My Little Mistake Hat

Slouchy hats are just adorable but for the longest time I couldn't get one to turn out right. Either they would turn out too much like a beret or were too big or were just weird. I was determined to finally make a hat that's but cute and functional. 

My favorite pattern I found was this Cabled Slouchy Beanie. 

Beautiful, isn't it?

After finding the pattern I got some yarn, Red Heart Boutique Unforgettable. The colour I used was called Polo. It kind of reminded me of a mixture of fall leaves, rainbows, and sunsets. I know, silly. 

 I had started with the band and then the double crochets, but since I was working while at school, I didn't take a very good look at the pattern. Thus the result was something much different than what I had set out to make, but it still turned out really cute!

For the hat I made for myself I used a size F hook, but for this tutorial I am using worsted yarn and an I hook because they were the first things I could find.

I started out by making the band. You basically just begin by chaining 10...

...and then making rows and rows of single crochet, all in the back loops.

Crocheting in the back loops gives the band a fancy ribbed look. For the sake of time and the fact I don't plan on using the hat I'm making here, I'm making the band really short. Unless you have a really tiny head, make the band as long as you need to fit around your head.

Fold the band in half and slip stitch the sides together. 

TADA! Can you see where this is going?

And here's a pic of my cat Artemis taking a nap on my bed. She was watching me crochet but then I guess it got too boring for her. 

Anyway, back to the hat!Turn the band inside out and double crochet around the top, make you that you end with a multiple of 6. 

Now for the fun part!

Slip stitch to the top of the first double crochet then chain two. Back post double crochet in the same stitch and then back post double crochet in the next stitch. 

Skip the next two stitches and then make two front post treble crochets. 

Go back and make two front post treble crochets in the stitches you skipped. 

   

Continue with the same pattern of the 2 back post double crochets,skip two, 2 front post treble crochets, then go back and two front post treble crochets.  

When you finish the row, slip stitch on the first double crochet. This is where I messed up on my hat, I just kept going with the same pattern for the rest of the hat.

They begin to make little ridges after several rows!  

 This is how it looks on my hat, I really like the effect the self-striping yarn has on this design. 

 When the hat is as long as you want, weave a tapestry needle with yarn through the top and cinch it together until it looks like this:

 Tie a knot and now you've got a fabulous hat.

It's not only cute but also super duper warm. I wore mine to a football game. My high school's team went to state and since I'm in the Pep band I got to go and play. It was absolutely freezing and we lost by a lot (it was 19:56). So yeah, the game itself kind of sucked, but playing the piccolo in band was awesome.  

The bus ride was over four hours but it went by pretty quick since I had my flute friends with me. My bus buddy, Britney was charged with caffeine so it was a pretty interesting trip. She also had a super cute hat!

I love how weird my fellow flutes are!