Cowboy Hat

Written By Nichelle Bottko Woods

Foundation Row: start with a tail long enough to sew in, ch 7, starting in the 2nd ch from the hook: sc 6 across, ch 1, turn, all following instructions in rounds.

  1. BLO sc 3 times all in the first st, BLO sc 4, BLO sc 3 all in the last stitch, continue around the other side of the foundation row, repeat instructions of round a second time, working into the front loops left behind in the previous step (20)

  2. *inc, sc 8, inc* two times (24)

  3. *sc* around (24)

  4. sc 2, *inc, sc 2* two times, inc, sc 3,  repeat instructions from start of round (30)

  5. sc 3, *BLO inc, BLO sc 3* two times, BLO inc, sc 3, repeat instructions from start of round (36)

  6. *sc 4, BLO sc 10, sc 4* two times (36)

  7. *sc* around (36) Repeat for 2 total rounds

  8. *inc, sc, inc, sc 13, inc, sc* two times (42)

  9. *sc* around (42) Repeat for  2 total rounds

  10. *inc, sc 2, inc, sc 14, inc, sc 2* two times (48)

  11. *sc* around (48) Repeat for 2 total rounds 

    sc crochet until the next stitch is the front center of the hat, start next round there (sc 3)

  12. *inc, sc 2, inc, sc 17, inc, sc 2* two times (54)

  13. *sc* around (54) Repeat for 5  total rounds 

    slst, ch 1, turn, trace hat on middle of plastic sheet, work following rounds in opposite direction

  14. *BLO sc* around (54)

  15. sc 18, *inc,3* four times, inc, sc 18, inc (60)

  16. sc, inc,sc 21,*inc, sc 4* three times, inc, sc 20, inc, sc (66)

  17. sc, inc,sc 20,*inc, sc 6* three times, inc, sc 20, inc, sc (72)

  18. sc, inc,sc 21,*inc, sc 7* three times, inc, sc 22, inc, sc (78)

  19. sc 6, *inc,sc 12* five times, inc, sc 6 (84)

  20. *sc 13, inc* around (90)

  21. sc 7, *inc, sc 14* five times, inc, sc 7 (96)

  22. *sc 15, inc* around (102)

  23. sc 8, *inc, sc 16* five times, inc, sc 8 (108)

  24. *sc 17, inc* around (114)

  25. sc 9, *inc, sc 18* five times, inc, sc 9 (120)

  26. *BLO sc* around (120)

  27. BLO sc 9, *BLO inc, BLO sc 18* five times, BLO inc, BLO sc 9 (114)

  28. *sc 17, dec* around (108)

  29. sc 8, *dec, sc 16* five times, dec, sc 8 (102)

  30. *sc 15, dec* around (96)

  31. sc 7, *dec, sc 14* five times, dec, sc 7 (90)

  32. *sc 13, dec* around (84)

  33. sc 6, *dec, sc 12* five times, dec, sc 6 (78)

  34.  sc, dec, sc 21,*decc, sc 7* three times, dec, sc 21, dec, sc (72)

  35. sc, dec,sc 20,*dec, sc 6* three times, dec, sc 20, dec, sc (66)

  36. sc, dec,sc 21,*dec, sc 4* three times, dec, sc 20, dec, sc (60)

  37. sc 18, *dec, 3* four times, dec, sc 18, dec (60)

Stocking Hat

begin by working in rounds with the hair color, for bald dolls, start with skin color. All inc below hdc inc

  1. create 6 hdc into a magic circle (6)

  2. *inc* around (12)

  3. *hdc, inc* around (18)

  4. *hdc, inc, hdc* around (24)

  5. *hdc 3, inc* around  (30)

  6. *hdc 2, inc, hdc 2* around (36)

  7. *hdc 5, inc* around  (42)

  8. *hdc 3, inc, hdc 3* around (48)

  9. *hdc 7, inc* around (54)

  10. *hdc* around (54)

  11. *hdc 4, inc, hdc 4* around (60)

  12. *hdc* around (60) 3 total rounds for regular hat 

  13. slst, ch 1, turn, *sc* around, slst to start (61)

Ear flaps

  1. ch 2, turn, hdc 12, ch 2, turn

  2. dec, hdc 8, dec,  ch 2, turn

  3. hdc 10, ch 2, turn

  4.  dec, hdc 6, dec,  ch 2, turn

  5. hdc 8, ch 2, turn

  6.  dec, hdc 4, dec,  ch 2, turn

  7.  hdc 6, ch 2, turn 3 total rounds 

  8.   dec, hdc 2, dec,  ch 2, turn

  9.  hdc 4, ch 1, turn

  10. sc 4, continue down sc 15, continue on hat brim sc 18, hdc 13, start ear fla again at first round

  11. Last 4, 15, 18, 15 up loop,slst, ch 1, turn

  12.  sc around (104)

Nichelle Bottko Woods
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