A quick and easy bulky crochet hat pattern that is perfect for keeping warm all winter long!
This simple crochet hat is made from a rectangle using a crochet stitch that looks like knit. This easy crochet hat uses just one easy stitch to create an interesting knit-like texture.
If you love warm, cozy and chunky crochet hats this one would be perfect. Great for everyone in the family – so easy to customize to any size!
Cozy up this winter with the Cherish Bulky Crochet Hat! This pattern is perfect for adventurous beginners. Made from a simple rectangle, the hat works up quickly using a soft, bulky yarn, ensuring you stay warm in style. The classic ribbed texture and trendy faux fur pom-pom add a touch of elegance, making it a must-have accessory for chilly days.
How to Make This Bulky Crochet Hat Pattern
For the full written pattern instructions for bulky crochet Cherish Hat scroll down below. The ad-free PDF is available for the Cherish Hat in my shop. The ad-free PDF is also available for FREE to my Lifetime Members as well!
1. This hat is made from a rectangle worked side-to-side so foundation chain can be adjusted to any height.
2. To adjust height, add or subtract foundation chains according to gauge. Choose starting chain for folded brim or no brim to begin.
3. Begin working double stitches in each chain. The double slip stitch is worked with a yarn over (as if you were to make a double crochet stitch), insert hook into stitch, yarn over and pull through stitch and all loops on hook. Essentially working a slip stitch with an extra yarn over.
5. Your stitch placement will be a bit different for this pattern as well. After turning for row 2 you will work your double sl st into the bottom front loop below the top two loops you would normally work your stitch.
I have a complete stitch tutorial to help you with this stitch as well!
6. Work the same repeating row to length desired. This length is for the width of your hat.
7. Once you have worked to size desired, fasten off leaving a long tail for seaming the ends together and cinching the top of the hat closed.
8. Fold the ends together and with the long yarn end on your tapestry needle, seam the ends together.
9. Once the seam is complete, make a knot with your yarn so you won’t pull the seam when you pull to cinch the top of the hat closed. I also have a tutorial for how to cinch the top of a hat closed.
10. Cinch the hat closed, weave in ends and add a pom pom if desired.
I hope you enjoy making the Cherish Hat!
Tonya
Crochet Cancer Challenge
The Cherish Hat is part of the 2024 Crochet Cancer Challenge Hosted by Sweet Potato 3. This is my fifth year submitting a design for this challenge and it is very dear to my heart. You can find my other designs for previous years on the blog – the Marci Hat Tunisian Hat, Nina Bean Beanie, Remember Me Puff Stitch Beanie and the Tunisian Swirl Hat.
Our sweet little granddaughter Nina was diagnosed with brain cancer in June 2021 and passed away in December that same year at the age of 7.
So many kids are diagnosed with brain cancer with little hope for life-saving treatment. It breaks my heart that these little ones suffer so much and their families grieve their loss so desperately.
That time after diagnosis is so difficult in every way that it becomes difficult to process everything especially knowing that time may most likely be very limited. I am so glad we spent so much time with her in those last months making memories. We have so many beautiful memories to cherish.
Cherish Hat Yarn Supplies
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I am using Lion Brand’s Basic Stitch Thick & Quick yarn* which is a bulky weight #5 yarn. I love the worsted weight Basic Stitch yarn and I was very excited to see the Basic Stitch Thick and Quick when I designed the Posh Panache Bucket Hat last winter. I had another couple of skeins left over from that project and since it is so soft I knew it would be perfect for this hat as well! The best part is that it is anti-microbial and anti-allergen making it a lovely choice for my cancer challenge design! Unfortunately this yarn is now discontinued so I am currently recommending Lion Brand’s Hue + Me with tons of color options!
You can also purchase the ad-free PDF of the Cherish Hat for a small fee. You can purchase the individual pattern, or if you love PDFs, you might want to check out my Lifetime Membership. It’s an awesome deal! Never pay for one of my PDFs again!!
You may also like the following free crochet patterns by Nana’s Crafty Home:
- Winter Park Hat free crochet pattern
- Harvest Herringbone Hat free crochet pattern
- Bewitching Braids Bulky Hat free crochet pattern
Bulky Crochet Hat Pattern | Cherish Hat Free Written Pattern Instructions
Pattern written in US crochet terminology
Supplies:
Lion Brand Basic Stitch Thick & Quick, Weight 5 Bulky (65% recycled polyester, 35% amicor acrylic) 3.5 oz / 87 yards
(3) Vintage color way
Crochet hook size L (8.0 mm)
Pom Pom (optional)
Scissors
Tapestry Needle
Approximate finished size:
Adult Medium 12” x 20” rectangle before seaming
Gauge: 14 pattern rows x 11 dsl sts = 4” x 4”
Abbreviations:
- ch(s) = chain(s)
- dsl st = double slip stitch (see special stitches section below)
- st(s) = stitch(es)
- yo = yarn over
Recommended Tutorials:
Brioche Crochet Stitch Tutorial
Special Stitches:
Dsl st = Yo, insert hook into st, yo, pull through st and remaining 2 loops on hook.
Pattern Notes:
- Hat is worked side to side as a rectangle in rows and then seamed together at the end.
- Resizing: To adjust height, add or subtract foundation chains according to gauge. To adjust width, make more or fewer rows. You can also resize by using a larger or smaller crochet hook.
- Stitch placement throughout is in the bottom front loop below the top two loops you would normally work your stitch.
Pattern Instructions
Ch 34. (This is for a folded brim hat, if you don’t want a folded brim, I recommend chaining only 28.)
Row 1: Dsl st in second ch from hook and in each ch across. Turn. (33)
Row 2: Ch 1, working in bottom front loop of each st, dsl st in each st across. Turn.
Rows 3 – 69 (or to width desired): Continue repeating row 2.
Fasten off leaving a long tail for sewing. Weave in remaining ends.
Fold long ends of rectangle together, and with long end left for sewing, sew together with mattress stitch using loop left from foundation chain and bottom front loop of last row.
Create a knot with long end of yarn to prevent pulling when you cinch your hat closed at the top, sew top of hat closed. Add pom pom, if desired.
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Hi! Thank you so much for being here! I am Tonya the designer behind Nana's Crafty Home. As a wife, mother, Nana of 9 & with 2 fur babies, my days are filled with love, laughter, hugs and yarn! Here you will find colorful and creative crochet designs for yourself or loved ones. My hope is that you will be inspired to learn and create along with me!
Hello. I just wanted to tell you about my husband, Bob. He had been in the Navy then was a Merchant Marine for 35. Years. He got cancer after he returned from the Gulf War. May 1, 2002, he had brain surgery for the tumors. He passed away on May 31,2002.
This beanie reminds me of his watch caps. THANK YOU. I will make several and donate.
Thank you so much for sharing Jill! I am so sorry for your loss. I hope you enjoy making the hat and I am so glad it reminds you of your husband. Tonya