Crochet a Beautiful Cupcake Hat: Step-by-Step Guide

by Amy Lehman | October 31, 2023 12:57 am

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How to Crochet Cupcake Hat

Cro­chet­ing a cup­cake hat is a delight­ful and easy project for cro­cheters of all skill lev­els. In this free cro­chet pat­tern, we will guide you through the steps to cre­ate a cozy and cute hat per­fect for win­ter. Whether you’re mak­ing it for your­self or as a great gift, this hat is a fan­tas­tic addi­tion to your cro­chet projects. This pat­tern uses basic cro­chet stitch­es and offers a video tuto­r­i­al for those new to the craft. So grab your favorite yarn and hook, and let’s start on this per­fect cro­chet hat pat­tern.

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To begin cro­chet­ing your cup­cake hat, you’ll need some essen­tial mate­ri­als and a basic under­stand­ing of cro­chet. We rec­om­mend using worsted-weight yarn, but you can exper­i­ment with dif­fer­ent yarn weights for unique results. Check out our cro­chet hat size chart to ensure the per­fect fit. You’ll also need a size J (6 mm) cro­chet hook, a yarn nee­dle, a stitch mark­er, and a tapes­try nee­dle. If you want to add a faux fur pom-pom for extra flair, go ahead! It’s all about mak­ing this hat your own.

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- Cro­chet hook 
- Tapes­try nee­dle
- Stitch mark­er

 Pink, Brown, dark pink, and red yarn

J Hook, G Hook, Yarn nee­dle
Abbre­vi­a­tions: 
dc=double cro­chet
sc=single cro­chet
sl st=slip stitch ch=chain
hdc=half dou­ble cro­chet
hdc2tog=half dou­ble cro­chet togeth­er 
sc2tog=single cro­chet 2 togeth­er 
fphdc (front post half dou­ble cro­chet)
bphdc (back post half dou­ble cro­chet) 

Half Dou­ble Cro­chet Hat

J hook, Pink, Brown, dark pink, and red yarn

Instruc­tions: J hook ch 5, sl st, to form a ring.
rnd 1. ch 2 (count as one hdc), do 9 hdc in the ring, sl st. (10 hdc)
rnd 2. ch 2, do 2hdc in each stitch around, con­tin­ue around, with­out a slip stitch (start to use a mark­er) (20 hdc) Now for the rest of the top of the hat, work each stitch in the back loops only.
rnd 3. *do hdc in the next stitch in back loop, 2hdc in the next stitch, *repeat around, con­tin­ue around, no slip stitch or chain, (I would use a mark­er so you can keep track of your increased rounds) (30 hdc)
rnd 4. *do hdc in the next 2 stitch­es, 2hdc in the next stitch, *repeat around, con­tin­ue around. (40 hdc)
rnd 5. *do hdc in the next 3 stitch­es, 2hdc in the next stitch, *repeat around, con­tin­ue around. (50 hdc)
rnd 6. *do hdc in the next 4 stitch­es, 2 hdc in the next stitch, *repeat around, con­tin­ue around. (60 hdc)
rnds 7–10. *do hdc in each stitch around in the back loops,*repeat until you hat mea­sures about 4 inch­es long,
rnd 11. The scal­loped edge of the cup­cake hat: sl. stitch to start in both loops not the back loop any­more, *work 5 dc in next stitch, slip stitch in the next two stitch­es, *repeat. slip stitch to end. fas­ten off.
Bot­tom of the Hat: J hook, Light brown yarn, slip stitch back into round 10, sin­gle cro­chet around once in each stitch around. sl st.

rnds 12–23. ch 1. *fphdc (front post half dou­ble cro­chet) in the next stitch(post), bphdc (back post half dou­ble cro­chet) (youtube videos on how to this stitch) in the next chain, *repeat around. sl st. Repeat until your hat reach­es 7 inch­es or to your desired length.

On top of the pink por­tion of the hat, you can add sprin­kles. Use a yarn nee­dle with pink yarn and sew on 1/2 inch pink yarn dash lines all around to look like sprin­kles.

Cher­ry Red yarn, G hook
ch 2.
1st rnd: 6 sc in 2nd ch from hook. Join with sl st to first sc. ‑6sc
2nd rnd: Ch 1. 2 sc in each sc around. Join with sl st to first sc. ‑12 sc.
3rd rnd: Ch 1. 1 sc in each sc around. Join with sl st to first sc. Stuff Cher­ry light­ly. ‑12 sc
4th rnd: Ch 1. (Sc2tog) 6 times. or until the ball clos­es. Join with sl st to first sc. fas­ten off, and Attach the Cher­ry on top of the hat.

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The foun­da­tion of this easy cro­chet hat pat­tern starts with a foun­da­tion chain and some sim­ple cro­chet stitch­es. You’ll be using sin­gle cro­chet, slip stitch, back loop, and even half dou­ble cro­chet to cre­ate the body of your hat. With a video tuto­r­i­al avail­able, begin­ner cro­cheters can fol­low along eas­i­ly. Once you’ve com­plet­ed the body, it’s time to add the fin­ish­ing touch­es.

In the final steps of this cro­chet project, you’ll shape the hat to per­fec­tion. We’ll guide you through decreas­ing stitch­es to cre­ate the hat’s top, and then you’ll close it off with a slip stitch. Remem­ber to weave in yarn tails using a tapes­try nee­dle for a neat fin­ish.

You can cus­tomize your cup­cake hat using dif­fer­ent col­ors or even chunky yarn for a slouchy look. Make it in super bulky yarn for extra warmth dur­ing cold weath­er, or choose a light, airy aran weight yarn for a more relaxed, slouchy beanie style. The pos­si­bil­i­ties are end­less!

We hope you’ve enjoyed cre­at­ing this cro­cheted beanie, and it’s ready to keep you warm dur­ing the win­ter sea­son. If you found this pat­tern help­ful, con­sid­er shar­ing it with your friends and fel­low cro­cheters on social media. And remem­ber, this is a free cro­chet pat­tern, so feel free to make and share as many as you like. Hap­py cro­chet­ing!

 

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