Crochet pumpkin hat for toddlers, small children

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Skill Level:

Intermediate

Materials Needed:

Medium worsted weight/category yarn less than 100 gm

5.5 mm crochet hook for the hat

5 mm hook for the stalk and leaf

Yarn needle

Measuring tape

Size (with stretch):

Fits a child with head circumference of about 19 to 21 inches, length is 7.5 inches

Stitches/Abbreviations Used:

[ ] - Repeat instruction within parenthesis as a set as many times as directed

st/sts - stitch/stitches

sl st - slip stitch

sc - single crochet

dc - double crochet

hdc - half double crochet

fpdc - front post double crochet

Note:

• The pattern is written in standard US terms
• Ch 1 at the beginning of each round does not count as a stitch

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Instruction

Ch 4, join the last ch with a sl st to the 1^st ch to form a ring.

Round 1: Ch 1, 11 dc into ring. Join with a sl st to 1^st dc. (11 sts)

Round 2:  Ch 1, repeat [dc, fpdc] in each st around times. Join. (22 sts)

Round 3: Ch 1, repeat [2 dc in dc, fpdc in fpdc] around. Join, (33 sts)

Round 4: Ch 1, repeat [dc in next dc, 2 dc in next dc, fpdc in fpdc] around. Join, (44 sts)

 Round 5: Ch 1, repeat [dc in next 2 dc, 2 dc in next dc, fpdc in fpdc] around. Join, (55 sts)

Round 6: Ch 1, repeat [dc in each dc, fpdc in each fpdc] around. Join, (55 sts)

Repeat round 6 until the hat measures approximately 1.25 to 1.5 inches less than the desired length. 

Band

Round 1: Ch 1, hdc in each st around. Join.

Round 2 and 3: Ch 1, hdc in the back loop of each st around. Join. (There are 3 loops in each hdc st, 2 at the top and 1 at the back. Skip the 2 loops at top and work only into the back loop of each st)

Round 4: Ch 1, sc in the back loop of each st around. Join. Fasten off.

Stalk

Using brown and a smaller hook, make 5 ch, join the last ch with a sl st to the 1^st ch to form a ring.
Round 1: Ch 1, sc in each ch around. Join with a sl st to the 1^st sc.
Round 2 to 5: Ch 1, sc in each st around. Join.
Round 6: Repeat [sc, ch 4, sc] in each st around. Join with a sl st to 1^st sc and fasten off.
 

Leaf

Using green ch 10, sc in 2^nd ch from hook, sc in next 7 ch, 3 sc in the last ch, sc in 5 ch on the other side, ch 2, turn, sc in 6 sts, 3 sc in next st, sc in 6 sts, ch 2, turn, sc in 7 sts, sl st in next st.  Fasten off and weave in the ends.
 

Vine

Using green ch 25, sc in 2^nd ch from hook, sc in next 2 ch, 3 sc in each ch across. Fasten off.
 
Finishing
Sew the leaf, vine and stalk to the top of the hat. Weave in all the loose ends of yarn.