​Crochet Hat with Squares Pattern

You’ll need:

200g of black Himalaya Pablo yarn (100% wool; 100m/100g);

Crochet hook 3,75.

Head circumference: 52-54 cm.

Instructions

Make 23 chainsts. Work with single crochets through back loop for better shape of pattern. At first, make 1 square.

1^st row: 11 single crochets, 3 single crochets together, 11 single crochets;

2^nd row: 10 single crochets, 3 single crochets together, 10 single crochets;

3^rd row: 9 single crochets, 3 single crochets together, 9 single crochets;

4^th row: 8 single crochets, 3 single crochets together, 8 single crochets;

5^th row: 7 single crochets, 3 single crochets together, 7 single crochets;

6^th row: 6 single crochets, 3 single crochets together, 6 single crochets;

7^th row: 5 single crochets, 3 single crochets together, 5 single crochets;

8^th row: 4 single crochets, 3 single crochets together, 4 single crochets;

9^th row: 3 single crochets, 3 single crochets together, 3 single crochets;

10^th row: 2 single crochets, 3 single crochets together, 2 single crochets;

11^th row: 1 single crochet, 3 single crochets together, 1 single crochet;

12^th row: 3 single crochets together. You should get square.

Then, make the next square due to the scheme. You should have 6 squares in the 1^st row. While making the last square, join it to the set-up row of the 1^st square, circle stripe in the ring. This is the base of your hat.

Make the next 2 rows in the same way. You should get a “tube” about 24 cm height.

Then, make crown. For this, make 66 single crochets along the upper edge of the last row. Then, work with turning rows with single crochets through back loop, decrease 6 sts in every row (by means of making 2 single crochets together). Work this way until there are 6 sts left.

Cut the yarn, tighten the rest sts with the end of yarn, fasten the yarn from WS. Fasten the edge of hat with “shrimp stitch”.