You’re going to love the crochet Christmas Hat, this is truly a Christmas & holiday crochet pattern. It’s not like your typical Santa hats, but more a lovely winter crocheted hat with typical Christmas colors.
Need something warm to wear during the Holiday season? This crochet beanie is perfect!
It’s an easy crochet pattern, because it’s mostly single crochet stitches with tapestry color changes. Next, it’s worked in 1 piece, and whip stitched together at the end. Finally all you’ll need is to add a pom pom.
This crochet pattern comes in 7 sizes from 12-18 months to adult sizes. It’s definitely a great fun Christmas themed hat pattern for the whole family.
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The Yarn
For the crochet Christmas Hat use some great holiday colors. As this pattern matches the Crochet Christmas Sweater, you’ll find white yarns, red yarns and green.
However, you can of course use any yarn color and make this for different occasions.
The Petite Wool suggested is a high quality yarn that comes in a lot of great colors, but for this project I used Forest Green, Natural & Red.
The yarn comes in skeins that are 100 g & 153 yards, and are size 5 bulky.
You can possibly opt for a slightly thinner yarn like a worsted weight yarn, but then you’d need to go up a size to be sure it fits. In that case, the smallest size might fit a newborn.
A Great Christmas Crochet Project
The crochet pattern for the crochet Christmas Hat is truly one of the great Christmas crochet patterns! It’s a great crochet gift idea, but also great to make for yourself.
The crochet beanie is great to wear during the hectic Christmas preparations & of course also during Christmas.
The crochet Christmas hat is not one of the typical Santa hat patterns, but rather a great Christmas season hat with pompom, great for the Christmas photos with the entire family creaw. Isn’t it cute to dress up with the same hat as the toddlers and kids for a lovely holiday season theme?
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Christmas Crochet Hat Pattern Summary
The crochet Christmas Hat is a fun crochet pattern for the holidays.
It’s perfect for anyone who want’s to express their fun Holiday cheer around Christmas. It’s a fun crochet project made with 3 yarn colors & mostly single crochet stitches.
What’s great about this beanie pattern is the fact that it comes in sizes from 12 months to adult.
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Materials Needed for the Crochet Christmas Hat
Crochet Hook
Size 6.5 mm / US: K – 10.5 / UK: 3
Hook I used: Symphonie Rose Crochet Hooks from Knitpro
Yarn
Yarn used for the Crochet Christmas Hat:
We Are Knitters – The Petite Wool in color Forest (color A – green), Natural (color B – white), Red (color C).
Yarn amount used:
1 skein weights 100 g, has 140 m or 153 yards
Color A (Green), Color B (White) & Color C (Red):
- Less than 1 skein per color for all sizes.
Yarn characteristics:
- 5 Bulky yarn.
- 100 % Wool
Other Materials Needed
- Tapestry Needle, find one here (if you don’t already have one)!
- Pom pom maker or materials to make a pom pom
- Scissors
- Tape Measure
Gauge
Measured with single crochet stitches crocheted in rows:
13.5 stitches & 16 rows per 10 cm / 4”.
Notes
- This crochet pattern is written in US terms.
- All measurements given are unblocked.
- Note that measurements are given as exact as possible. But crochet tension & technique might give variations in the result, that changes from person to person.
- Read the crochet pattern instructions carefully before beginning to make sure you understand everything. It might save you hours!
- Make a swatch that measure at least 10 x 10 cm / 4 x 4 inches using the stitch the gauge is given for. If your swatch matches the gauge, you’re good to go. If the gauge is wrong, you might need to change your hook. Go up in crochet hook size if your stitches are smaller & go down in crochet hook size if your stitches are bigger. Learn more about testing gauge.
- Check yarn info if you want to find an alternative or test your yarn against the gauge. Learn more about substituting yarn.
- This pattern is written for 7 sizes, where the different sizes is given in parentheses like this: 12-18 months (18-24 months) 2-5 years (child) teen (woman) man. If just one number is given, it applies to all sizes. I recommend that you highlight or circle the size you’re making before you begin to make the pattern easier to follow. Size adjustments are added under “Size & Measurements”.
- At the end of each row, the stitch count is given in parenthesis.
- Please note, that odd rows on diagram are read from the right to the left, while even rows are read from the left to the right.
Size & Measurements
| Head Circumference | Hat Circumference | Hat Height | |
| 12-18 months | 43.5 cm / 17 inches | 40.5 cm / 16 inches | 18.5 cm / 7.3 inches |
| 18-24 months | 46 cm / 18 inches | 43.5 cm / 17 inches | 20 cm / 7.5 inches |
| 2-5 years | 48.5 cm / 19 inches | 46.5 cm / 18 inches | 20 cm / 7.5 inches |
| Child | 51 cm / 20 inches | 48.5 cm / 19 inches | 21 cm / 7.9 inches |
| Teen | 53.5 cm / 21 inches | 51.5 cm / 20 inches | 23 cm / 8.7 inches |
| Woman | 56 cm / 22 inches | 53.5 cm / 21 inches | 24 cm / 9.1 inches |
| Man | 59 cm / 23 inches | 56 cm / 22 inches | 24.5 cm / 9.6 inches |
Hat Size Tip!
Learn more about crochet hat sizes & making the correct size on our detailed post: Crochet Hat Sizes!
Diagram
Abbreviations
- BPdc = back post double crochet (tutorial)
- CA = color A (green pictured)
- CB = color B (white pictured)
- CC = color C (red pictured)
- ch = chain(s)
- dc = double crochet
- FPdc = front post double crochet (tutorial)
- Rep = repeat
- sc = single crochet
- st = stitch (es)
We try our best to include all crochet abbreviations in the list above for the crochet pattern, but sometimes we may forget one or two.
Learn more about crochet abbreviations & find a complete list on our Crochet Abbreviations & Terms post.
Stitches You Will Need
You’ll need to know chain stitches, single crochet stitches, front post double crochet stitches & back post double crochet stitches.
Front Post Double Crochet (FPdc)
Yo, insert your hook from front to back between the prev st & the st you’re working, & bring it to the front again between the st you’re working & the next st, yo & pull up a loop, you have 3 loops on the hook, yo & pull through 2 loops, yo and pull through the 2 last loops.
Back Post Double Crochet (BPdc)
Yo, insert your hook from back to front between the previous stitch & the stitch you’re working, & bring it to the back again between the stitch you’re working & the next stitch, yo & pull up a loop, you have 3 loops on the hook, yo & pull through 2 loops, yarn over and pull through the 2 last loops.
Tutorial: Front & back post double crochet stitch.
Techniques You Will Need
Reading Color Diagram
- On odd rows move yarn strands due to color changes on the wrong side, behind the work (furthest from yourself), on even rows keep yarn strands due to color changes in on the wrong side, in front of the work (closest to yourself).
- Please note, that odd rows are read from the right to the left, while even rows are read from the left to the right.
- Grey vertical lines are made to show sizes. Start counting the grey vertical lines from the right, where the first line is for size 12-18 months, the second for size 18-24 months and so on.
Change Colors
When changing from one color to another, you’ll never finish the stitch with the color you where working with.
Do all the steps of the stitch, then leave the last step unworked. Yarn over with the color for the next st & pull yarn through.
Repeat this every time you change colors to make the color changes look beautiful.
Change Color When the First & Second Stitch On A Row Has Different Colors
When the first & second stitch on a row has different colors, you should finish the last stitch on the previous row with the color for the first stitch on the next row.
Then you should do the first chain to start the row with the color for the second stitch on the row you are starting.
Crochet Christmas Hat Instructions
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This crochet Christmas hat is crocheted from the bottom up.
Brim
Ch 57 (61) 64 (67) 71 (74) 78 st.
Row 1 with CA: Start row in 3rd ch from hook, dc 1 in each st until end of row, turn (= 55 (59) 62 (65) 69 (72) 76 st).
Row 2 with CA:Ch 2 (counts as 1st st), *FPdc 1 in next st, BPdc 1 in next st*, repeat from *to* until end of row, turn (= 55 (59) 62 (65) 69 (72) 76 st).
Row 3 with CA: Rep row 2.
Row 4 with CA: Ch 1 (counts as 1st st), sc 1 in next st until end of row, turn (= 55 (59) 62 (65) 69 (72) 76 st).
Main part
- You will now start following the diagram below for color changes, starting on row 1 on diagram.
- Each vertical line shows how many stitches each size has, stitch count given horizontally & you should only follow the part to the right of the line that shows your size.
- See more instructions on reading diagrams under the heading “TECHNIQUES YOU WILL NEED”.
- Click to open chart in a new window to view a bigger version of the chart & to zoom.
Row 5: Ch 1 (counts as 1st st), sc 1 in next st until end of row, change colors according to the diagram, turn (= 55 (59) 62 (65) 69 (72) 76 st).
You’ve now worked row 1 of the diagram
Row 6 – 30 (32) 32 (34) 37 (38) 39: Repeat row 5, working row 2-23 on diagram once. Then repeat:
- 12-18 months: Row 16 once.
- 18-24 months: Row 16-18 once.
- 2-5 years: Row 16-18 once.
- Child: Row 16-20 once.
- Teen: Row 16-23 once.
- Woman: Row 16-23 once, then row 16-17 once.
- Man: Row 16-23 once, then row 16-18 once.
Fasten off & cut yarn.
Finishing
- With the wrong side facing. With a yarn needle, whip stitch the side of the beanie, start at the bottom & move up. Optionally use the same yarn as for the project and slip stitch (sl st) the sides together.
- Still working with the needle, pull through the top of every other stitch on the top of the hat with the same yarn, in a way that makes it possible to pull tight after going through those stitches. Full tutorial on how to close the top of a beanie.
- Pull tight & fasten thread.
- Fasten all threads & weave in ends.
- Optional: Make & attach a pom pom.
Wear your crochet Christmas hat & have fun!
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