Baby It’s Cold Outside Winter Hat – Free Double Crochet Hat Pattern
The fashionable and free double crochet hat pattern Baby It’s Cold Outside by Marly Bird is ready for you to crochet today. This free double crochet hat pattern is a perfect beginner crochet pattern and intermediate crochet pattern. It is written for sizes 6-12 months (12-24 months, Child, Adult Small, Adult Medium, Adult Large).
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About Baby It’s Cold Outside Winter Hat by Marly Bird
As many of you know, I have my own yarn line with Red Heart, Chic Sheep by Marly Bird™. Of course, I seriously love this yarn and want to use it for as many projects as possible.
In my studio, I have an entire shelf FULL of this 100% washable merino yarn and it serves as my inspiration wall. Often, I will look at the shelf, mix and match colors and get a spark of inspiration for a design. Something like that happened just a couple weeks ago when I was searching for the perfect colors to make a winter hat for me!
Once I had the colors chosen I sat down and whipped up this super cute hat.
I used the basic single crochet ribbing for the cuff and a traditional V-st pattern for the body of the hat. Those are simple stitches combined to make a wonderful free crochet hat pattern that is easy, fun, and is a perfect beginner crochet pattern.
Free Double Crochet Hat Pattern
Difficulty Level
Beginner Crochet – Easy
Materials for Baby It’s Cold Outside Winter Hat
Yarn
Red Heart® Chic Sheep by Marly Bird™:: 1 ball each
- Color A: Lipstick,
- Color B: Green Tea,
- Color C: Polo
Designer Note: You could totally make this hat with only one color…and it would only take one ball of Chic Sheep 🙂
Hook
Susan Bates® : H/8 (5mm)
Notions
Stitch Markers, Bent Tip Tapestry Needle
Sizing
Finished Measurements
6-12 months (12-24 months, Child, Adult Small, Adult Medium, Adult Large)
- Circumference 18 (19, 21, 22, 23, 24) inches
- Height 6 (6.25, 6.5, 7, 7.5, 8) inches
Gauge
6 V-sts = 4″ (10 cm), 9 V-st rows = 4″ (10 cm), GAUGE IS VERY IMPORTANT. CHECK YOUR GAUGE. Use any size hook to obtain the gauge.
Special Stitches
Standing Dc: Place slip knot on your hook, yarn over, insert hook into indicated stitch, yarn over and pull up a loop on to your hook. (3 loops on your hook) [Yarn over and draw through 2 loops on your hook] twice.
V-st: (dc, ch 1, dc) in stitch or space indicated.
Notes
- The free double crochet hat pattern directions are for size written for multiple sizes with the smallest size outside the parentheses and the larger sizes within. I recommend finding the size you want to make then highlighting the numbers that pertain to that size throughout the pattern. 6-12 months (12-24 months, Child, Adult Small, Adult Medium, Adult Large)
- Cuff of hat is crocheted flat back and forth.
- Stitches are worked into the side of the completed cuff to work the body of the hat.
- The body of the hat is in rounds joined with a slip stitch.
- Just as an FYI…most adult hats are typically made in Adult Medium size. The Adult Large is REALLY LARGE and should only be made for people with a REALLY LARGE head.
- The sample was made in size medium.
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Free Double Crochet Hat Pattern Baby It’s Cold Outside Winter Hat by Marly Bird
Pattern
Cuff – Baby It’s Cold Outside Winter Hat
Chain 4 sts
Row 1: Single Crochet (sc) in 2nd chain from hook and in each chain to end, ch 1, turn — 3 sc.
Row 2: Sc in the back loop only (blo) in each sc to end, ch 1, turn — 3 sc blo.
Repeat row 2 until the cuff measures approximately the size below slightly stretched.
Side Note: if you make the cuff the exact measurement of the head it will fall down so it is necessary to make it a little (let me stress little) snug to make it fit best. Yes, this means that when you have to make stitches for the body of the hat you will have more stitches than you have rows but it all works out nicely.
6-12 months (12-24 months, Child, Adult Small, Adult Medium, Adult Large) Circumference of cuff 18 (19, 21, 22, 23, 24) inches
Joining Row: Ch 1, turn, fold piece in half, lining up sts of foundation ch and last row, working through both layers, slip st across to join the foundation row and the blo of the last row. This will join the ends to form a loop or the cuff of your hat.
ETA: Here is a great free pattern review video with a very useful tip from my friend Ellen Gormley about this hat.
Body – Baby It’s Cold Outside Winter Hat
The body of the hat has a larger circumference than the cuff.
| Circumference of Body | ||||||
| Inches | 20 | 21 | 22.5 | 24 | 25 | 26.5 |
| Centimeters | 50.8 | 50.8 | 57.15 | 60.96 | 63.5 | 67.31 |
This part of the hat is worked along the long edge of the cuff just completed. Work the first round of stitches evenly spaced around the cuff.
With color A
Set-up Round: Ch 1, working round the long edge of the cuff, sc 60 (64, 68, 72, 76, 80) sts.
sts evenly spaced around, join to the first sc with a slip stitch. Fasten off. Do Not Turn
With Color B
Round 1: Join yarn with a (standing dc (see special stitches), ch 1, dc) in same sc as slip stitch, skip 1 stitch, *V-st (see special stitches) in next stitch, skip 1 stitch; rep from * to end of round, slip stitch into dc at start of round. Fasten off — 30 (32, 34, 36, 38, 40) V-sts.
With Color C
Round 2: Join yarn with a (standing dc, ch 1, dc) in ch-1 space of first V-st of previous round, *V-st in next ch-1 space; rep from * to end of round, slip stitch into dc at start of round. Fasten off — 30 (32, 34, 36, 38, 40) V-sts.
Repeat round 2, 6 (6, 7, 8, 9, 10) times more, maintaining the established color sequence. (A, B, C, A, B, C, etc).
Designer Note: the final 6 rounds of decreases on this hat account for 2.5” [6.35 cm] of the height of the hat. If you wish to make your hat MORE slouchy, you can do so by adding more rounds than what is called for up to this point, but know that when you start the crown of the hat you will still have another 2.5” [6.35 cm] of height to the hat.
Crown – Baby It’s Cold Outside Winter Hat
With next color in sequence of your hat follow the next set of instructions.
Round 1: Join yarn with a (standing dc, ch 1, dc) in ch-1 space of first V-st of previous round, *Dc in next ch-1 space, V-st in next ch-1 space; rep from * to end of round, slip stitch into dc at start of round. Fasten off — 15 (16, 17, 18, 19, 20) V-sts, 15 (16, 17, 18, 19, 20) solo double crochet sts.
Round 2: Join yarn with a (standing dc, ch 1, dc) in ch-1 space of first V-st of previous round, skip next solo dc, *V-st in next ch-1 space, skip next solo dc; rep from * to end of round, slip stitch into dc at start of round. Fasten off — 15 (16, 17, 18, 19, 20) V-sts.
Round 3: Join yarn with a (standing dc, ch 1, dc) in ch-1 space of first V-st of previous round, *Dc in next ch-1 space, V-st in next ch-1 space; rep from * to end of round, slip stitch into dc at start of round. Fasten off — 8 (8, 9, 9, 10, 10) V-sts, 7 (8, 8, 9, 9, 10) solo double crochet sts.
Round 4: Join yarn with a (standing dc, ch 1, dc) in ch-1 space of first V-st of previous round, skip next solo dc, *V-st in next ch-1 space, skip next solo dc; rep from * to end of round, slip stitch into dc at start of round. Fasten off — 8 (8, 9, 9, 10, 10) V-sts.
Round 5: Join yarn with a (standing dc, ch 1, dc) in ch-1 space of first V-st of previous round, *Dc in next ch-1 space, V-st in next ch-1 space; rep from * to end of round, slip stitch into dc at start of round. Fasten off — 4 (4, 5, 5, 5, 5) V-sts, 4 (4, 4, 4, 5, 5) solo double crochet sts.
Round 6: Join yarn with a (standing dc, ch 1, dc) in ch-1 space of first V-st of previous round, skip next solo dc, *V-st in next ch-1 space, skip next solo dc; rep from * to end of round, slip stitch into dc at start of round. Fasten off leaving at least 10” [25.4 cm] tail — 4 (4, 5, 5, 5, 5) V-sts.
Finishing – Baby It’s Cold Outside Winter Hat
Thread tail onto Bent Tip Tapestry Needle, working through the front loops only of the stitches remaining, weave the tail through all the stitches. Pull string like a drawstring to close the top of the hat.
Secure the tail on the inside of the hat making sure the hole at the top of the hat is completely closed.
Weave in any extra ends. Watch how Marly buries ends on YouTube.
Video Tutorial for Baby It’s Cold Outside Winter Hat
Watch the video for the Baby It’s Cold Outside Winter Hat here https://youtu.be/in0eTkp3JqE
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