Crochet Hat
About:
Hats are surprisingly easy to make and a great way to help those in your community! Receiving a handcrafted hat not only warms the recipient's head, but their heart too. A handcrafted item is a great way to remind others that they matter and are loved! Below are instructions on how to make a hat for any size head, preemie to adult.
Time: 5 hours on average, varies depending on size
Recipient: Children, Senior Citizens, Babies, Cancer Patients, Homeless, Veterans, Orphans, Dementia Patients, Other Illness Patients, Abuse Survivors
Donation Location: Hats are helpful for all people, so they can be donated just about anywhere. Make sure you contact the location you want to donate your hat to first, so you know if they are accepting blankets. If you are donating to a national organization check out their website before beginning for guidelines on colors and sizes they need.
- National: Warm Up America (check under “Current Needs”), Operation Gratitude (veterans), Knots of Love (cancer patients), Crochet for Cancer (cancer patients), Hat Box Foundation
- Local: Homeless shelters, women’s shelters, hospitals, nursing homes, senior centers, orphanages, cancer treatment centers, oncology office, veteran centers, dementia care facilities
Materials
- Yarn
- Any size crochet hook
- Yarn needle
- Ruler
Instructions
- Put a slipknot on your hook and chain (ch) until at the desired width when stretched against a ruler. Desired width is the circumference you want minus an inch (the hat will stretch, so to make it fit snug you have to do an inch smaller circumference).
- Slip stitch the last chain to first chain
- Add two chains and then double crochet (dc) into each stitch until hat is desired length
- Slip stitch into next stitch, cut tail, pull it through, and tuck in all tails with a yarn needle.
- Cut a length of string, knot it at the bottom, and thread the yarn needle
- Weave this string through the last row of stitches you made, at the top of your cylinder
- Pull string to synch into hat shape
- Flip hat inside out to knot the string on where it won’t be seen (you may want to stitch back and forth over the hole at the top to help close it up), cut and tuck the tail. Tuck any other tails you have.
- Flip the hat right side out, and you are done!
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