Since the original pattern is not written or even charted this was a bit of a task for me. It was all in Russian, with a video or photos of each row as it was worked. If you want to attempt this pattern click here. I wish I had a better way of showing off this hat but it is to small for my styrofoam head that I typicly use to show off hat's.
I started and frogged this hat 3 times while trying to fallow the photos then the video.
What I did--
Starting chain of each row counts as first half double crochet stitch. Each row will end with a slst into the first stitch (the 3rd chain in your starting chain).
Stitchs I used- hdc (half double crochet), fphdc (front post half double crochet), slst (slip stitch), BLO (back loop only), inc (increase), sk (skip). (~~) Repeat, means to repeat the directions inside the () all the way around. Always skip over the chain space it doesn't count as a stitch.
R1- Work into a magic ring, Ch 3, hdc 11 (12 st counting chain)
R2- Ch 3 counts as first hdc and chain space, (fphdc, ch 1) repeat -12 stitches and 12 spaces
R3- Ch 3, fphdc into first stitch, ch 1 (hdc and fphdc in next stitch, ch 1)
R4-Ch 4 counts as first hdc and ch 1, (fphdc around fphdc, ch 1, hdc in hdc, ch 1) repeat
R5-Ch 3, hdc in first st (creating an increase), (ch 1, fphdc, ch 1, 2 hdc in next hdc) repeat
R6-Ch 3, hdc in first st (creating an increase), hdc in next st (ch 1, fphdc, ch 1, hdc inc, hdc) repeat
R7- Ch 3, hdc in first st (creating an increase), hdc 2, (ch 1, fphdc, ch 1, hdc inc, hdc 2) repeat (You should have a cluster of 4 hdc, between each chain fphdc ch)
Since I was making this hat for a baby 0-3 months old I stopped working my increases here as it was 4 inch radius which with my hat method means r*pi=c so 4*pi= ~12 to ~13 inches around (r=radius c=circumference pi=3.14). If you need to make it bigger keep working the increase till the radius is the size you need for your circumference.
R8/18- Ch 3, hdc in first stitch, hdc 2, sk last stitch, (ch 1, fphdc, ch 1, hdc inc, hdc 2, sk last stitch) repeat.
Work brim-
R19- Ch 3(counts as first fphdc), blo hdc, (fphdc, blo hdc) repeat around chain spaces now count as 1 stitch so work into them.
R 20- Ch 3 fphdc around previous rows ch 3 (ch 3 at beging of row no longer counts as a stitch from here out), blo hdc, [(fphdc,blo hdc) 3x then work a fphdc hdc fphdc around the next fphdc] repeat around.
R21- Ch 3, (fphdc in fphdc, blo hdc in each blo hdc) repeat
R22- Ch 3, (fphdc in fphdc, blo hdc in each blo hdc) repeat
Finish off and weave in your ends! If you need a longer hat just work more of the straight rows(8/18).
My rose was a simple roll up rose.
Ch 30, in the 3rd chain from hook work 2 dc, (skip st, ch 1, dc 2) repeat across ending with a single dc in last chain. Chain 1 sc in first ch sp, (dc 4 between next set of dc, sc in ch sp) repeat across. Then roll the flower up stitching across as you work so it doesn't unravel.
The leaves where a chain 8, sc, hdc, dc 3, hdc, sc across both sides. I made 3 and sewed them onto the bottom of the flower before stitching the flower to the hat just above the brim.
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