Top Free Easy Floppy Brim Baby Sunhat Crochet Pattern
Protect your little one from the sun in style with this top free and easy floppy brim baby sunhat crochet pattern! This incredibly adorable and practical design is lightweight, breathable, and perfectly shaped for sunny days at the beach or park. It works up extremely fast in cotton yarn, making it a fantastic quick summer project!
HAT PATTERN
0 – 3 months – (up to 14” circumference)
Ch 3,
Round 1: 11dc in 3rd ch from hook, slip stitch to top of beg ch, do not turn. (12 dc)
Round 2: ch2 (does not count as dc throughout this pattern), 2dc in each dc around, slip stitch in top of 1st dc. (24dc)
Round 3: ch2, dc in 1st dc, 2dc in next dc, *dc in next dc, 2dc in next dc, repeat from * around, slip stitch to top of 1st dc. (36 dc)
Round 4: ch2, dc in 1st dc, dc in next 4 dc, 2dc in next dc, *dc in next 5 dc, 2dc in next dc, repeat from * around, slip stitch to top of 1st dc. (42 dc)
Rounds 5 – 9: ch2, dc in each dc around, slip stitch to top of 1st dc. (42 dc) Do not fasten off.
3 – 6 months – (14.5” – 16” circumference)
Ch 3,
Round 1: 11dc in 3rd ch from hook, slip stitch to top of beg ch, do not turn. (12 dc)
Round 2: ch2 (does not count as dc throughout this pattern), 2dc in each dc around, slip stitch in top of 1st dc. (24dc)
Round 3: ch2, dc in 1st dc, 2dc in next dc, *dc in next dc, 2dc in next dc, repeat from * around, slip stitch to top of 1st dc. (36 dc)
Round 4: ch2, dc in 1st dc, dc in next dc, 2dc in next dc, *dc in next 2 dc, 2dc in next dc, repeat from * around, slip stitch to top of 1st dc. (48 dc)
Round 5 – 10: ch2, dc in each dc around, slip stitch to top of 1st dc. (48 dc). Do not fasten off.
6 – 12 months – (16.5” – 18” circumference)
Ch 3,
Round 1: 11dc in 3rd ch from hook, slip stitch to top of beg ch, do not turn. (12 dc)
Round 2: ch2 (does not count as dc throughout this pattern), 2dc in each dc around, slip stitch in top of 1st dc. (24dc)
Round 3: ch2, dc in 1st dc, 2dc in next dc, *dc in next dc, 2dc in next dc, repeat from * around, slip stitch to top of 1st dc. (36 dc)
Round 4: ch2, dc in 1st dc, dc in next dc, 2dc in next dc, *dc in next 2 dc, 2dc in next dc, repeat from * around, slip stitch to top of 1st dc. (48 dc)
Round 5: ch2, dc in 1st dc, dc in next 5 dc, 2dc in next dc, *dc in next 6 dc, 2dc in next dc, repeat from * around, slip stitch to top of 1st dc. (54 dc)
Round 6 – 12: ch2, dc in each dc around, slip stitch to top of 1st dc. (54 dc) Do not fasten off.
FLOPPY BRIM
Round 1: ch2, 2dc in 1st dc & in every dc around, slip stitch in 1st dc.
Round 2: ch2, 2dc in 1st dc, dc in each of next 5 dc, *2dc in next dc, dc in each of next 5 dc, repeat from * around, slip stitch in 1st dc. Fasten off.
OPTIONAL FLOWER
Ch5, slip stitch in 1st ch to form ring.
Round 1: (sc, 4dc, sc) in ring, repeat 4 more times, slip stitch in 1st sc. (5 petals)
Round 2: ch3, (working behind petals) sc in back strands of next sc, ch3, skip next sc, *sc in back strands of next sc, repeat 4 more times, slip stitch to 1st sc.
Round 3: (slip st, ch2, 5dc, ch2, slip st) in next ch3 space, repeat 4 more times, slip stitch in 1st sc. (5 petals)
Round 4: ch6, (working behind petals) *sc in sc from round 2, ch6, repeat from *around, slip stitch to 1st sc.
Round 5: (slip st, ch2, 7dc, ch2, slip st) in next ch3 space, repeat 4 more times, slip stitch in 1st sc. (5 petals) Fasten off.
