The color doesn’t matter, but it is harder to see and count stitches with a darker color, so you may consider using a lighter hue for your first hat.
Preemie: circumference = 12-inches, height = 4. 25-inches Newborn: circumference = 14-inches, height = 5-inches Baby (6-months +): circumference = 16-inches, height = 6-inches Child and youth: circumference = 20-inches, height = 7. 25-inches Adult: circumference = 22-inches, height = 8. 5-inches Large adult: circumference = 24-inches, height = 9. 25-inches[1] X Research source
The knife hold (hook held like you would hold a knife to cut something). The pencil hold (hook help like you’re going to write something with it).
Drape the yarn with the tail end in the palm of your hand, wrapped around the top of your index finger and under your middle finger. Wrap the yarn back over the top of your index, behind the first loop. Pull a loop from the center of the piece of yarn, and tuck this through the center of the large loop you’ve made around your fingers. Place the new small loop on the crochet hook, and pull the tail of the yarn to tighten it.
To crochet your first stitch, hold the tail end of your slipknot and slide the hook forward, so that there is plenty of space on the end. Wrap the yarn around the end of the hook once, and then pull the hook backwards through the original slipknot. You’ve completed your first stitch! Repeat this five times to create your foundation chain. [5] X Research source
As you crochet your hat, make sure that you continue to crochet in a spiral. Do not change the direction at any point.
To do a double stitch, you start with your hook with a single loop on it. Slip the hook through the loop and into the chain under/next to it (attached to the spiral). You now have two loops on your crochet hook. Finish by doing a regular stitch; wrap the yarn around the hook, pull this yarn through the two loops on your hook. You’ll always end with a single loop on your hook when you complete one double stitch. [10] X Research source
First row: 5 stitches Second row: 10 stitches Third row: 30 stitches Fourth row: 45 stitches Fifth row: 60 stitches Sixth row: 75 stitches Seventh row: 90 stitches
To hide the end piece of your hat, you can weave it into the hat. Leave about 6” of yarn after you tie the slipknot and then use an embroidery needle to weave the end through the edge and into the inside of the hat. Then, tie off the end after you have woven it a few inches into the inside of the hat. [12] X Research source
