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I don’t know about you, but I LOVE BOBBLES! There is something about that adorable polka-dotty texture you get from a combination of what amounts to double and single crochet stitches. And when I heard about a group that homemade accepts hats for Valentine’s Day I decided to go beyond just making pink or red hats… I wanted to make hats with hearts on them!
Oh, and if you’ll notice in the background up there I have another crochet heart pattern I’ve knocked up and I’ll be sharing it in the next day or two so keep your peepers peeled!
Want to make today’s adorable bobble beanie?
You know you do… and I can’t blame you :) Let’s get after it!
Supplies Needed to Hook a Love Bobbles Beanie:
The Yarn
For one hat I used acrylic I Love This Yarn (from Hobby Lobby) using Ivory as the main color and Fire Red for the bobbles. The second hat is also made with acrylic I Love This Yarn in the colors Fire Red and Soft Pink Bobbles.
The Hook
I’m currently obsessed with Furls Fiber Arts Hooks. For these I Love Bobbles beanies I used the gorgeous Supernova Streamline Galaxy Crochet Hook in Size H (5.5mm)
The Leather Garment Tags
The faux leather garment tags on the hats I purchased from Birch and Cider and these are the color Bamboo. I love this small business. Great quality, prices, and reasonable time between order and receiving the tags. Plus when you chat with her about proofs and whatnot, she’s super sweet!
Love Bobbles Crochet Hat Pattern
Crochet the Stretchy Hat Band
The band is made using color A.
← Row 1:
FSC 6 leaving a tail of 4-6 inches.
→ Row 2:
CH 1 (does NOT count as first ST) and turn your work. BLOSC in every stitch. (6 ST)
Row 4-72:
Repeat row 2.
Chain 1 and match up the ends of the band making sure it does not twist. Match up the stitches of both ends and slip stitch the sides together. For more detailed information please visit this post.
Crochet the Hat Body
For the hat body you’ll use color B for your bobbles. All other work, including the bulk of the hat body and ribbing are made with color A. At the end of every round SL to first ST to join. Do not turn your work. This hat works inside out. Once finished you’ll turn inside out so that the heart-shaped bobbles are on the outside of the hat.
← Rnd 1-2:
CH 1. (CH at the beginning of RNDS does NOT count as first ST here or in any RND) SC in every ST. (72 ST)
← RND 3-13:
Follow CHART. Turn your work/reverse direction for every BOBBLE RND so they pop out on the “right” side of the hat.
← RND 14-15:
CH 1. SC in every ST. (72 ST)
← RND 16:
CH 1. * SC in first 7 ST. SC2TOG in next 2. RPT from * 7 times. (64 ST)
← RND 17:
SC in every ST. (64 ST)
← RND 18:
CH 1. * SC in first 6 ST. SC2TOG in next 2. RPT from * 7 times. (56 ST)
← RND 19:
SC in every ST. (56 ST)
← RND 20:
CH 1. * SC in first 5 ST. SC2TOG in next 2. RPT from * 7 times. (48 ST)
← RND 21:
SC in every ST. (48 ST)
← RND 22:
CH 1. * SC in first 4 ST. SC2TOG in next 2. RPT from * 7 times. (40 ST)
← RND 23:
SC in every ST. (40 ST)
← RND 24:
CH 1. * SC in first 3 ST. SC2TOG in next 2. RPT from * 7 times. (32 ST)
← RND 25:
CH 1. * SC in first 2 ST. SC2TOG in next 2. RPT from * 7 times. (24 ST)
← RND 26:
CH 1. * SC in first ST. SC2TOG in next 2. RPT from * 7 times. (16 ST)
← RND 27:
CH 1. * SC2TOG in each pair of ST to end. (8 ST)
Stitch Abbreviations Used:
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