Here’s a ribbed messy bun hat. The hair elastic is crocheted right into the hat as you work sideways in single crochet ribbed rows.

Free pattern is listed on Ravelry here: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/ribbed-bun-hat and there is a YouTube tutorial to go with it.

Enjoy!

Donna Wolfe from Naztazia

ps - Big thank you to Stacey Keele Thorngren who revived this hat trend in a big way with her very viral photo!