Hooking Rainbows: Hooking Rainbows basic ear flap hat

Over the past few months I have been crocheting pretty much every day, mostly hats and purses! Slowly teaching myself with each stitch to read patterns so, I could write my own. I am the type of person that can just look at something and make it with minimal crochet basics; I learned that trait from my mother. However, I think I finally got the pattern reading down to be able to be able to write my own. So here it goes world, The Hooking Rainbows basic ear flap hat!

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Skill Level –Easy

What you will need:

Hook Size J-6.00 mm

Worsted weight yarn

Needle to weave in ends

Scissors

Abbreviations:

Ch-Chain

St-Stitch/stitches

Sl St-Slip Stitch

Sc-Single crochet

Sc2tog- Single crochet 2 together (decrease by 1)

Length guidelines (Make it ½ inch to 1 inch smaller if making with ear flap):

Newborn: 5 inches

3-6 months: 6-6.5 inches

9-12 months: 7 inches

2 -3 years: 7-7.5 inches

Small child: 7.5-8 inches

Teen/Adult: 8.5-9 inches

Large Adult: 10 inches

Foundation-

Chain 2. 6 Sc in the second chain from the hook. Join-(sl st)-Use a Marker pin to show where each round starts, pull loose string to tighten the circle.

I sometimes use:

Alternative Foundation-

Chain 4. 3 SC in the back loops staring in the second Chain from the hook. On the opposite side 3 SC in the front loops. Join-(sl st in the 4^th chain)-Use a Marker pin to show where each round starts.

0-3 months (New born)-

Start with one of the foundations above.

Round 1: 2 SC into each of the 6 sc (skip original foundation sl st & don’t join end of round (sl st).

Round 2: 1 SC into each of the next 2 SC, 2 sc into the next SC*Repeat until marker pin

Round 3: 1 SC into each of the next 3 SC, 2 sc into the next SC*Repeat until marker pin

Round 4: 1 SC into each of the next 4 SC, 2 sc into the next SC*Repeat until marker pin

Round 5: 1 SC into each of the next 5 SC, 2 sc into the next SC*Repeat until marker pin

Round 6: 1 SC into each of the next 6 SC, 2 sc into the next SC*Repeat until marker pin

Round 7+: SC around until desired length

3-6 months-

Start with one of the foundations above.

Round 1: 2 SC into each of the 6 sc (skip original foundation sl st & don’t join end of round (sl st).

Round 2: 1 SC into in each of the next SC, 2 sc into the next SC *Repeat until marker pin

Round 3: 1 SC into each of the next 2 SC, 2 sc into the next SC*Repeat until marker pin

Round 4: 1 SC into each of the next 3 SC, 2 sc into the next SC*Repeat until marker pin

Round 5: 1 SC into each of the next 4 SC, 2 sc into the next SC*Repeat until marker pin

Round 6: 1 SC into each of the next 5 SC, 2 sc into the next SC*Repeat until marker pin

Round 7: 1 SC into each of the next 6 SC, 2 sc into the next SC*Repeat until marker pin

Round 8+: SC around until desired length

9-12 months-

Start with one of the foundations above.

Round 1: 2 SC into each of the 6 sc (skip original foundation sl st & Don’t join end of round (sl st).

Round 2: 1 SC into in each of the next SC, 2 sc into the next SC *Repeat until marker pin

Round 3: 1 SC into each of the next 2 SC, 2 sc into the next SC*Repeat until marker pin

Round 4: 1 SC into each of the next 3 SC, 2 sc into the next SC*Repeat until marker pin

Round 5: 1 SC into each of the next 4 SC, 2 sc into the next SC*Repeat until marker pin

Round 6: 1 SC into each of the next 5 SC, 2 sc into the next SC*Repeat until marker pin

Round 7: 1 SC into each of the next 6 SC, 2 sc into the next SC*Repeat until marker pin

Round 8: 1 SC into each of the next 7 SC, 2 sc into the next SC*Repeat until marker pin

Round 9+: SC around until desired length

2-3 years-