CAP's Crochet & Crafts

Shell Brimmed Cloche

© Cathy Phillips, April 2010

Crochet Hooks: H (5.0 mm); G (4.0mm) for final sc rnd

175 - 250 yds Light Weight Worsted (Village Caribbean Cotton, Red Heart Crème de la Crème)

Gauge is relative for this project, the most important gauge for this pattern is determining your own head size before beginning as this will be the gauge as to how wide the crown circle for YOUR hat needs to be. Not hook size, not yarn size, not the number of Rnds shown in the pattern, but your own head size. Once this is determined the rest of the pattern will size correctly.

Hat Sizing Tip: Measure around head just above eyebrows (keeping tape level) and divide that measurement by 3.1416. The result is the width your crown circle needs to be before continuing to Rnd 9. Example, head measures 22” around; 22 ÷ 3.1416 = 7.0028; Crown circle needs to be 7”.

Crown Circle

Ch 4, sl st in 1st ch to form ring.

Rnd 1: Ch 2 (counts as dc this round), work 9 dc into ring, sl st in 2nd ch to join rnd. (10 dc)

Rnd 2: Ch 2, dc in sl st, work 2 dc in each dc around, sl st in 2nd ch to join. (20 dc)

Rnd 3: Ch 2, *work 2 dc in next dc, dc in next st, rep from * around, work 2 dc in last st, sl st in 2nd ch to join. (30 dc)

Rnd 4: Ch 2, dc in first dc, *work 2 dc in next dc, dc in each of next 2 dc, rep from *around, work 1 dc in last dc, sl st in 2nd ch to join. (40 dc)

Rnd 5: Ch 2, dc in ea. of first 2 dc, *work 2 dc in next dc, dc in each of next 3 dc, rep from * around, work 1 dc in last dc, sl st in 2nd ch to join. (50 dc)

Rnd 6: Ch 2, dc in each of first 3 dc, *work 2 dc in next dc, dc in each of next 4 dc, rep from * around, work 1 dc in last dc, sl st in 2nd ch to close ring. (60 dc)

Rnd 7: Ch 2, dc in each of first 4 dc, *work 2 dc in next dc, dc in each of next 5 dc, rep from * around, work 1 dc in last dc, sl st in 2nd ch to close ring. (70 dc)

Rnd 8: Ch 2, dc in each of first 5 dc, *work 2 dc in next dc, dc in each of next 6 dc, rep from * around, work 1 dc in last dc, sl st in 2nd ch to close ring. (80 dc; measures 7” across)

Hat Body

Rnds 9 – 14: Ch 2, dc in each dc around, sl to into 2nd ch to join.

Shelled Brim

Rnd 15: Ch 1, skip 1 dc, *work 5 dc in next dc, skip 2 dc, sc in next dc, rep from * around, ending with 5 dc, sl st in beginning ch to join.

Rnd 16: Ch 2 (counts as dc), work 2 dc in sl st, *sc in 3rd dc of shell, work 6 dc in sc, rep from * around, ending with sc in 3rd dc of last shell, work 3 dc in sl st to complete beginning shell, sl st in 2nd ch to join.

Rnd 17. Ch 1, *work 6 dc in next sc, sc in 3rd dc of next shell, rep from * around, ignoring last sc, sl st in beg ch to join.

Rnd 18: Ch 2 (counts as dc), work 3 dc in sl st, *sc in 3rd dc of shell, work 7 dc in sc, rep from * around, ending with sc in 3rd dc of last shell, work 3 dc in sl st to complete beginning shell, sl st in 2nd ch to join.

Rnd 19. Ch 1, *work 7 dc in next sc, sc in 4th dc of next shell, rep from * around, ending with 7 dc, sl st in beg ch to join.

Rnd 20: Repeat Rnd 18

Rnd 21: Ch 1, *work 8 dc in 1st sc, sc in 5th dc of next shell, rep from * around, ending with 8 dc, sl st in beg ch to join.

Rnd 22: With G hook, *sc in each dc, sl st into sc, repeat from * around, sl st to end off.

This hat was inspired by Melissa Rotert’s, Gulf Shores.

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