Pattern release – Simple Summer Hat

Simple Summer Hat | ASimpleHomestead.com

This design may not be one of my oldest, but I believe it was my first hat ever made – and one of the first projects I made for Little Chick.  It was developed exactly 5 years ago this week out of necessity.  We left for our annual camping trip and suddenly I realized we didn’t have a hat to protect her little head. There isn’t a lot of shade where we go camping, and I was afraid the top of her head would get sunburned.  Fortunately I had some cotton yarn with me and so I made up this simple design. The cotton insured the hat was cool and breathable.

Simple Summer Hat 2011 | ASimpleHomestead.com


(p.s. Isn’t that just the cutest little head? It’s grown so much over the last few years!)

Simple Summer Hat | ASimpleHomestead.com

Years passed (as most of my design have seen happen) and I decided to dig this one out again, add a variety of sizes and get it refined (tested, tech edited) so it would be a great project for any crochet skill level.

The pattern comes with two different flower designs – a 5-petal and a 6-petal flower. One of my testers suggested that you could even make one of each in contrasting colors and layer them to create a 3-dimensional flower.

Buy the pattern now from Ravelry or LoveCrafts!

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