Basic Caps - Spikes and Stripes

Good morning everyone!

I have another super easy, very basic cap for you today! The colour combinations for this one were chosen by my partner. I asked him to rummage in the stash and find some colours he liked and Id figure out something with them. Mmm great taste hun!

So this is hat number 4 on my way to 100 for Angels for the Forgotten's charity challenge. If you want to stitch along you can find more details In this Facebook Group.

This hat uses 4 colours and a combination of stitches, We'll be working with sc, hdc, dc and the hdc spike stitch. If you are NOT familiar with the spike stitch, there is a quick visual reference HERE but basically, you just complete your hdc like usual only you insert your hook into the stitch below the next one, rather then into the top of it. Simples? Of course :)

This hat fits my hubby well, tho the back is slightly loose and I'll put that down to the fact that he shaves his head, and has no hair there to bulk it up. Of course you could make it smaller by using a smaller hook or not having as many increases.

You will need:
Yarn in 4 colours. I used cream (A), a greyish green (B), a brown/cream variegated (C) (camo works well) and a brown (D).
5mm crochet hook
needle to sew in ends.

I carry the cream throughout, but the stripe colours I drop and cut at the end of each round, just so the inside is neater, but you can leave them all attached if that doesn't bother you.

With colour A
1: ch3, dc in the 1st chain 10 times, join.
2: ch3, 2dc in each stitch around, join.
3: ch3, *2dc in the first stitch, dc in the next stitch* repeat around, join.
4: With colour B - ch2, *2hdc in the first stitch, hdc in the next stitch, spike in the next stitch* repeat around, join.
5: With colour C - ch2, *2hdc in the first stitch, hdc in the next 3 stitches* repeat around, join.
6: With colour D - ch2, *2hdc in the first stitch, hdc in the next 4 stitches* repeat around, join.
7: With colour A - ch3, *2dc in the first stitch, dc in the next 5 stitches* repeat around, join.
8-9: ch3, dc in each stitch around, join.
10: With colour B - ch2, hdc in the first 4 stitches, hdc spike in the next stitch* repeat around, join.
11: With colour C - ch2, hdc in each stitch around, join.
12: With colour D - ch2, hdc in each stitch around, join.
13: With colour A - ch3, dc in each stitch around, join.
14-18: Repeat rounds 8-13
19-21: With colour A - ch1, sc in each stitch around, join.

Weave in all loose ends and you are done! Happy hat making.

Basic Guys Caps - Thin n Thick Stripes

Good morning lovlies,

Angels for the Forgotten's annual craft challenge has kicked off again this year. I've set myself some personal goals, including making 100 hats. I'm trying for a good range of male and female styles and some unisex too, but I'm really having a hard time finding guys hats I like the looks of. So I'm just winging it! Of course winging it means you guys get some more patterns woo!

Today's pattern is a basic enough hat for anyone to make, and it is a great stash buster too, especially if like me you hoard all the little balls that could make a few stripes! Id like to say sorry for the photo too, its been raining and overcast here all day and I can't seem to get a nicely lit pic. Ahh well, we're here for the pattern right, not the pics :D

This hat fits my 11yr old girl, and my partner, so I'm going to say preteen/teen/adult for the size, its got a bit of stretch to it.

You will need:
DK weight yarn in a main colour, and 2 contrasting colours for the stripes. For this pattern, Grey is colour A, brown is colour B and green is colour C
5mm hook.

With colour A
1: ch2, dc 10 times into the 1st chain, join to 1st dc.
2: ch3, 2dc in each stitch around, join
3: ch3, *2dc in the first stitch, dc in the next stitch* Repeat around, join.
4: ch3, *2dc in the first stitch, dc in the next 2 stitches* Repeat around, join.
5: ch3, *2dc in the first stitch, dc in the next 3 stitches* Repeat around, join.
6: ch3, *2dc in the first stitch, dc in the next 4 stitches* Repeat around, join.
7-8: ch3, dc in each stitch around, join.
9: With colour B, ch2, hdc in each stitch around, join.
10: With colour C, ch3, dc in each stitch around, join.
11: With colour B, ch2, hdc in each stitch around, join.
12: With colour A, ch3, dc in each stitch around, join.
13-16: Repeat rows 9-12 once more
17: ch1, sc in each stitch around, join.

End off here and weave in all tails.

If you are after a slightly slouchier hat, repeat rows 9-12 for a third time, and for a super slouchy hat repeat for a forth.