The crochet technique is very suitable for making hats. The abundance of patterns and the use of yarn with a different composition allows you to create tight winter hats, berets for the off-season, and beautiful openwork summer hats.
The Importance of Choosing the Right Yarn
For children's products, you should choose only soft types of threads, as coarse wool can cause irritation or even allergies. Merino wool is considered the best. For spring products, the presence of 50% of such wool in the thread will be optimal. It is extremely soft and warm and significantly more expensive than the rest. However, given that it will take only 70-120 grams, it will not be very expensive, and you will get a very practical crocheted spring hat for girls. We knit for children from quality materials and, thus, take care of their comfort.
In addition to merino, wool with cotton or bamboo (50:50%) is suitable. For adult hats, you can use almost any yarn: wool, angora, mohair or blended thread. The latter contains impurities of artificial fibers.
Basic principles for crocheting hats
As a rule, hats begin to crochet from the top of the head to the bottom edge. The work is carried out in circular rows. Initially, observing the rules for expanding the circular web, a flat disk is formed. Then, expanding rows alternate with even ones, this allows you to make a smooth transition to a flat cap fabric. If you skip this step, the product will not have a semicircular, but an angular shape.
This is how the spring hat for the girl is crocheted. The diagram perfectly illustrates the process of expanding the upper part of the product and knitting its flat part.
Most of these schemes are designed for paintings connected by single crochet (RLS) or double crochet (CCH). The peculiarity of this model is that it uses the so-called “conditionally continuous” pattern. It is not as dense as ordinary columns, but not too openwork. This combination allows you to use an ornament for such a product as an autumn-spring hat for a girl crocheted.
Bead Sequence: Top
To knit such a cap, as in the photo, you need to dial a chain of five air loops (VP) and close it into a ring. Next they knit like this:
- 14 CCH.
- In each CCH of the 1st row, 2 should be performed.
- 10 "bushes", each of which consists of three CCHs.
- Sequence: 1, 2 with a common base, repeat to the end of the row. Thus, every second RLS doubles.
- 15 "bushes".
- Double every third sc.
- 20 "bushes".
- Double every fourth sc.
The principle of forming the bottom of the cap is obvious. Knitting with this method should be continued until a disk is obtained whose diameter is two centimeters less than half the circumference of the child’s head.
Making a flat piece of a hat
Further work on the product includes knitting in even circular rows. It is necessary to perform lifting loops, since openwork and continuous rows will alternate. Their consistent combination leads to a beautiful and practical spring hat for a girl crocheting (the diagram clearly shows how to switch from knitting the bottom to the side part).
The designer proposes to make a continuous strip of RLS for attaching a bow. The bow itself consists of a folded flat 15 cm long and connected from six rows of sc. Depending on the desire of the craftswoman, this element can be excluded by replacing the pattern of "bushes". The height of the flat part of the cap is determined by fitting.
When the product is finished, its edge should be tied with a "step of the dog"
Crochet spring hat for girls: spiral expansion of the canvas
There are other options. An interesting alternative to the familiar models is the next spring hat for the girl (crochet).
The diagram depicts a spiral arrangement of web elements. The principle of expansion differs from the previous model, here there are only "bushes" without RLS rows.
The amount of CCH in the "bushes" is gradually increasing, providing growth of the canvas.
The characteristic volume of the grooves is provided by the use of embossed facial columns. Due to the presence of such elements, the canvas comes out quite dense. In fact, this is the scheme of the hat for the girl (crochet) for the winter, but the percentage of wool in the yarn is of decisive importance.
Assorted hat
The manufacturing procedure for such a model differs significantly from those described above. First, they knit a bar from the RLS (width 3-5 cm, length - head volume). Then sew the resulting strip. Along its edge, perform one row of RLS.
Next, proceed to the implementation of the main pattern:
- 3 on the rise, skip the base loop, lush column, 1, repeat to the end of the row, except for the lifting loops.
- 3VP, a magnificent column under the VP of the previous row, 1VP, repeat as many times as necessary.
That's the whole description of this simple pattern. Work can be performed both in circular, and in straight and reverse rows.
When the canvases of the cap reach the desired height, its last row should be pulled together with a strong thread and firmly fixed.
Such a spring hat with a crochet for the girl (the pattern, description and density of the pattern may be different) is perfect for children of different ages. When using yarn of dark shades, this hat becomes an adult model.
You can decorate hats with anything. These are knitted flowers, appliques, beads, embroidery. It is important not to overdo it and observe a harmonious combination of colors.