Mode Bespoke

Finally! I had intended to publish this pattern and tutorial much, much earlier, but the weather had other plans and sent Hurricane Milton to Sarasota, FL. So I evacuated with my kiddo, and I’m only now able to get this thing published.

Let’s do the thing!

As always, the PDF pattern is available for purchase below. Please note that the PDF pattern includes a copy of the chart. If you only want the chart and not the pattern, you can purchase it separately. For those of you looking for a gift that has already been crocheted, you can purchase a finished hat 🙂

Size: Small fits a head circumference of 18-21 in (46-53 cm), large fits 21-25 in (53-64 cm)

To find the tutorial for this pattern, type this into the search bar on YouTube: Poison Apple Hat, Mode Bespoke

Yarn and hook: I purchased 3 skeins of Lion Brand’s Heartland yarn, (which is a medium weight yarn), and a small skein of Big Twist petite for this project. From those 4 skeins, I was able to make 3 hats (2 small, 1 large), by switching the colors around to make the most out of the yardage I had. 

Yarn Specs:

Heartland

Weight: Size 4, Medium

Skein Weight: 5 oz. / 142 g

Yardage:  251 yd. / 228 m

Petite Big Twist:

Weight: Size 4, Medium

Skein Weight: 1.41 oz / 40 g

Yardage: 87 yards / 80 meters

Construction: Your initial chain determines the circumference of your hat, and each row adds to the length.

Multiples/Resizing: Add or subtract stitches to your initial chain in even numbers in order to make a hat with the apple image in the center. 

Example: To make a smaller hat, crochet 4 less stitches in your chainless foundation. For a larger hat add 4 stitches. 

When you reach Row 5 of the pattern, subtract 2 stitches to the first set of BDC for the small hat, or add 2 stitches if you are making a large hat. 

Why 4 stitches? 

This will add, or subtract about 1.5 – 2 inches (3 – 5 cm) to the circumference of your hat. To make the design even, place 2 of the 4 stitches at the beginning of the row, and the remaining 2 at the end (add or subtract them, based on whether you are making a smaller or larger hat). 

To make the hat taller: Add more rows after completing the apple design. 

Note: You will need to adjust your yarn quantities if you resize the pattern.

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Abbreviations:

CH- Chain

SC – Single Crochet

HDC- Half Double Crochet

SLST – Slip Stitch

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SC: Insert hook into the stitch, yarn over and pull up a loop. Yarn over and pull through the two loops on your hook. 

HDC – Yarn over and insert your hook into the stitch, pulling up a loop. Yarn over and pull through all three loops on your hook.

BDC – HDC in Black/Charcoal

RDC – HDC in Red

GDC – HDC in Green

TDC – HDC in Tan

SLST: Insert hook into the stitch. Yarn over and pull up a loop, then pull that loop through the bottom loop on your hook. 

Pattern:  Hat 

In black/charcoal, chainless foundation* 75 stitches for a small hat, or 83 stitches for a large one. 

*Chainless foundation: CH 2, insert your hook into the first chain and pull up a loop. Yarn over and pull through the first loop, then yarn over and pull through the remaining 2 loops on your hook. 

Row 1: Insert your hook into the second stitch from your hook, yarn over and pull up a loop. Yarn over and pull through the first loop on your hook, then yarn over and pull through the two remaining loops on the hook. 

Repeat Row 1 as many times as you need to complete your required row count for your desired hat size. 

Row 1-4: CH 1, turn your work around. HDC into the second stitch from your hook, and into every stitch of the row. 

Row 5 (Row 1 of the chart): you will need your chart, included with your pattern, as a separate PDF.

For the small hat: BDC 34, RDC 7, BDC through the end of the row.

For the large hat: BDC 36, RDC 7, BDC through the end of the row. 

Rows 6-26: Follow your chart. The stitch count will defer based on whether you are a right-handed or a left-handed crocheter. 

For small hats (R or L crocheter): BDC 29 then use the chart.

For large hats: (R or L crocheter): BDC 33 then use the chart.

Tip: Use the row counts on the chart to make this section easier to keep track of. The stitch count rows on the chart are lower on the page so you can fold them along the bottom of the row you are working on; this makes the stitches and color changes easier to keep track of.

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Here is how you’ll set up your rows: 

If you are a right-handed crocheter making a small hat, working on Row 6/Row 2 of the chart:

BDC 29 then look at your chart. The white stitches will be crocheted in your primary hat color (black/charcoal for our example). BDC 3, then RDC 7, GDC 1, RDC 2, BCD to the end of the row. 

If you are a left-handed crocheter making a small hat, also working on the same row, you would crochet: BDC 29, *chart* BDC 4, RDC 2, GDC 1, RDC 7, BDC to the end of the row. 

For large hats:

-a RH crocheter would crochet: 33 BDC, *chart*, BDC 3, then RDC 7, GDC 1, RDC 2, BCD to the end of the row. 

  – a LH crocheter would crochet: 33 BDC, *chart*, BDC 4, RDC 2, GDC 1, RDC 7, BDC to the end of the row. 

Continue the same pattern (add 29/33 BDC, then use the color changes as outlined in the chart, and finish the row as BDC). 

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Once you complete the chart rows, add 5 BDC rows for the small hat, and 7 rows for the large hat to complete the length of your hat. 

Brim 

Chain 10 (regular chain) – for both sizes. Crochet the chain so it comes off the bottom of the hat. 

Cast-on:

To cast on, stitch into the second chain from your hook. Yarn over, and pull up a loop (you should have 2 loops on your hook). 

Insert your hook into the next stitch and pull up a loop, leaving it on the hook (you should have 3 loops now). Repeat until you have cast on one loop on your hook for every stitch of the chain. 

SLST into the stitch next to your chain, along the base of the hat. 

Crochet a Return Pass (RP): Yarn over, pull through 2, repeating until you are left with 1 loop on your hook.

Row 1 & 2: Knit Stitch (KS*) into the second stitch from your hook, and into every stitch of the row. SLST into the next available stitch along the base of the hat.

*KS – Insert your hook between the front and back leg of the vertical stitch, yarn over and pull up a loop.

Complete a RP between rows. 

Row 3 & 4: Beginning in the second stitch of the row, Purl Stitch (PS*) into every stitch of the row. 

*PS: reverse yarn over (pull the yarn in front of your hook, instead of behind like you do in a traditional yarn over). Yarn over (regular) and pull up a loop. 

Repeat with every stitch of the row. 

Complete a RP between rows.

Repeat Rows 1-4 until you complete the round, then move on to the bind off. 

Bind-off: Depending on where you left off (a KS row or a PS row), cast on either a KS or a PS so that you have 2 loops on your hook, then SC (yarn over and pull through the two loops). 

Repeat with the remaining stitches of the row. 

Cut a long thread of yarn and sew along the short ends of the brim to close the round.  

Cinch the top of the hat closed, and weave in any remaining tail ends. 

If you want to make a faux fur pom pom, you can find a tutorial by scanning the QR code. It’ll direct you to the YouTube Tutorial on the Mode Bespoke Channel. 

“DIY Faux Fur PomPom” – Mode Bespoke Youtube

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For questions or comments on this pattern, please contact Atenas at: atenas@modebespoke.com

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