Ladies Newsboy hat. FREE PATTERN!

 So, I really REALLY love the little newsboy hat pattern that I came up with. I thought it would work well as an adult hat as well. It was a bit of trial and error, but I think I finally came up with something that I like and that fits well. I also had this really beautiful charcoal grey yarn sitting in my basket, and I just knew I wanted to make something for me with it. So here goes my first adult hat pattern. As always, please let me know if you find a problem.

Materials used:

H hook
Worsted weight yarn
yarn needle for weaving ends.

Round 1: Begin with magic ring. 10 sc in magic ring. pull tail to close ring. DO NOT JOIN

Round 2: 2 sc in each st around. join with sl st to first st.  (20 sts.)

Round 3:  ch 3. Dc in same st as ch 3, dc in next st. cr2dc. (see below for instructions.)

Here is how the cross over 2 dc st is made. yarn over hook (yoh) and insert the hook backwards from front to back in the last sc. (where you did the ch 3). yoh and draw up a loop keeping the yarn loose. yoh and draw through 2 strands on hook. Draw through last two strands. cross over 2 dc made. (cr 2 dc). 

Dc in next 2 sts. cr 2 dc. (group made)  Repeat for a total of 10 groups made. Join with sl st to top of ch 3. 

Round 4: ch 1. sc in same st. sc in next 2 sts. *2 sc in next st. sc in next 2 sts**  Repeat from * to **. join with sl st to first st. (40 sts)

Round 5: ch 3. Dc in same st as ch 3, dc in next st. cr2dc. Dc in next 2 sts. cr 2 dc. Repeat for a total of 20 groups made. Join with sl st to top of ch 3. 

Round 6: ch 1. sc in same st. sc in next 4 sts. *2 sc in next st. sc in next 4 sts** Repeat from * to **. Join with sl st. to fist st. (70 sts)

Round 7: ch 3. Dc in same st as ch 3, dc in next st. cr2dc. skip next st. *Dc in next 2 sts. cr 2 dc. skip next st.** Repeat for a total of 24 groups made. Join with sl st to top of ch 3.

Round 8: Repeat row 7

Round 9: sc in each st around. join with sl st.

Rounds 10 & 11: Repeat rows 7 & 8

Round 12: Repeat row 9 

Rounds 13 & 14: Repeat rows 7 & 8

Rounds 15-18 Repeat row 9 DO NOT BREAK YARN.


BRIM

After joining the last row of sc with a sl st, ch1. sc in next 28 sts. 
With right side still facing you, work backwards (left to right) along the 28 sts  using reverse sc in each st. Here is a video tutorial. 

ch 1 and work 1 sc in next 28 sts again. ch1 and reverse sc back over brim. Repeat one more time. This will give you three rows for the brim of the hat. 
Now to give it a bit of shape. 
ch 1 sc2tog. sc to last 2 sts and sc2tog.

Work 4 sc evenly down the edge of the brim. sc in each st around the hat and work 4 sc evenly up the other side of the brim. Finish off with an invisible knot. Weave in ends.

I think I may consider adding a strap like on the little brimmed hat, or an ivory colored flower. 

For a list of crochet stitches and how to make them go here.  

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