Happy New Year friends! It is still January, so it still counts, right? How many and which New Years resolutions have you set for yourself? For me, I want to spend more effort on achieving my goals. Classic, right. I know. But one of these goals is to share more free patterns with y’all, and that is a noble thing, some would say.
For your first freebie, here is the Jill Slouch!
Sizes:
Toddler, Child, Adult. This pattern is easily adjustable by adding/subtracting rows when you do the band.
Gauge:
17sts/18rows in 4” in band (stretch a bit before measuring)
Materials:
- Worsted weight yarn, Knipicks Brava was used here.
- 5.00mm crochet hook
Abbreviations:
- Ch – Chain
- St – Stitch
- Slst – Slip Stitch
- Sc – Single Crochet
- Dc – Double Crochet
- Sk – Skip
- Rev.sc – Reversed Single Crochet
- BLO – Back Loop Only
- FLO – Front Loop Only
Reversed Single Crochet: It is exactly like a single crochet, but you are going backwards on your work (from left to right). Enter hook into stitch, yarn over, pull up a loop, yarn over, pull through both loops.
Notes:
- If your gauge is bigger, you will have a bigger hat with more slouch; if you have a tighter gauge, you will have a very fitted hat. You might consider adding rows on the band and in the body of the hat in that case.
- When you are making the body, make sure you put the rev.sc into the FLO of the dc row below. The next dc row goes into the back loops of the dc row before.
Band:
Ch 20, 23, 26
- Sc in 2nd chain and each chain to the end.
- Ch1, turn, sc in 1st st, sc in BLO of each st until 1 st remains, sc in last st.
Repeat row 2 until you have 70, 75, 80 rows.
NOTE: To make this hat wider/narrower, add or remove rows here. To get the perfect fit, fold the band lengthwise and wrap it around your head. Please consider that the yarn will stretch out over time and the fit will become looser.
Join the last row to the beginning chain. To do this, fold your work so that your beginning chain and your last worked row are on top of each other. Then, slst these two together. To reduce bulk here, join only the outer loop of the row to the chain.
Body:
You might want to use a stitch marker to mark the beginning of the round. Because the reversed sc goes “backwards”, you will not be crocheting in a continuous round and not turn your work. Your band stays unfolded.
Ch1
- Sc in each row of the band, join in first sc (pic1) (70, 75, 80) sts
- Ch2, dc in each st around, join
- Ch1, rev.sc in FLO in each st around, join (pic2)
Repeat rows (2-3) 3, 4, 4 more times, putting the rev.sc into FLO and the dc rows into BLO of the previous dc row.
NOTE: If you want more slouch to the beanie, add rows 2-3 a few more times here.
Then:
- ch2, (dc in next 3 sts, dc2tog)repeat around, join (56, 60, 64)
- ch1, rev.sc in FLO around, join
- ch2, dc around, join
- ch1, rev.sc in FLO around, join
- ch2, (dc in next 6 sts, dc2tog) repeat around, join
NOTE: The child sized hat will end the decreasing rows in a dc, instead dc2tog. (49, 53, 56)
- ch1, rev.sc in FLO around, join
- ch2, (dc in next 5 sts, dc2tog) repeat around, join (42, 46, 48)
- repeat row 6.
- ch2, dc in each st, join
For size child and adult, repeat row 8-9 one more time.
Cut your yarn with a long tail, weave the tail back and forth through all the sts, and pull the opening closed. On the inside, secure with a few sts. Weave in all the ends, attach pompom, and fold up the band.
You’re done!
If you would like to get an inexpensive PDF copy of this pattern, it is available here on Ravelry.
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Happy Crochet and see you soon!
Emma