Crochet Snow-Speckled Hat

Recently I was browsing the Yarnspirations.com website, looking for some cute winter crochet patterns and stumbled upon this adorable Snow-Speckled Hat! Only problem was that it was a knit pattern… and.. well.. I don’t knit (yet!) So I contacted my friends over at Yarnspirations headquarters and asked them if I could come up with a crochet version and they said yes!

With just a slight change in placement of your basic single crochet stitch, you can achieve a knit-look (waistcoast stitch) that creates that these adorable little snow-speckles throughout the hat. You will need to do a little bit of color changing but the pattern is repetitive and has no increases or decreases so there is no need to count stitches on the main body of the hat. I also think the the little “v” snow-speckles look like tiny hearts! So of course I will need to crochet a valentine version as well 🙂

I will do my best to give you a few different sizes (coming soon) but the main pattern is pretty much a one-size-fits-most. You should be able to make the pattern bigger/smaller by adding/subtracting 4 stitches (or multiples of 4) to your starting round. This also means that you will need to subtract rows from the ribbing.

I also created a video tutorial to accompany the written pattern:

Materials:
– Red Heart Super Saver Yarn in colors
Aruba Seas (turquoise)
Blue
White
Shop all the colors HERE on Yarnspirations.com
– Size H Crochet Hook
– Tapestry Needle
– Large Pom-Pom Maker (optional)
or grab THESE furry pom-poms

NOTE: The pattern works from the bottom up. We will start with the ribbing and then work in rounds. It must start this way for the snow-speckles to look like they are falling in a “v” shape. If we worked from the top down, they will be upside down… believe me… there was a lot of trial and error on my part LOL!

Crochet Snow-Speckled Hat Pattern:
One-Size-Fits-Most

Starting with Ribbing (Brim of Hat)
With turquoise yarn
Chain 9, HDC in second chain from hook and the rest of the way down chain, chain 1, turn (8 HDC)
Row 2-48: in back loops only, HDC in each stitch, chain 1, turn
slip stitch both ends of the ribbing together and SC around the edge of the ribbing with a total stitch count of 64 STITCHES.
Now join in blue yarn and chain 1
NOTE: from here on out you will be working in the front center of the single crochet stitches from the previous round (this creates the knit-look aka waistcoat stitch)
Round 2-3: with blue yarn, SC each stitch around, join, chain 1 (64 SC)
Round 4: SC in first 3 stitches with blue yarn, join in white and make the next SC in white, (carry your yarn as you crochet for this row), 3 SC in blue, SC in next stitch in white, repeating all the way around, join, chain 1 (64 SC)
Round 5: with just blue yarn, SC in each stitch around, join, chain 1 (64 SC)
this next round will be just like round 4 but we want to stagger the white speckles so you will start with just one blue stitch and then your next stitch will be white, then go back to the 3 SC in blue, 1 SC in white sequence.
Round 6: SC the first stitch in blue, SC the next stitch in white, *3 SC in blue, SC in white, repeat from * until you reach the end. You will only have 2 blue stitches at the end, join, chain 1
Round 7: with blue yarn, SC each stitch around, join, chain 1 (64 SC)
Repeat rounds 4-7 a total of 3 more times.
Round 20: with blue yarn, SC each stitch around, join in white yarn, chain 1 (64 SC)
Round 21-28: with white yarn, SC in each stitch around, join, chain 1
Fasten off leaving long tail after round 28.

with your long tail and tapestry needle, work needle under the front loops of your last round, keep weaving your tapestry needle under the front loops until end of round and pull to cinch top of hat closed. You will need to weave your strand back and forth a few more times once cinched to completely close the hole in the top.

Add large white pom-pom to the top of the hat!

UPDATE: Here is a child size using Red Heart Super Yarn in Light Raspberry and Shocking Pink.

Crochet Snow-Speckled Hat Pattern:
Child Size

Starting with Ribbing (Brim of Hat)
With light pink yarn
Chain 7, HDC in second chain from hook and the rest of the way down chain, chain 1, turn (6 HDC)
Row 2-40: in back loops only, HDC in each stitch, chain 1, turn
slip stitch both ends of the ribbing together and SC around the edge of the ribbing with a total stitch count of 60 STITCHES.
Now join in dark pink yarn and chain 1
NOTE: from here on out you will be working in the front center of the single crochet stitches from the previous round (this creates the knit-look aka waistcoat stitch)
Round 2-3: with dark pink yarn, SC each stitch around, join, chain 1 (64 SC)
Round 4: SC in first 3 stitches with dark pink yarn, join in white and make the next SC in white, (carry your yarn as you crochet for this row), 3 SC in dark pink, SC in next stitch in white, repeating all the way around, join, chain 1 (64 SC)
Round 5: with just dark pink yarn, SC in each stitch around, join, chain 1 (64 SC)
this next round will be just like round 4 but we want to stagger the white speckles so you will start with just one dark pink stitch and then your next stitch will be white, then go back to the 3 SC in dark pink, 1 SC in white sequence.
Round 6: SC the first stitch in dark pink, SC the next stitch in white, *3 SC in dark pink, SC in white, repeat from * until you reach the end. You will only have 2 dark pink stitches at the end, join, chain 1
Round 7: with dark pink yarn, SC each stitch around, join, chain 1 (64 SC)
Repeat rounds 4-7 a total of 2 more times.
Round 16: repeat round 4
Round 17-18: with dark pink yarn, SC each stitch around, chain 1 (64 SC)
Round 19-26: with white yarn, SC in each stitch around, join, chain 1
Fasten off leaving long tail after round 26.

with your long tail and tapestry needle, work needle under the front loops of your last round, keep weaving your tapestry needle under the front loops until end of round and pull to cinch top of hat closed. You will need to weave your strand back and forth a few more times once cinched to completely close the hole in the top.

Add large white pom-pom to the top of the hat!

Below is what the inside of the hat looks like. I had a few requests to see the inside of the hat!

As I mentioned earlier, this hat is a one-size-fits-most! Below is a terrible selfie photo of me wearing the hat and then a much more adorable picture of my daughter Zoe (age 8) wearing the same exact hat! The brim has a ton of stretch and you can even continue rows of the main hat pattern to make it taller if needed.

More sizes and colors coming soon!

Don’t forget that there is also a KNIT version of this Snow-Speckled Hat! Head HERE to Yarnspirations.com for the free pattern!