Saturday, April 26, 2014

Mothers Beret. Mother and Daughter Free Crochet Hat pattern

Free Crochet Hat Patterns Delivered To You From Cats-Rockin-Crochet



Lovely Kat and her charming baby daughter Quinn

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Every daughter wants to be just like their Mummy
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Side view with the flower
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Side view without the flower

Introduction: This crochet beret pattern uses a very simple crochet technique, a little tweaking of the dc stitch gives you this wonderful textured look. You will conquer the tweak in no time and have your very own Mothers Beret that will match the baby size Mother and Daughter crochet hat pattern. This free crochet pattern includes instructions for making the flower and leaf too. Get your hook and yarn ready, grab the free pattern and away you go!

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Size: Adult, small/medium, medium/large
Time: Leisurely 2 hours
Materials Used:
Hook:
small/medium follow pattern using a 4 mm, medium/large follow pattern using a 5mm 
Yarn: 8 ply small medium, 10 ply medium/large, approx 100 gm's
Sewing needle
US terms used

Stitches Used: Main body of the hat
Sl st = slip stitch
Ch = chain
Dc = double crochet
Bdc = back double crochet = see special stitch explanation

Stitches used: Hat edge
Fphdc = front post half double crochet
Bphdc = back post double crochet

Special stitch Explanation: when we look at the loops of the dc that we work into, you will see that there are 2 strands of yarn on the top of the dc and one strand of yarn on the bottom, coming from the front of the dc, we place our hook in the space between these and make a dc. The special stitch is made by placing your hook behind the dc, going into the space over and under the single strand pulling our working yarn through to make a dc. This technique does become as fast and efficient as a commonly placed dc.




Beret begins at the crown and is worked down to the brim
Chain 4, sl st to first ch to form a ring. Or use a magic ring
Please note! The beginning ch 2 of every rnd is not counted as a st
BEGIN:
Chain 4, sl st to first ch to form a ring. Or use a magic ring.
Row 1, ch 2, work 12 dc into ring, to join, sl st into the 1st dc of this round, (you will join this way on every round)
(Increase in every st)
Row 2, ch 2, work 2 dc in 1st st, work 2 bdc in next, *work 2 dc in next st, work 2 bdc in next st* repeat from *to* to end, sl st to join (24 dc)
(Increase in every 2nd st)
Row 3, ch 2, work 1 dc in same place as join, work 2 bdc in the next st, *work 1 dc in next st, work 2 bdc in next st*, repeat from *to* to end, sl st to join (36 dc)
(Increase in every 3rd st)
Row 4, ch 2, work 1 dc in same place as join, work 1 dc into the next st, work 2 bdc into the next st, * work 1 dc into each of the next 2 st's, work 2 bdc into the next st*, repeat from *to* to end, sl st to join (48 dc)
(Increase in every 4th st)
Row 5,
ch 2, work 1 dc in same place as join, work 1 dc into each of the next 2 st's, work 2 bdc in the next st, * work 1 dc into each of the next 3 st's, work 2 bdc in the next st*,  repeat from *to* to end, sl st to join (60 dc)
(Increase in every 5th st)
Row 6, ch 2, work 1 dc in same place as join, work 1 dc into each of the next 3 st's, work 2 bdc in the next st, * work 1 dc into each of the next 4 st's, work 2 bdc in the next st*,  repeat from *to* to end, sl st to join (72 dc)
(Increase in every 6th st)
Row 7, ch 2, work 1 dc in same place as join, work 1 dc into each of the next 4 st's, work 2 bdc in the next st, * work 1 dc into each of the next 5 st's, work 2 bdc in the next st*,  repeat from *to* to end, sl st to join (84 dc)
(Increase in every 7th st) you will now be working 2 dc, 2 bdc through out this round and for the rest of the beret pattern until we reach the hat edge
Row 8, ch 2, work 1 dc in same place as join, work 1 dc in next st, work 1 bdc in each of next 2 st's, work 1 dc in each of next 2 st's, work 2 bdc in next st, *work 1 dc in each of next 2 st's, work 1 bdc in each of next 2 st's, work 1 dc in each of next 2 st's, work 2 bdc in next st* repeat from *to* to end, sl st to join (96 dc)
(no increases) row 9 will form the pattern used for making the body of the hat
Row 9, ch 2, *work 1 dc into each of the next 2st's, work 1 bdc in  each of the next 2 st's* repeat from *to* to end, sl st to join (96 dc)
repeat row 9, 12 more times, or continue for length desired

Hat edge: Tips for hat edge: if you find your hat edge is not getting smaller as you use the sc stitch, you can make decreases any where in the round, I suggest that you wait until you have at least 5 hat edge rows made and try it on before you make any decreases.
Row 1, ch 1 work 1 sc in each st to end, to join sl st into the 1st sc of the round
Row 2, ch 1, work 1 bpsc in each st to end, to join, sl st into the 1st sc of the round.
Repeat rows 1 and 2, 5 more times (10 rows plus  the 1st 2 rows 12 rows) finish off and sew in ends or follow on for a very simple decorative hat edge
To make a simple decorative hat edge
Row 1, ch 1, work 1 hdc in 1 st, sl st into next st, *1 hdc in next st, sl st in next st* repeat from *to* to end, join, finish off.

free crochet pattern for a 7 petal flower

Flower: 7 petals
Chain 4, sl st to first ch to form a ring. Or use a magic ring
Round 1, ch 1, work 14 sc into ring, to join, sl st into 1st sc of this round
Round 2, ch 5, *sl st into each of the next 2 sc, ch 5* repeat from *to* to end, sl st into 1st st , to close round, (7 loops), leave a long tail for sewing and break off yarn,  join in new color yarn with a sl st and ch 3 into any loop
Round 3, work (6 dc, 3 trpl, 6 dc, ch 3 and a sl st) into ch 5 loop, *sl st into next ch 5 loop, work (ch 3, 6 dc, 3 trpl, 6 dc, ch 3 and a sl st)* repeat from *to* 5 more times. You will have 7 petals. The flower petals will be disorganized, you will need to arrange them the way that you like them.
 

free crochet flower and leaf pattern

Leaf: make 2
Ch 15, work 1 sc in second ch from hook, work 1 hdc in each of the next 2 ch, work 1 dc in each of the next 3 ch, work 1 trpl in each of the next 2 ch, work 1 dc in each of the next 3 ch, work 1 hdc in each of the next 2 ch, work 1 sc in last ch, now working on the other side of the ch row, sl st into 1st ch, work 1 sc in 1st ch, work 1 hdc in each of the next 2 ch, work 1 dc in each of the next 3 ch, work 1 trpl in each of the next 2 ch, work 1 dc in each of the next 3 ch, work 1 hdc in each of the next 2 ch, work 1 sc in last ch, finish off leaving a long tail for sewing

You may also like the Two Faces free crochet hat pattern using the very same stitch.
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Free Crochet Hat Patterns, Courtesy Of Cathy Wood
Aka, Cats-Rockin-Crochet.
2014.

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