MICROCKNIT CREATIONS: SLEEP Hats Free Crochet Pattern #1 SLEEPY HAT

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SLEEPY Hat is soft and comfortable

and keeps your head warm throughout the night.

A lovely lightweight cotton hat

which adds enough warmth for a comfortable night's sleep.

Designed for people with hair loss due to cancer,

chemotherapy, alopecia and other medical conditions,

naturally bald heads and sinus sufferers.

SLEEPY Hat keeps you cozy at night any time of year!

SLEEPY Hat Crochet pattern is one of my spur-of-the-moment creations when I needed something to keep my head warm whilst sleeping. You can laugh, I am dead serious, I sleep in crochet hats. For many years I have suffered with sinusitis, and in 1998 I decided to wear a beanie to bed to keep my forehead warm, and I have not looked back since, I can sleep comfortably protected from the cold air moving across my forehead and aggravating my sinuses and waking me up.

Best Sleep Hats

It's now time to replace my old collection of crochet sleep hats, most of them are years old and have been beaten up by the numerous times they have been washed in the machine. So as I am crocheting new sleep hats I decided to share them with you too. All are made using a DK or 8ply natural fibre yarn, such as cotton, bamboo or pure merino wool, and the designs are simple and quick to make and of course I love adding colour to make it more fun!

FREE CROCHET HAT PATTERNS

I have decided to share the crochet sleep hat patterns with you for FREE, and over the next few weeks, you will be able to crochet them too. These crochet sleep hats are all made using a soft cotton yarn, I will be using mainly Bendigo Woollen Mills (BWM) Cotton 8ply which is an Australian yarn, if you wish to substitute the yarn, remember to check the website YARNSUB to get the best match.

So, without further ado here is our first crochet sleep hat.

Week #1 SLEEPY Hat Crochet Pattern

PATTERN DETAILS

DIFFICULTY: Easy

SIZES: Two (2) sizes - A = Medium; B = Large
MEASUREMENTS: Fits A = 22in (56cm); B = 23.5in (60cm) head circumference

YARN USED: HEIRLOOM Cotton ● 8ply ● 100% Cotton ● 50g ● 119m (130yd)

YARDAGE: Approx. A = 50g; 130yd (119m)

TENSION: 16sts to 4in (10cm) in pattern stitch

NOTIONS: 7 (4.5mm) hook, Yarn needle

PATTERN NOTES: Hat is worked top down in the round. Instructions in this pattern are for a two (2) colour hat. Each round is completed before changing colour. Photographs accompany the written instructions of this pattern.

This pattern is written in USA - American Crochet Terms.

USA - American Crochet Terms		UK - British Crochet Terms
Ch = chain
sc = single crochet		dc =double crochet
hdc = half double crochet		htr = half treble crochet
dc = double crochet		tr = treble crochet
tr = treble crochet		dtr = double treble crochet
dtr = double treble		ttr = triple treble
sl st = slip stitch
st/sts = stitch/es
cont = continue
rep = repeat
rnd = round
beg = begin/beginning
yo = yarn over	yrh = yarn round hook
FDC = foundationless double crochet	FTR = foundationless treble crochet
Esc = extended single crochet	Edc = extended double crochet
BL = back loop	blo = back loop only
FL = front loop	flo = front loop only
BPdc = back post double crochet	rtrb = raised treble back
FPdc = front post double crochet	rtrf = raised treble front
Abbreviations List ©2015 Barbara Summers Hand Knit and Crochet. All rights reserved.

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PATTERN STARTS:

CROWN of HAT - Increase Rnds

NOTE: At beginning of each round, Ch1 does not count as a stitch.

With MC and 4.5mm hook

SIZE A & B

Rnd 1: Magic ring, ch1, 6sc in ring, join with sl st in ch1. (6sts)

Rnd 2: Ch1, 2sc in each st around, join with sl st in ch1. (12sts)

Rnd 3: Ch1, *2dc in each st around, join with sl st in ch1. (24sts)

CHANGE TO CC

Rnd 4: Ch1, *2sc in next st, 1sc in next st, rep from * around, join with sl st in ch1. (36sts)

Rnd 5: Ch1, 1dc in each st around, join with sl st in ch1. (36sts)

CHANGE TO MC

Rnd 6: Ch1, *2sc in next st, 1sc in next 2sts, rep from * around, join with sl st in ch1. (48sts)

Rnd 7: Ch1, *2dc in next st, 1dc in next 3sts, rep from * around, join with sl st in ch1. (60sts)

CHANGE TO CC

Rnd 8: Ch1, 1sc in each st around, join with sl st in ch1. (60sts)

Rnd 9: Ch1, *2dc in next st, 1dc in next 4sts, rep from * around, join with sl st in ch1. (72sts)

Rnd 10: Rep Rnd 8.

CHANGE TO MC

SIZE A ONLY

Rnd 11: Ch1, *2dc in next st, 1dc in next 11sts, rep from * around, join with sl st in ch1. (78sts)

SIZE A Crown complete - continue with Body of Hat.

SIZE B ONLY

Rnd 11: Ch1, *2dc in next st, 1dc in next 5sts, rep from * around, join with sl st in ch1. (84sts)

SIZE B Crown complete - continue with Body of Hat.

BODY of HAT

NOTE: At beginning of each round, Ch1 does not count as a stitch.

SIZE A & B

CHANGE TO CC

Rnd 1: Ch1, 1sc in BL of each st around, join with sl st in ch1.

Rnd 2: Ch1, 1dc in each st around, join with sl st in ch1.

Rnd 3: Ch1, 1sc in each st around, join with sl st in ch1.

CHANGE TO MC

Rnd 4: Ch1, 1sc in BL of each st around, join with sl st in ch1.

Rnd 5: Ch1, 1dc in each st around, join with sl st in ch1.

Rnd 6: Ch1, 1sc in each st around, join with sl st in ch1.

CHANGE TO CC

Rnd 7: Ch1, 1sc in BL of each st around, join with sl st in ch1.

Rnd 8: Ch1, 1dc in each st around, join with sl st in ch1.

Rnd 9: Ch1, 1sc in each st around, join with sl st in ch1.

Rep Rnds 4-9 one (1) more time. TOTAL of 15 rounds for body of hat.

BRIM of HAT

CHANGE TO MC

Rnd 1: Ch1, 1sc in BL of each st around, join with sl st in ch1.

CHANGE TO CC

Rnd 2: Ch1, 1sc in BL of each st around, join with sl st in ch1.

Rep Rnds 1 & 2 one (1) more time.

CHANGE TO MC

Rnd 5: Ch1, 1sc in BL of each st around, join with sl st in ch1.

Rnd 6: Ch1, *1sc in next st of row below, rep from * around, invisible join in ch1.

Fasten off and hide ends.

This pattern is written in USA - American Crochet Terms.

USA - American Crochet Terms		UK - British Crochet Terms
Ch = chain
sc = single crochet		dc =double crochet
hdc = half double crochet		htr = half treble crochet
dc = double crochet		tr = treble crochet
tr = treble crochet		dtr = double treble crochet
dtr = double treble		ttr = triple treble
sl st = slip stitch
st/sts = stitch/es
cont = continue
rep = repeat
rnd = round
beg = begin/beginning
yo = yarn over	yrh = yarn round hook
FDC = foundationless double crochet	FTR = foundationless treble crochet
Esc = extended single crochet	Edc = extended double crochet
BL = back loop	blo = back loop only
FL = front loop	flo = front loop only
BPdc = back post double crochet	rtrb = raised treble back
FPdc = front post double crochet	rtrf = raised treble front
Abbreviations List ©2015 Barbara Summers Hand Knit and Crochet. All rights reserved.