 1 sc in each hdc, sl st to top of ch 2
R22-23: ch 2, 1sc in each sc, sl st top of ch2
R24: ch2, 1 blo sc in each sc, sl st top of ch2, tie off.
Weave in ends