Crochet bucket hat pattern — two pieces, 33 rounds written out
A free crochet bucket hat pattern for a hat about 58 cm around and 10 cm deep with a 5 cm brim, worked on a 6.0 mm hook in four colours over about four hours. Ten increase rounds make a flat 60-stitch crown, round 11 goes into the back loops only to turn the corner, and then the brim adds six stitches on rounds 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9 with a plain round between each — that alternation is what makes it slope out instead of ruffling. Crown and brim are written out separately, 23 rounds and 10, each round carrying the count it ends on.
Maths verified, not yet made. Every one of the 33 rounds was checked against the round before it by machine — the counts, the increases and the decreases all add up. What nobody can promise you yet is how it sits in the hand.How we check
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Why it is rated Easy
Easy: 60 stitches is a long round to lose your place in, and round 11 has to go into the back loops only or the crown never turns the corner into a side.
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00What you need before you start
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What you need before you start
Yarn — four colours, all weight 4
~40 mWorsted cotton, weight 4
~35 mWorsted cotton, weight 4
~35 mWorsted cotton, weight 4
~75 m, about half a 100 g ballWorsted cotton, weight 4
Tools
4 you probably own, 1 to buyYou likely have
Tapestry needle
Scissors
Stitch markers
Measuring tape
You need to buy
Nothing beyond the yarn and hook — this hat uses no hardware and no stuffing
Optional
A bowl or hat form to shape the brim over while it dries
Row counter
Gauge and finished size
the last check before you cast onTension
Worked at a relaxed tension, not the tight hand amigurumi wants — the fabric should have a little give. The crown disc is the whole of the fit, so stop at the end of round 10 and lay it on the head it is for before you start down the sides.
Finished size
~58 cm around, an average adult head. About 10 cm deep with a 5 cm brim.
How to make the bucket hat, piece by piece
Switching rewrites every round:US6 sc in mrUK6 dc in mrWork a US sc as a UK single crochet and the fabric comes out looser and taller.
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01The crown and sides
Ten rounds of increases make a flat disc, then the work turns and…23 RNDS
starts in sageGreen· magic ring· Piece 1 of 2
First six rounds[6] [12] [18] [24] [30] [36]
The flat crown
RND 1–101[6]
2[12]
3[18]
4[24]
5[30]
6[36]
7[42]
8[48]
9[54]
10[60]
Back loops only — the turning round
RND 11–1111[60]
Straight down the sides
RND 12–2312[60]
13[60]
14[60]
15[60]
16[60]
17[60]
18[60]
19[60]
20[60]
21[60]
22[60]
23[60]
US termsmrmagic ringscsingle crochetincincreaseBLOback loop onlyst(s)stitch, or stitches
When this piece is doneTry it on before you start the brim. The hat should sit level and reach the tops of your ears — if it is short, add straight rounds here rather than later.
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02The brim
Straight on from the last side round, with six increases on every…10 RNDS
starts in denimBlue· picked up· Piece 2 of 2
First six rounds[66] [66] [72] [72] [78] [78]
1[66]
2[66]
3[72]
4[72]
5[78]
6[78]
7[84]
8[84]
9[90]
10[90]
US termsmrmagic ringscsingle crochetincincreaseBLOback loop onlyst(s)stitch, or stitches
When this piece is doneFasten off, weave in the ends along the inside of a colour change, and the hat is ready to wear.
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Seven notes on the bucket hat
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01An original Crochet Genie design.
02Worked in one continuous spiral from the top of the crown to the edge of the brim. Nothing is sewn and nothing is turned — mark the first stitch of each round and keep going.
03Round 11 is worked in back loops only. The stitch count does not change — 60 stitches in, 60 stitches out — but the free front loops leave a crisp ridge where the flat crown turns down into the side.
04The crown disc sets the size. Ten increase rounds give about 58 cm around, which fits an average adult. Stop the disc at round 9 (54 stitches) for a smaller adult or a teenager, or at round 8 (48 stitches) for a child, then hold that count through the sides and start the brim increases from there.
05The colour bands change at round boundaries. In a spiral the change steps up by one stitch where it lands, which is normal and settles out of sight once the hat is on.
06The yarn and hook are suggestions. Anything worsted will work — a smaller hook makes a smaller hat, so measure the crown before you commit to the sides.
07Damp the brim and dry it over a bowl if it wants to flip up.
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