A free crochet pattern for an adorable granny stitch sun hat for a baby girl! Also available in toddler sizes. It works up quickly and will keep the sun off of precious little faces.
After making several sun hats that accidentally fit toddlers (I was actually trying to make them for babies and failed three times in a row!), I finally figured out a pattern using the Granny Stitch to make for babies about 3-6 months, or for about a 14 to 17 inch lil’ knocker. The brim pattern can be found here.
Granny Stitch Baby Sun Hat
Written and Designed by Sara of My Merry Messy Life
(This pattern is copyrighted and is not to be sold or reprinted without my permission)
Materials
- Worsted Weight (Medium, 4) yarn in either cotton or acrylic. Here I used Red Heart Super Saver Perfect Pink and in White.
- Hook: G, 4.25 mm
- Tapestry needle to sew in tails
Abbreviations
- CH = chain
- HDC = half double crochet
- ST = stitch
- SL ST = slip stitch
- beg = beginning
(Read my other post, “How to Work in the Round“, for more help)
Pattern
CH 3, SL ST to form ring
Round 1: CH 1, 10 HDC in ring (11 HDC total), join with SL ST to beg CH 1
Round 2: CH 1, 2 HDC in each st around (22 HDC total), join with SL ST to beg CH 1
Round 3: CH 1, 2 HDC, 1 HDC, 1 HDC all the way around (30 HDC total), join with SL ST to beg CH 1
Round 4: CH 1, 1 HDC in each stitch around (30 HDC total)
Now work about 9 rows of the Granny Stitch, with 10 of them in each row. See my other post for the Granny Stitch, complete with a photo tutorial.
The hat should measure about 5.5 inches tall,
and be about 15 inches in circumference (or 7.5 when folded in half).
You can do all kinds of crazy things with color in this hat. Here’s another post I have to make this hat for toddlers!
Find the brim pattern here.
Merry Crocheting and fun in the sun!
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I adore this hat. I can’t wait to try it. Thank you for the pattern.
Thank you, Martha! I’d love to see a picture of your project when you’re finished.
Thanks for posting a smaller size for this pattern! I love the color combo for this one
Christine @ Projectsaroundthehouse.blogspot.com
OMG I have so many projects going, but I can see another in my near future! This is just too cuuute!
Haha, thanks Maria! Hope you can get around to it. It is really cute on.
Hi Sara, I want to try making a 0-3 month size. Does this stitch require a multiple of 3? Thanks!
Yes, you’re exactly right! So just make sure the crown of your hat ends with enough stitches to be divisible by 3, then start with the granny stitch.
Thank you so much for the pattern! This is super cute! I’m still learning to crochet, but I think I did a decent job with it. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=427974287237047&set=a.371518986215911.96634.198174013550410&type=1
Yes, you did a GREAT job! Thanks for letting me use your picture. I’m following you on Facebook now!
I love this hat!! But, Where are the directions for the brim? Is it located on another page? Thanks in advance!
Thanks so much! The hat brim pattern is here: http://www.mymerrymessylife.com/2012/04/crochet-sun-hat-brim-pattern.html. Sorry about that! I need to add a link in this post to it.
Thank you for the pattern!! I made it to donate it to a baby shower for some Marine wives here in California.
I downsized it so I didn’t make it your cute floppy hat style but it is still very cute.
I want to make your floppy hat version too. 
Here is the link to my blog post about it.
http://crystalpanda.blogspot.com/2012/08/granny-stitch-preemie-baby-hat.html
Thank you so much for sharing that with me! Your hat is beautiful. I might showcase it tomorrow in a post I’m doing to celebrate my fans and their crochet work.
Hi sorry I’m confused with row 3 if I ch 1, 2hdc, 1 hdc, 1hdc all the way around I only end up with 24 st at the end if I ch1, 2hdc, 1hdc, 2hdc all the way around I get 33 st. Have I made a mistake or is there a error with the pattern?
Thanks
I had the same problem but all you do is 2 hdc, 1hdc, 1hdc all the way around and end making a 2 hdc and you’ll end up with 30
i actually succeeded in making this hat and its too cute on my care bear lol since i didnt have a baby to test it on but now my mom loves it and wants one her size. how do go about making the hat bigger for an adult? sorry i just started crocheting recently so im a super noob.
heres a pic of my bear though
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=741719592791&set=pb.196003321.-2207520000.1361216473&type=3&src=http%3A%2F%2Fsphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net%2Fhphotos-prn1%2F823422_741719592791_1441986525_o.jpg&smallsrc=http%3A%2F%2Fsphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net%2Fhphotos-snc7%2F8618_741719592791_1441986525_n.jpg&size=720%2C1280
That is so cute! Great way to model them if there’s no little one around!
I want to make these for a gardening family. I needed sizes for a toddler, a 5 year old and a grandma. Can I find them somewhere?
I have made 5 of these hats and everyone loves them and wants one, keeping me busy making them for the little girls in my life.
Thanks so much for such an easy and cute hat pattern!
Karen
Hi Karen! Yes, I have this same hat in the toddler size. Click here for the pattern. In the future, I do have a search bar right underneath the header on the right so that you can use to find things on my site.
Bonjour, c’est vraiment beau ce que vous faites ….. puis- je avoir le tuto des bonnets en français? Merci beaucoup.
Je suis desole, Sonia, j’ai pas le tuto en francais! I wish I could write the pattern in French, but I use my internet browser to translate other sites I like. Would that work for you?