When your daughter has a watermelon bathing suit, the only sensible thing to do is to crochet a matching watermelon sun hat! This hat is really easy to make and works up quickly using double crochet stitches. And I will show you how to make simple “seeds” using large pony beads!
Materials:
– Size H Crochet Hook
– Worsted weight yarn in red, white and green. Of course you could also make this hat with any color combinations!
– Large black pony beads from craftprojectideas.com.
– Tapestry needle
Abbreviations:
Magic ring tutorial
SC = Single Crochet
DC = Double Crochet
Magic ring, 11 DC in magic ring, join to first DC, chain 2
Round 2: 2 DC in each around, join, chain 2 (22 DC)
Round 3: 2 DC in first, DC in next, repeat around, join, chain 2 (33 DC)
Round 4: 2 DC in first, DC in next 2, repeat around, join, chain 2 (44 DC)
Round 5-10: DC in each around, join, chain 2 (44 DC)
Round 3: 2 DC in first, DC in next, repeat around, join, chain 2 (33 DC)
Round 4: 2 DC in first, DC in next 2, repeat around, join, chain 2 (44 DC)
Round 5: 2 DC in first, DC in next 10, repeat around, join, chain 2 (48 DC)
Round 6-11: DC in each around, join, chain 2 (48 DC)
Round 3: 2 DC in first, DC in next, repeat around, join, chain 2 (33 DC)
Round 4: 2 DC in first, DC in next 2, repeat around, join, chain 2 (44 DC)
Round 5: 2 DC in first, DC in next 10, repeat around, join, chain 2 (48 DC)
Round 7-12: DC in each around, join, chain 2 (52 DC)
Size: 9-12 Months (Should fit up to about 16 months)
with red yarn
Magic ring, 11 DC in magic ring, join to first DC, chain 2
Round 3: 2 DC in first, DC in next, repeat around, join, chain 2 (33 DC)
Round 4: 2 DC in first, DC in next 2, repeat around, join, chain 2 (44 DC)
Round 5: 2 DC in first, DC in next 10, repeat around, join, chain 2 (48 DC)
Round 7: 2 DC in first, DC in next 12, join, chain 2 (56 DC)
Round 8-13: DC in each around, join, chain 2 (56 DC)
with red yarn
Magic ring, 11 DC in magic ring, join to first DC, chain 2
Round 2: 2 DC in each around, join, chain 2 (22 DC)
Round 3: 2 DC in first, DC in next, repeat around, join, chain 2 (33 DC)
Round 4: 2 DC in first, DC in next 2, repeat around, join, chain 2 (44 DC)
Round 6: 2 DC in first, DC in next 11, join, chain 2 (52 DC)
Round 8: 2 DC in first, DC in next 13, join, chain 2 (60 DC)
Round 9-14: DC in each around, join, chain 2 (60 DC)
Size: Child
with red yarn
Magic ring, 11 DC in magic ring, join to first DC, chain 2
Round 2: 2 DC in each around, join, chain 2 (22 DC)
Round 3: 2 DC in first, DC in next, repeat around, join, chain 2 (33 DC)
Round 4: 2 DC in first, DC in next 2, repeat around, join, chain 2 (44 DC)
Round 6: 2 DC in first, DC in next 11, join, chain 2 (52 DC)
Round 7: 2 DC in first, DC in next 12, join, chain 2 (56 DC)
Round 8: 2 DC in first, DC in next 13, join, chain 2 (60 DC)
Round 9: 2 DC in first, DC in next 14, join, chain 2 (64 DC)
Round 10-15: DC in each around, join, chain 2 (64 DC)
Size: Teen/Adult
with red yarn
Magic ring, 11 DC in magic ring, join to first DC, chain 2
Round 2: 2 DC in each around, join, chain 2 (22 DC)
Round 3: 2 DC in first, DC in next, repeat around, join, chain 2 (33 DC)
Round 4: 2 DC in first, DC in next 2, repeat around, join, chain 2 (44 DC)
Round 6: 2 DC in first, DC in next 11, join, chain 2 (52 DC)
Round 7: 2 DC in first, DC in next 12, join, chain 2 (56 DC)
Round 8: 2 DC in first, DC in next 13, join, chain 2 (60 DC)
Round 9: 2 DC in first, DC in next 14, join, chain 2 (64 DC)
Round 10: 2 DC in first, DC in next 15, join, chain 2 (68 DC)
Round 11-16: DC in each around, join, chain 2 (68 DC)
I stitched on my pony beads before starting my brim but you can do this at any point.
With an long strand of red yarn and your tapestry needle, you are going to space the black pony beads 3 double crochets apart and weave your strand of yarn through the middle of the bead AND the double crochets that are flanking the bead. Do one at a time. You can randomly scatter them around the red part of the hat or just do one row as I did.
The watermelon bikini pictured is a hand-me-down (Old Navy brand) but you can get your own watermelon swimsuit on Amazon (If she didn’t have the bikini already I would totally buy the first one!)
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Thanks so much. So cute!
Lovely little girl in her swimming suit and with this gorgeous hat. The hat is also nice to wear with a red dress.
Thanks for sharing this pattern.
Love, Margaret
Im confused a little in the smaller patterns it says to switch to white and sc then switch to green and dc again but in the bigger patterns it says sc but in parenthesis it says dc at the end of each sentence????
Wow, I really botched this when I typed it up 😐 I think I have it corrected now. You will want to SC the white round and DC the green brim. So sorry for the confusion!
OMG! I love this!! I crocheted a watermelon dress and mary janes, now I'm going to have to add this hat to the set!
How adorable!! What a little chunk!! Great pattern! Thanks so much for sharing!
Omg so cute so making this for my little girl tomorrow.
Love your patterns I find they are perfect size every time. know your basic pattern off the top of my head now made so many. the brim on this hat is fantastic.
Have noticed it says switch to green and 2 SC in each stich but your stich count at the end of the round is the same as the round before am I being really dippy by thinking it should be doubled
Ack! Yes you are correct! That is what I get for copy and pasting stitch counts 🙁 All is fixed now. Thanks for catching that!
That's ok 🙂 glad I could help 😀 love your patterns as I said know them off the too of my head now
Oh my God, look at the belly! Such a cute pattern, thank you!!
Would it be ok to use cotton yarn? It is so hot in thhe summer that it may be better if I used cotton. If so what brand would be good and would pattern remain the same. Tyvm for sharing so much with us. I love your patterns and have made many for my grandchildren. I hope it is ok that I sk youabout the yarn.
I'm planning on using cotton yarn too. I really like Hobby Lobby's I Love This Cotton yarn. It's really soft and easy to work with. I'm going out to buy the red today. It's worsted weight so I'd think it should be fine. I'll let you know how it comes out!
adorable petit ensemble!! et la petite puce est si mignonne avec j' adore bravo a bientôt et merci du tuto
Śliczny letni kapelusik dla maluszka:)
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this is so cute and your little model is absolutely adorable!! I'm going to have to make this for our new addition in our family this summer!! Thank you so much for all the cute patterns.
Too cute. What about weaving in a black ribbon instead of the beads then you have a cute bow in the back. Just a thought
where is a real slice of watermelon in her hands?
Simply gorgeous 🙂
What an adorable hat. Perfect for the summer.
Love this hat! Is the first dc in the ch 2 stitch? I keep not getting the right stitch count for the 0-3 hat.
All your patterns are so cute! Thank you SO MUCH for sharing!!
The only issue I have is I'm not sure of your gauge.
One hat I pulled too tight making it too small and another too loose making it too big!!
Which yarn did you use? its so adorable, I need to make it!
Awesome! Thank you so much for sharing.
Such a cute little hat, I know my 4 little great grand daughters that live in Oklahoma will love it.
Thank you so much for sharing with us. Sincerely, Marilyn
I LOOOVE your patterns and make th often. Did you use cotton for this hat?
Thank you for sharing your creative beautiful patterns
Darcie
Thank you for the pattern. I definitely adding this pattern to my many others. It is an easy pattern to follow
Thank you for this lovely toddler/ child/ adult hat pattern. I plan to make it for my grands.
Is there a good alternative for the beads? I have a picky 2yo granddaughter who will say it hurts lol. Also, the toddler/preschool size… Since she’s just 2, should I only do 4 or 5 rounds of DC instead of 6? I’m fairly new to crochet. Thanks
I love your patterns & creativity! Please keep posting & I’ll keep following! I made this for my granddaughter!
Thank you!
YEY
I am going to make the melon hat in crochet thread in the 9-12 mos. but no gauge is given. Could you please inform me what the gauge should be. Thank You
I just crocheted 0-3 instructions using worsted 100% cotton yarn and an “H” hook. It came out big enough for a 1 year old. I thought “H” hook sounded really big. A swatch test would be really helpful or a circumference after round 2 even. Did I use the wrong hook size. Thanks
Judy
I made the child size twice and both came out big enough for a large adult. I used worsted weight acrylic and an H hook. Is there a missing hook change? Chart for hook sizes would be wonderful.
Hello OMYGEE this is the most adorable hat I have seen in a long time!! The model is gorgeous as well. XOXOXO. I really love the colors you chose for the hat and am struggling to find them. Do you possibly remember the brand and colors? Thank you so much. Love all your designs!
~Jax