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Crochet Christmas tree hat: a cone with three ruffled tiers

Make 6 single crochets in a ring and add 6 stitches every third round to your head size, working three rounds in back loops only. Ruffle the free front loops with half double crochet and sew a star on the tip.

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Cone in rounds with front-loop rufflesUS termsHook: 5 mm (US H-8), or the size that gives you gaugeSize from your washed swatchworsted yarn

Know these stitches: magic ring, single crochet, crochet increase, back loop only, half double crochet, slip stitch, chain

The finished Christmas tree hat.

Materials and yarn planning

Yarns we’ve reviewed that suit it: Lion Brand Basic Stitch Anti-Pilling yarn, Lion Brand Heartland yarn, Lion Brand Wool-Ease worsted yarn. For the hook, choose by size and handle.

Yarn estimate: the 2,172 single crochets of the cone at about 4 cm of medium yarn each and the 324 half double crochets of the tiers at about 6 cm come to about 110 m of green: one 200 m ball is plenty. The star takes about 1 m of yellow.

This pattern has about 2,516 stitches. For a closer figure in your own yarn, weigh what you have made once a good part is done, divide by the stitches made so far, multiply by 2,516 and divide by the ball weight on the label. Taller stitches use more yarn than short ones, so allow a margin.

Finished size and gauge

Sized from the Craft Yarn Council head chart, less 2.5 cm so the hat stays on, and rounded to the 6 stitches each increase round adds. The counts below are size Woman (53–58.5 cm head): about 52 cm around, which at 15 single crochets and 16 rounds per 10 cm is 78 stitches. The cone rises about 22 cm to Round 35 and the 9 even rounds below it add about 5.5 cm, so the hat stands about 27.5 cm tall from the brim to the tip. For your size and swatch, read the stitches from the size table below. These are calculations from the counts, not a measured sample.

Sizes from your swatch

Example: 15 single crochets and 16 rounds in 10 cm, the gauge the steps are written for. Type your own swatch over it to see your counts.

The middle of each Craft Yarn Council head range, less 2.5 cm so the hat stays on; stitches rounded to the 6 each increase round adds.
SizeAround the headHat heightStitchesRounds
Baby35.5 cm (14 in)Your choice54Your choice
Toddler40.8 cm (16 in)Your choice60Your choice
Child45.8 cm (18 in)Your choice66Your choice
Tween51 cm (20 in)Your choice78Your choice
Woman53.3 cm (21 in)Your choice78Your choice
Man56 cm (22 in)Your choice84Your choice

Counts are rounded to whole stitches and rounds and to the pattern’s repeat. Check the first rows against your swatch.

The gauge calculator compares your swatch with the pattern. A stitch name you do not know is in the abbreviation chart; a UK pattern’s names are in the US/UK term reference.

The pattern

Count rows for this pattern

Cone (green), from the tip

  1. Round 1: make a magic ring and work 6 sc in it. Mark the first stitch and work in a spiral without joining (6 stitches).
  2. Round 2: 2 sc in each stitch (12 stitches).
  3. Rounds 3–4: sc in each stitch (12 stitches).
  4. Round 5: [sc in the next stitch, 2 sc in the next stitch] 6 times (18 stitches).
  5. Rounds 6–7: sc in each stitch (18 stitches).
  6. Round 8: [sc in the next 2 stitches, 2 sc in the next stitch] 6 times (24 stitches).
  7. Rounds 9–10: sc in each stitch (24 stitches).
  8. Round 11: [sc in the next 3 stitches, 2 sc in the next stitch] 6 times (30 stitches).
  9. Round 12: sc in the back loop only of each stitch (30 stitches). The front loops of Round 11 stay free for a tier.
  10. Round 13: sc in each stitch (30 stitches).
  11. Round 14: [sc in the next 4 stitches, 2 sc in the next stitch] 6 times (36 stitches).
  12. Rounds 15–16: sc in each stitch (36 stitches).
  13. Round 17: [sc in the next 5 stitches, 2 sc in the next stitch] 6 times (42 stitches).
  14. Rounds 18–19: sc in each stitch (42 stitches).
  15. Round 20: [sc in the next 6 stitches, 2 sc in the next stitch] 6 times (48 stitches).
  16. Rounds 21–22: sc in each stitch (48 stitches).
  17. Round 23: [sc in the next 7 stitches, 2 sc in the next stitch] 6 times (54 stitches).
  18. Round 24: sc in the back loop only of each stitch (54 stitches). The front loops of Round 23 stay free for a tier.
  19. Round 25: sc in each stitch (54 stitches).
  20. Round 26: [sc in the next 8 stitches, 2 sc in the next stitch] 6 times (60 stitches).
  21. Rounds 27–28: sc in each stitch (60 stitches).
  22. Round 29: [sc in the next 9 stitches, 2 sc in the next stitch] 6 times (66 stitches).
  23. Rounds 30–31: sc in each stitch (66 stitches).
  24. Round 32: [sc in the next 10 stitches, 2 sc in the next stitch] 6 times (72 stitches).
  25. Rounds 33–34: sc in each stitch (72 stitches).
  26. Round 35: [sc in the next 11 stitches, 2 sc in the next stitch] 6 times (78 stitches).
  27. That is the last increase: try the hat on now. It should sit snugly around your head; if it does not, see the fixes below before you go on.
  28. Round 36: sc in the back loop only of each stitch (78 stitches). The front loops of Round 35 stay free for a tier.
  29. Rounds 37–44: sc in each stitch (78 stitches).
  30. Slip stitch in the next stitch, fasten off and weave in the end.
  31. For another size: go on increasing every third round until you reach the count for your size in the size table, then work even until the hat is as tall as you want. Work the three back-loop rounds right after the increase rounds that reach about two-fifths, seven-tenths and all of your stitches.

Tiers (green)

  1. Hold the hat tip up. Join the yarn in a free front loop of Round 35, the lowest row of free loops. Chain 2 (it does not count), 2 half double crochets in each free front loop around, and join with a slip stitch to the first half double crochet (156 stitches). Fasten off.
  2. Work the same into the free front loops of Round 23 (108 stitches) and Round 11 (60 stitches). The doubled stitches ruffle on their own.

Star (yellow)

  1. Make a magic ring and work 5 single crochets in it; pull it closed and join with a slip stitch.
  2. [Chain 3, slip stitch in the second chain from the hook, single crochet in the next chain, slip stitch in the next stitch of the ring] 5 times. Fasten off, leaving a tail, and sew the star to the tip of the hat.

Check the work

Rounds 2, 5, 8 and every third round after them to Round 35 add 6 stitches, so the cone grows from 6 to 78. Each tier has twice the stitches of the round below its back-loop round: 60, 108, 156.

Stitches in Rounds 1, 11, 23 and 35, and in the hat’s last round6 · 30 · 54 · 78 · 78
  • If the cone curls to one side or ripples, count the plain rounds: every increase round is followed by exactly two plain rounds, the back-loop rounds among them.
  • If the hat is loose, stop one increase round sooner: 6 stitches fewer is about 4 cm less around. If it is tight, add one more.
  • If a tier stands out stiffly instead of hanging in a ruffle, work the tiers with a hook half a size larger.

Updated . Stitch counts checked row by row; we haven’t crocheted a sample of this one yet. How the patterns are checked. Keep your yarn label, hook and swatch on the printable project worksheet.

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