I know I’m a little late to the bucket hat bandwagon, but I’ve actually had this free crochet bucket hat pattern cooking for a while. Now is as good a time as any to release it with spring right around the corner! This would actually not be a bad hat for winter either because the double thickness makes it warmer. The inside of the hat is a different color from the outside of the hat and it’s very easy to reverse the hat to switch the places of the two colors. It’s kind of like those octopus stuffed animals where they’re happy and then you turn them inside out and they’re grumpy.
Here you can see the bucket hat being modeled by my daughter Echo. I really wanted to design a bucket hat with a straight brim, because I’m just not a fan of the ruffled brim look. (In my opinion, that’s not really a bucket hat. That’s a sun hat!) I’m pretty proud of what I came up with and I hope that you like it too!
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Free Crochet Bucket Hat Pattern
Materials
Worsted Weight Yarn (Model is shown in Cascade Yarns Noble Cotton in the colors Blue Turquoise and Soft Peach)
4.5 mm crochet hook
Stitch Markers
Skill Level
Intermediate
Finished Measurements
Child: 6.5” crown (16.5 cm)
4.5″ height (11.5 cm)
Adult: 7.5” crown (19 cm)
5.5” height (14 cm)
Abbreviations
US Terminology
ch = chain
st = stitch
sl st = slip stitch
sc = single crochet
hdc = half double crochet
Special Stitches
Hdc in the 3rd loop free tutorial from Raffamussa Designs
Crab Stitch free tutorial from Good Knit Kisses
Gauge
The first three rounds of the free crochet bucket hat pattern should be approximately 2.25” (5.5 cm) in diameter.
Notes
- Pattern is worked in continuous rounds. You will not join with a slip stitch at the end of each round. You will just keep going. A stitch marker is used to keep track of your rounds.
- The increases in the crown section are staggered to make it more circular. If all of the increases are stacked in the same spot then it starts to turn into a polygon with 9 sides.
Child Size – Crown of Hat
Start with a Magic Circle (Check out this article from Littlejohn’s Yarn if you’re unfamiliar)
Round 1: Ch 1, hdc 9 in the loop. Pull on your starting tail to close the magic circle. (9)
Round 2: hdc 2 in each st around (18)
Round 3: *hdc 2 in the next st, hdc in the next st* repeat the starred section around (27)
Check your gauge here. Your circle should be approximately 2.25” (5.5 cm) in diameter. If it is bigger than that, try using a 4 mm hook. If it is smaller than that, try using a 5 mm hook.
Round 4: hdc in the next st, *hdc 2 in the next st, hdc in the next 2 sts* repeat the starred section for a total of 8 times, hdc 2 in the next st, hdc in the last st (36)
Round 5: *hdc 2 in the next st, hdc in the next 3 sts* repeat the starred section around (45)
Round 6: hdc in the next 2 sts, *hdc 2 in the next st, hdc in the next 4 sts* repeat the starred section for a total of 8 times, hdc 2 in the next st, hdc in the last 2 sts (54)
Round 7: *hdc 2 in the next st, hdc in the next 5 sts* repeat the starred section around (63)
Round 8: hdc in the next 3 sts, *hdc 2 in the next st, hdc in the next 6 sts* repeat the starred section for a total of 8 times, hdc 2 in the next st, hdc in the last 3 sts (72)
Round 9: hdc in each st around (72)
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Child Size – Body of Hat
Set-Up: Sl st in the next st, remove your hook from the loop, insert your hook in the next st from back to front, grab the loop again and pull it through to the back.
Round 10: work in the 3rd loops for this round, Ch 1, sc in the first st, hdc in the rest of the stitches around (72)
Rounds 11-18: hdc in each st around (72)
Child Size – Brim of Hat
Set-Up: Sl st in the next st, remove your hook from the loop, insert your hook in the next st from back to front, grab the loop again and pull it through to the back.
Round 19: work in the 3rd loops for this round, ch 1, sc in the first st, hdc in the next 6 sts, hdc 2 in the next st, *hdc in the next 7 sts, hdc 2 in the next st* repeat the starred section for a total of 8 times (81)
Round 20: hdc in each st around (81)
Set-Up: Sl st in the next st, remove your hook from the loop, insert your hook in the next st from back to front, grab the loop again and pull it through to the back.
Round 21: work in the 3rd loops for this round, ch 1, sc in the first st, hdc in the next 3 sts, *hdc 2 in the next st, hdc in the next 8 sts* repeat the starred section for a total of 8 times, hdc 2 in the next st, hdc in the last 4 sts (90)
Round 22: hdc in each st around (90)
Set-Up: Sl st in the next st, remove your hook from the loop, insert your hook in the next st from back to front, grab the loop again and pull it through to the back.
Round 23: work in the 3rd loops for this round, ch 1, hdc in each st around, sl st to join to the first st. (90)
Fasten off. Repeat instructions with a second color of yarn, so now you have two hats. Nestle them inside each other and work the edging through the last round of both hats at the same time using the color of your choice.
Edging Option 1: crab st around
Edging Option 2: *sl st, ch 1* repeat the starred section around
Adult Size – Crown of Hat
Start with a Magic Circle (Check out this article from Littlejohn’s Yarn if you’re unfamiliar)
Round 1: Ch 1, hdc 9 in the loop. Pull on your starting tail to close the magic circle. (9)
Round 2: hdc 2 in each st around (18)
Round 3: *hdc 2 in the next st, hdc in the next st* repeat the starred section around (27)
Check your gauge here. Your circle should be approximately 2.25” (5.5 cm) in diameter. If it is bigger than that, try using a 4 mm hook. If it is smaller than that, try using a 5 mm hook.
Round 4: hdc in the next st, *hdc 2 in the next st, hdc in the next 2 sts* repeat the starred section for a total of 8 times, hdc 2 in the next st, hdc in the last st (36)
Round 5: *hdc 2 in the next st, hdc in the next 3 sts* repeat the starred section around (45)
Round 6: hdc in the next 2 sts, *hdc 2 in the next st, hdc in the next 4 sts* repeat the starred section for a total of 8 times, hdc 2 in the next st, hdc in the last 2 sts (54)
Round 7: *hdc 2 in the next st, hdc in the next 5 sts* repeat the starred section around (63)
Round 8: hdc in the next 3 sts, *hdc 2 in the next st, hdc in the next 6 sts* repeat the starred section for a total of 8 times, hdc 2 in the next st, hdc in the last 3 sts (72)
Round 9: *hdc 2 in the next st, hdc in the next 7 sts* repeat the starred section around (81)
Round 10: hdc in the next 4 sts, *hdc 2 in the next st, hdc in the next 8 sts* repeat the starred section for a total of 8 times, hdc 2 in the next st, hdc in the last 4 sts (90)
Round 11: hdc in each st around (90)
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Adult Size – Body of Hat
Set-Up: Sl st in the next st, remove your hook from the loop, insert your hook in the next st from back to front, grab the loop again and pull it through to the back.
Round 12: Ch 1, sc in the 3rd loop of the first st, hdc in the 3rd loop of the rest of the stitches around (90)
Rounds 13-22: hdc in each st around (90)
Adult Size – Brim of Hat
Set-Up: Sl st in the next st, remove your hook from the loop, insert your hook in the next st from back to front, grab the loop again and pull it through to the back.
Round 23: work in the 3rd loops for this round, sc in the first st, hdc in the next 8 sts, hdc 2 in the next st, *hdc in the next 9 sts, hdc 2 in the next st* repeat the starred section for a total of 8 times (99)
Round 24: hdc in each st around (99)
Set-Up: Sl st in the next st, remove your hook from the loop, insert your hook in the next st from back to front, grab the loop again and pull it through to the back.
Round 25: work in the 3rd loops for this round, sc in the first st, hdc in the next 4 sts, *hdc 2 in the next st, hdc in the next 10 sts* repeat the starred section for a total of 8 times, hdc 2 in the next st, hdc in the last 5 sts (108)
Round 26: hdc in each st around (108)
Set-Up: Sl st in the next st, remove your hook from the loop, insert your hook in the next st from back to front, grab the loop again and pull it through to the back.
Round 27: work in the 3rd loops for this round, hdc in each st around, sl st to join to the first st. (108)
Fasten off. Repeat instructions with a second color of yarn, so now you have two hats. Nestle them inside each other and work the edging through the last round of both hats at the same time using the color of your choice.
Edging Option 1: crab st around
Edging Option 2: *sl st, ch 1* repeat the starred section around
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