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Birds of a Feather Crochet Slouch hat – Free Crochet Pattern and tutorial

This Birds of a Feather Slouch hat stitch looks the best in two colors. One has to be solid but the other can be variegated yarn. It has the option for great color combinations!

You can find more things like this under the category Slouch Hats

 

Other patterns that use this stitch are:

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Birds of a Feather Slouch hat – Free Crochet Pattern

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For this project you’ll need:

Yarn for the Hat color’s I used.

  • Brown hat I used – Alize Burcum “Baltic” Color 5850 For my SeC color

with White as my MC

  • For the Blue / Pink hat I used – Papatya Batik color 554 – 38

For my SeC color with White as my MC.

  • I No longer have the yarn info for the blue hat’s yarn.
 

 

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

Sc dec = single crochet decrease

* = Repeat what’s in between * for rest of round.

 
 
 

IMPORTANT NOTE: There is no need to cut your yarn as you change colors every round. Just drop one color and replace it with the other color. Do not carry the yarn with you, just let it hang there waiting for you when you reach the beginning of your round again.

  • MC = Main Color
  • SeC = Secondary Color
 
 

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Part 2

 

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Part 2

 

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To Start:

(Choose to start with your MC or SeC color for rim of hat.)
ch 70 and sl st into beginning ch to form a ring.

NOTE: Some may wonder why the pattern starts with 70 chain only to reduce down to 59 sts, I did this to prevent the beginning chain from being to tight. Another option is to use a larger hook just when making the beginning chain, then switch back before starting round 1. Either way just make sure you end the round with an odd number.

 

Round 1 – of rim

sc in next stitch from where you sl stitched, and in all stitches around (69 sts )

 

Rounds 2 & 3 – of rim

(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 – of rim

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 – of rim

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.

 

MAKING OF THE HAT

Round 1

Now working on the other side of the rim, where we first did our ch.

NOTE: If you did the rim with your SeC color, then switch to MC for this round. If you’ve been using your MC this whole time, then keep using it here.

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, ch 1

 

Round 2 – With SeC

ch 1 and dc into same stitch. Ch 2 and sk 2 sts, *dc into next stitch, ch 2 and sk 2 sts * Repeat. sl st into beginning st.

 

Round 3 – With MC

sc into beginning st you just sl stitched into. *Then CS by skipping a st and dcing into the next stitch. Then dc into the st you just skipped to complete the CS. Sc into next stitch* Repeat. sl st into beginning st. With rounds 2 and 3 now completed you now have your first set done.

   

You will continue to repeat rows 2 and 3 of this pattern until your hat reaches 25 cms (10 inches)

This is what they call the tunnel part of the hat. You can make it as long or as short as you like.

When you reach your desired length then….

 

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 decrease

 

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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