Upcycled Puff Stitch Hat Pattern
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Featuring pretty puff stitches in a soft and warm wool blend yarn, the Upcycled Puff Stitch Hat is a wonderfully cozy accessory. This hat is made from the bottom-up in one-piece. With just one ball of Upcycled Alpaca Blend Yarn, you can make your own hat with the free crochet pattern located in my post below.
Upcycled Puff Stitch Crochet Hat Pattern
I was recently contacted by Hobbii Yarn to ask if I’d like to try a new yarn they’d developed called Upcycled Alpaca Blend. I shared about this in a post on Instagram a couple weeks ago (you may have seen it!) and today, I’ve finished the hat I was making. Which means now you can have the pattern to make one for yourself too!
The Yarn
Hobbii’s Upcycled Alpaca Blend is created using 100% upcycled materials. This means it has been created with excess fibers that were left over from producing other items. So instead of tossing those excess fibers out, they’ve been worked into unique color batches of Upcycled Alpaca Blend yarn.
Since each batch is created using colors from past productions, the colors available will change and some hues may not be restocked. So if you see a color available that you love (like this one that I used – which is called Lichen) be sure to order as much as you need all at once for your project because you may not be able to order more at a later date.
Each ball contains approximately 100 gr (3.5 oz) which is 200 m (218 yds). The blend is made with 33% alpaca, 33% wool and 34% acrylic. Together they make a beautifully soft and warm Medium Weight Yarn [4].
The yarn is easy to work with, has very consistent color and I did not run into any knots, tangles or ties. I like the overall look and feel of the yarn and the stitch definition I have achieved with it.
See what colors are currently available here.
Supplies
- Yarn: Hobbii. Upcycled Alpaca Blend. 3.5 oz (100 g) and 218 yds (200 m). 34% Acrylic, 33% Alpaca; 33% Wool. Medium Weight Yarn [4]. Machine washable and dryable.
- Color: 1 skein Lichen
- Crochet Hook: 4 mm (G) for the band; 5 mm (H) for the main hat
- Finished Project: Hat: 2.63 oz (75 g) and 164 yds (150 m)
- Scissors, Tapestry Needle (yarn needle)
Difficulty Level
- Easy
Finished Sizes
This hat is a fitted beanie. If you’d like it to be a slouch hat you can increase the repeat rows to add extra height.
- Adult Medium Hat height 8 inches X 21 inches circumference
Gauge
- Approximately (1 sc, 1 PS) 6 times (or 12 sts) per 4 inches and 16 rows per 4 inches worked in stitch pattern
You can substitute any yarn and hook for this stitch pattern – just remember when you substitute if your gauge is different, the finished size, and amount of yarn used for your project will also be different.
Abbreviations
- ch(s) – chain(s)
- g – grams
- m – meters
- oz – ounces
- PS – puff stitch (*see special stitches)
- rem – remaining
- rep – repeat
- R – row
- Rnd – round
- RS – right side (outside of hat)
- sc – single crochet
- sc2tog – single crochet 2 together (*see notes)
- sk – skip/skipped
- st/sts – stitch/stitches
- yds – yards
- * to ** – Repeat the instructions between the asterisks the number of times indicated. This repeat will contain multiple instructions.
- [ ] – at the end of the row – the total number of stitches
- ( ) – important notes AND sets of stitches to be worked within one stitch, or space
Special Stitches
Puff Stitch (PS)
- Yarn over your hook (image 1), insert your hook into the specified stitch (image 2), yarn over (image 3) and pull up 1 loop (you’ll have 3 loops on the hook)(image 4). Yarn over (image 5), insert your hook into the same stitch, yarn over (image 6) and pull up 1 loop (you’ll have 5 loops on your hook) (image 7). Yarn over, insert your hook into the same stitch, yarn over (image 8) and pull up 1 loop (you’ll have 7 loops on your hook). Yarn over (image 9) and pull through all 7 loops to complete the stitch (image 10).
Helpful Tutorial
Notes:
- Ch 1 to turn does not count as a stitch and we do not work into it.
- To increase the height of the hat to make it more slouchy, work extra repeat rounds.
- The hat is worked in joined, turned rounds. You will slip stitch to join in the first st of the round at the end of every round unless otherwise written. Make your slip stitch tightly. We will not work into these joining slip stitches.
- When I work my sc2tog stitches, I do so using a special technique where I work under the front loops of the 2 stitches. You can see a tutorial on how this is done here (invisible decrease). You may alternately work a regular sc2tog if you prefer.
- Add the Upcycled Puff Stitch Hat pattern to your Ravelry library here
Upcycled Puff Stitch Hat Pattern
This project is worked in one piece from start to finish. We begin by making the hat band in rows before working around the finished band in joined turned rounds for the rest of the hat.
Upcycled Puff Stitch Hat Band
The hat band is crocheted in rows.
Using your 4 mm (G) crochet hook (or size required for gauge):
R1: Ch 11, sk the first ch, 1 sc in each rem ch across, ch 1, turn. [10 sc]
R2-R69: 1 sc in the bl of each st across to the last st, 1 sc in the last st, ch 1, turn. [10 sc]
- Bring the edges of R1 and R69 together, with R69 on top. (see image A)
- Work R70 through the bl of R69 and through the rem loop of the foundation chains made in R1. (see image B)
R70: 1 sl st in each st across. Do not finish off. [10 sl st] (see images C, D and E)
Proceed to the Hat Body instructions below.
Upcycled Puff Stitch Hat Body
The hat body is crocheted directly into the edge of the hat band in joined, turned rounds.
Using your 5 mm (H) crochet hook (or size required for gauge):
Rnd 1: RS: Ch 1, make 70 sc evenly across the edge of the hat band. Sl st to join, ch 1, turn. [70 sc]
Rnd 2: 1 sc in the first st, 1 PS in the next st. *1 sc in the next st, 1 PS in the next st**. Work from * to ** around. Sl st to join, ch 1, turn. [35 sc, 35 PS]
Rnd 3: 1 sc in each st around. Sl st to join, ch 1, turn. [70 sc]
Rnd 4: 1 PS in the first st, 1 sc in the next st. *1 PS in the first st, 1 sc in the next st**. Work from * to ** around. Sl st to join, ch 1, turn. [35 sc, 35 PS]
Rnd 5: 1 sc in each st around. Sl st to join, ch 1, turn. [70 sc]
Rnd 6-Rnd 17: Rep Rnd 2-Rnd 5 (REPEAT ROUNDS)
Rnd 18: 1 sl st in the first st, 1 PS in the next st. *1 sl st in the next st, 1 PS in the next st**. Work from * to ** around. Sl st to join, ch 1, turn. [35 sl st, 35 PS]
Rnd 19: Sc2tog around (*see notes). Sl st to join, ch 1, turn. [35 sc]
Rnd 20: 1 PS in the first st, 1 sl st in the next st. *1 PS in the first st, 1 sl st in the next st**. Work from * to ** around to the last st. 1 PS in the last st. Sl st to join, ch 1, turn. [17 sl st, 18 PS]
Rnd 21: Sc2tog around to the last st. Sk the last st. Sl st to join, ch 1, turn. [17 sc]
Rnd 22: 1 PS in the first st, 1 sl st in the next st. *1 PS in the first st, 1 sl st in the next st**. Work from * to ** around to the last st. 1 PS in the last st. Sl st to join, ch 1, turn. [8 sl st , 9 PS]
Rnd 23: Sc2tog around to the last st. Sl st in the last st. [8 sc, 1 sl st]
Finishing Instructions:
- Finish off leaving an 8 to 10 inch tail of yarn.
- Close the top of the hat by weaving your yarn end through the front loop of each stitch in the last round (the sc and sl st) and cinching the top closed. See this tutorial for help. Or watch my quick video on Instagram here.
- Weave in ends.
Add your project page for your Upcycled Puff Stitch Hat to Ravelry here.
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Crocheted from a warm wool blend yarn, this one-of-a-kind accessory showcases delightful puff stitches and is created bottom-up in a single piece. Now, you can make your own stylish statement using just one ball of Upcycled Alpaca Blend Yarn and my free crochet pattern available in the post below.
