Mad Capper!

My initial intention was to make ONE cap for a friend's daughter who just recently turned 1 year old. Instead, I ended up with 4 caps before I reached the perfect fit! She's a petite little girl, that's why I started out making the cap small, only to find  that her head isn't as small as it looks ;) It wasn't till I took measurement of her head that I finally got her size!

1st attempt, which ended up being my daughter's Curious George's cap

2nd cap, still a bit too small. Would fit a 6 months old perhaps.

 3rd cap, too big! Fit a 3T.

4th. Finally! The perfect fit!

The 4th cap.

Each cap I made has a different variations. The pattern below is for the final cap.

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Size: up to 12  months (finished cap measure 20" in diameter)

Hook: 3.75mm & 3.25mm

Yarn used:

Lion Brand Pound of Love in Pink (MC - Main Color)

Red Heart Super Save in Lt. Raspberry (CC - Contrasting Color)

Stitch markers, I used small safety pins (from Dollar Tree)

Stitches used:

Hdc – yo, insert hook into st, yo and pull up a lp, yo and pull through all 3 lps

Dc dec – yo, insert hook into st and pull up a lp, yo and pull through 2 lps, yo, insert hook into next st and pull up a lp, yo and pull through 2 lps, yo and pull through all 3 lps.

Magic Loop/Adjustable Ring – By using magic loop, it eliminate the gaping hole when crocheting in rounds.

NOTE:

• Work in continuous rounds without joining. Place a stitch marker in first st of every round. Join only from Rnd 11 onwards.

• Do not fasten off when switching colors. Simply drop the color not being worked, and pick up the ones currently being used.

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With larger hook

Rnd 1

With MC, using Magic Loop method, ch 3 (count as 1 dc), work 11 dc into loop – (12 sts)

{Alternately, without Magic Loop method: ch 4, dc into 4th ch from hook. 11 dc into the same ch}

Rnd 2

2 dc in top of ch-3 and in each st – (24 sts)

Rnd 3

[Dc in next st, 2 dc in next st] all around – (36 sts)

Rnd 4

[Dc in the next 2 sts, 2 dc in next st] all around – (48 sts)

Rnd 5

[Dc in the next 3 sts, 2 dc in next st] all around – (60 sts)

Rnd 6

[Dc in the next 4 sts, 2 dc in next st] all around – (72 sts)

Rnd 7:

[Dc in next 5 sts, 2 dc in next st] all around - (84 sts)

Rnd 8:

Dc all around - (84 sts)

Rnd 9:

[Dc in next 5 sts, dc dec] all around - (72 sts)

Rnd 10

Dc all around (72 sts). (To change color: Before pulling through the last 2 loops of the last dc, change to CC, then yo with CC and pull through the 2 loops to complete the last dc.) Do not fasten off. Simply drop the MC, and work with CC.

Rnd 11: (with CC)

Sc in next, [sk next st, 3dc in next st, sk next st, sc in next st) 17x, sk next st, 3dc, sk next st, drop CC, switch back to MC, sl st to 1st sc. (18 shell clusters)

Rnd 12:

Ch-3 (count as 1 dc), 4dc in same st, [sk next st, sc in next st, 5 dc in next st, sk next st, sc in next st]16x, sk next st, 5dc in next st, sk next st, switch to CC, sl st to top of ch-3. (18 shell clusters)

Rnd 13:

Repeat Rnd 11

Rnd 14:

Sc all around, sl st to 1st sc - (72 sts)

Visor:

Rnd 1:

Sc in next, hdc in next, dc in next, [2dc in next, dc in next]10x, hdc in next, sc in  next, sl st in next. Turn.

Rnd 2:

Sc in 2nd st, hdc in next,dc in next, [2 dc in next, dc in next 3]7x, 2dc in next, dc in next, hdc in next, sc in next, sl st in next. Turn.

Rnd 3:

Sc in 2nd st, hdc in next, dc in next, 2 dc in next, dc in next 5 sts, 2dc in next, dc in next 23 sts,  2dc in next, dc in next 5 sts, 2dc in next, dc in next, hdc in next, sc in next, sl st, join to hat with sl st. Turn.

Rnd 4:

Sc in all sts of visor, join to hat with sl st. Drop MC, pick up CC.

Finishing off:

Sl st in all sts on visor.

Switch to 3.75mm, sl st all around hat. Fastened off.