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Crochet Granny Square Trapper Hat Pattern

As the weather gets colder and windier, it's best to bundle up with a warm winter hat!

When I was scrolling on Pintrest one day, I found a picture of a vintage trapper hat, and I thought to myself, "I can make that!" So, to use up some of my yarn, I created this pattern! Yes, I made it myself; no YouTube tutorials here! I hope you enjoy this pattern and have a cozy winter season.

Materials

5mm crochet hook
10mm crochet hook
Yarn of your choice; make sure that it is suitable for a 5mm crochet hook. Personally, I doubled up Noro the World of Nature yarn from Japan.
Fuzzy yarn. I used Yarn Bee's Fur the Love yarn in the color Caracal.
Stitch markers
Large stitching needle
blocking boards and pins (check out amazon or Pintrest if you don't know what these are
steamer (optional)

Stitch Abbreviations

sc - single crochet
dc - double crochet
ch - chain
slst - slip stitch
sp - space
fo - fasten off
mc - magic circle
inc - increase (sc two stitches in one stitch)
dec - decrease (sc two stitches together)
yo - yarn over

Puffballs

Using the fluffy yarn and your 10mm hook, make 4 puffballs. It might be difficult to see, but I recommend feeling for each stitch before placing your hook in each st.

in mc, ch 1, sc 4 (4)
inc around (8)
dec around (4)
fo

Strings

This is not the greatest tutorial, so if you get confused, feel free to search up how to crochet an i-cord.

Using your 5mm hook and your base yarn, make a slipknot in the middle of your yarn, roughly 12+ inches of a yarn tail
Hold your yarn like so, so that the long tail is at the bottom of your hand
yo with your bottom yarn, then yo with your top working yarn and pull through both loops on your hook and repeat this process until you have a string of your desired length
fo and cut your yarn but don't pull it all the way through so that you can slst it to the hat later. Make 2.

Granny Square tutorial

If you don't know how to make a granny square, or just need a little refresher, here is a quick tutorial. Use your base yarn and a 5mm hook.

ch 4, slst to 1st st
ch2, dc 2, ch 3, (dc 3, ch 3)x3 slst to 2nd ch
ch 3, (dc 3, ch 3, dc 3) in corner sp, repeat that pattern in every corner sp but the last, in the corner sp (dc 3, ch 3, dc 2) then slst to the 3 chains that you made at the beginning of the row
ch 2, dc 2 in sp, [(dc 3, ch 3, dc 3) in corner space, dc 3 in next space]x4, then slst to 2nd chain
repeat this process until you get the desired amount of rows and then fo

You will need 9 squares
- 2 - 7 row squares
- 2 - 6 row squares
- 2 - 5 row squares
- 3 - 2 row squares

Blocking

There are a few different ways to block crochet and knit work, this process ensures that your pieces are flat and even for stitching and wear.

Depending on what yarn you are using, you can either wet block or steam block.

Wet blocking consists of soaking your crochet work in water for 30 minutes and then placing it between two towels to squeeze out as much water as possible. Then, you pin them to your blocking boards and let them dry completely before unpinning. This works best for most all yarns unless you have hand dyed yarn or yarn that bleeds color easily.

Steam blocking consists of pinning your yarn to a blocking mat and then using a steamer to dampen your yarn, then letting it dry completely. This works best for more delicate yarns or hand dyed yarns so that they don't bleed or fray.

Personally, my yarn was hand dyed so I opted for the steaming option.

Assembly

Lay out your squares like so and sew the like colors together

Now we can begin crocheting the fluffy boarder.

Using your 5mm hook, attach your yarn to the corner in the back of the hat, ch 1 and sc in a pattern as such across the whole boarder of the hat, making one sc in each of the spaces marked by the green dot on the image below. Once you reach the beginning, slst to the 1st chain and fo.