Make your own Kitty Cat Hat or Pink Cat Hat, and be ready to wear it in just a few short hours! This free crochet cat beanie pattern is an easy to make project!
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About a month ago, I came across a post asking for donations for pink “cat” hats. The movement started out as a knitting project, so I had it in my mind that it would be nice to design a crochet version.
Since then, many crochet versions have come to be, but I figured I might as well still publish mine.
Don’t like the cat look? Add pom-poms to the corners and change it up!
Here’s how to make a Kitty Cat Hat!
Gauge
13 sts x 8 rows = 4″
Sizes
Child / Tween (20″ Head Circumference)
Teen / Adult (22″ Head Circumference)
Stitch Guide
ch = chain
ehdc = See Special Stitches
hdc = half double crochet
sl st = slip stitch
YO = yarn over
Skill Level
Easy
Written in U.S. Terms
Notes
- Although it is commonly practiced to ch-2 before a hdc, I do not work my stitches that way because it makes the stitches taller than I like. If you choose to work the standard chains, you will have to remove some of the final rows, or your finished project will be too big.
- This pattern is written for child-teen size, with adult size written in parenthesis.
- The hat shown was made using Big Twist Premium Yarn in Fuchsia.
Special Stitches
Extended Half Double Crochet (ehdc) – YO, insert hook in stitch indicated, YO, draw up a loop, YO, draw through 1st loop on hook, YO, draw through all 3 loops on hook.
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Instructions
1. Ch 71(75), hdc in 2nd ch from hook and in each ch across, turn
2. Ch 1, ehdc in BLO of each st across, turn
3. Ch 1, hdc in BLO of each st across, turn
4-17(21). Repeat 2 & 3. Fasten at the end of row 17.
Finishing
- Fold rectangle in half and sew the (long) sides together.
- Put hat on, so the seams are on the sides of your head, and until it’s pulled all the way down (folded crease of the hat is touching the top of your head).
- Roll up the excess brim. Ears are formed automatically when hat is pulled on all the way.
Voila! A Kitty Cat Hat!
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How do you sew the sides together? With a single stitch? How do you do the second side?
Hi Kim!
I turn the hat inside out and use the whip stitch if I sew with a needle and a single crochet or slip stitch if I’m crocheting through both layers to close. Once the seams are joined, I turn the hat right side out again.
It’s been a while, so I’m not sure how exactly I finished this hat, but I hope that helps!
-Sonya
What type of stitch did you use to make the gauge?
Hi Beth!
The gauge comes right from the finished project, so the ehdc/hdc.
-Sonya