This Cluster Stitch Slouch Hat and video tutorial teaches you how to crochet a slouch hat using a version of the Cluster stitch.
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This stitch is also used in the Pattern & tutorials for:
Cluster Stitch Slouch Hat – Free Crochet Pattern and Video tutorial
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For this project you will need:
- HOOK: 5 mm hook or size H hook for the US
- YARN: 2 skeins worsted weight yarn, 4 ply US, 10 ply AU – 100 grams / 3.5. oz – 210 meters / 230 yards
- Tapestry Needle
ABBREVIATIONS
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ch = Chain
sl st = Slip Stitch
st = Stitch
sk = Skip
dec = decrease
beg = beginning
YO = Yarn Over
SC = Single Crochet
DC = Double Crochet
DC dec = Double Crochet decrease
* = Repeat what’s in between * for rest of row
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MAKING THE RIM
To start:
ch 70 and sl st into beginning ch to form a ring.
Round 1
sc in next stitch from where you sl stitched, and in all stitches around (69 sts)
Rounds 2 & 3
(place marker at beginning stitch) sc in the next 7 sts, then sc decrease. repeat for the next two rounds, you should stop decreasing when you have 56 sts.
Rounds 4 & 5
sc in all sts (56 sts)
when you get to the end of round 5, then sl st into beginning st and ch 1
Round 6
crab stitch / reverse single crochet in the next 5 sts, then skip a stitch and crab stitch into the next.
Skipping a stitch after ever 5th crab stitch will help keep rim tighter and prevent the stretched look.
After the last st of the round, Sl st into beginning st and ch 1, cut yarn, leaving a tail long enough to be worked in with a tapestry needle.
Round 7
Now working on the other side of the rim, where we first did our ch.
sc your color on, doesn’t matter where on the round, just make sure you are going through the top loops only, and sc in all sts around. When you get to the end of the row.
Round 8 – Starting the Clusters
ch 1 and pull up a loop, working into same stitch as ch 1, start to do a dc, but don’t finish the st, leaving the last loop on the hook. Repeat again into same stitch as shown below ( 3 loops on hook)
Repeat again in the next st ( 5 loops on hook)
Repeat again in next st ( 7 loops on hook)
The YO and pull through all 7 loops
Then ch 2. Repeat this until end of round. Do not ch 1 on the last cluster of the round, just sl st into beginning stitch.
Round 9
If you need help working in the clusters themselves, check out the tutorial with the time stamp HERE
Repeats rounds 8 and 9
TIME TO REDUCE
Round 1 of reducing
Sc into first stitch, then sc dec, then repeat, sc 1, sc dec, when you get to the end of the row, place a marker here.
Rounds 2 and 3 of reducing
sc into all sts around.
Round 4 of reducing
sc 1, sc december
Rounds 5 and 6 of reducing
sc into all sts around.
After round 6
cut your tail leaving a long tail. Thread your tapestry needle. Weave through the stitches like a draw string, go through all sts and turn your hat inside out. Pull string to tighten hole and sew in knots, even tie a few knots if you like. Hide tail.
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