Crochet St. Patrick's Hat Tutorial

Enjoy this Crochet St. Patrick's Hat (All Sizes) Pattern! My

 daughter loves wearing hats and celebrating the holidays so

 I made her this cute crochet hat!

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Newborn Bulky Hat, instead of a D hook, Use a J hook with this pattern: http://www.amyscrochetpatterns.com/2015/01/crochet-baby-0-3-months-football-hat.html, 
when the increase stops, then continue the pattern as written in this pattern with the J hook. 

Supplies:

Red Heart Love Green, Black, and Gold yarn

Abbreviations:

ch=chain

sl st=slip stitch

sc=single crochet

dc=double crochet

I made this for my Almost 3 year old!

How to Crochet a Double Crochet Hat Video:

Instructions:

H hook

rnd 1: Work 11 dc in a Magic Circle, sl st on top of the chain 3. -11 dc

Crochet a Magic Circle with Double Crochet Video:

rnd 2. ch 3, (Counts as first Dc), dc in same st. as joining, 2dc in each dc around. join with sl st on top of chain 3. -22 dc

rnd 3. ch 3, (Counts as first Dc), *2dc in next dc, dc in the next dc, Repeat from *around, join with sl st. -33 dc

rnd 4. ch 3, (Counts as first Dc), dc in the next dc, 2dc in the next dc, *dc in the next two dc, 2dc in the next dc, Repeat from *around, join with sl st. -44 dc

rnd 5. ch 3, (Counts as first Dc), dc in the 2 next two dc, 2dc in the next dc, *dc in the next 3 dc, 2dc in the next dc. Repeat from * around, join with sl st. -55 dc

rnds 6-12: ch 3, Dc in each dc around, sl st, *Repeat around 

Rnds 13-15: Switch to Black yarn with a sl st, ch 3, Dc in each dc around, sl st, Repeat to round 15.

Rnd 16: Switch to Green yarn with a sl st, Ch 3, *dc, work 2 dc in the next, *Repeat around, sl st

Rnd 17: Ch 2, work hdc in each dc around, sl st

Rnd 18: Ch 1, sc in each hdc around, sl st. Fasten off. Curl up the edge of the hat.

Gold Buckle:

H hook, Gold yarn (change the hook size to the size hat you want, up above is the sizes)

Rnd 1: Chain 20, sc in the next 4 chains, work 2 sc in the next, *sc in the next 4 chains, work 2 sc in the next, *Repeat around. sl st -24 sc

Rnd 2: *sc in the next 5 sc, work 3 sc in the next sc, *Repeat around, sl st

Fasten off.  Sew the buckle on the other side of the seam of the hat onto the center of the black part of the hat, seen in the picture above.