Crochet Baby Hat With Pom Pom & Top Pattern For Beginners

This crochet baby hat pattern is perfect for beginners looking to create a cozy and stylish accessory for little ones. The pattern features fun ribbing with a two-color design, topped off with a fluffy pom-pom for that extra charm. It’s a simple yet versatile pattern, allowing you to experiment with different color combinations and yarn types.

Crochet Baby Hat

Whether you’re gifting it for a baby shower or making it for your own little bundle of joy, this baby hat is sure to keep them warm and fashionable. You can customize it further by adjusting the size or adding embellishments to make it truly unique.

Getting Started

Yarn and Hook: Use a 4mm crochet hook and double-knitting yarn. The video uses white as the main color and blue as the secondary color.
Initial Chain: Start with the secondary color (blue). For the 0-3 month size, chain 62 chains.

The Ribbing

Round 1: Skip the first three chains and double crochet into the fourth chain. Continue making one double crochet in each chain until you have 60 total double crochets (for the 0-3 month size). Join with a slip stitch.
Round 2: Chain three, and then alternate between a front post double crochet and a back post double crochet all the way around. Join with a slip stitch.
Round 3: Repeat the pattern from Round 2.
Round 4: Switch to the main color (white) and repeat the front and back post double crochet pattern. Join with a slip stitch to finish the ribbing.

The Main Pattern

Round 1: Slip stitch into the space between the first three chains and the first front post double crochet.
Chain three and make two more double crochets in the same space.
Skip the next three double crochets and make three double crochets in the space between the third and fourth double crochets.
Continue this "three double crochet in a space" pattern all the way around and join with a slip stitch.
Subsequent Rounds: Continue the same pattern of making three double crochets into each space from the previous round.
For the 0-3 month size, you will need a total of nine rounds of this pattern.

Decreasing and Finishing

Round 10: Chain three and make one double crochet in the same space.
Make two double crochets into each space all the way around. Join with a slip stitch.
Round 11: Chain three, and then make a double crochet (leaving the last loop on the hook).
In the next space, make two double crochets (leaving the last loop on the hook for each), and pull the yarn through all five loops on the hook to join them.
Continue this pattern all the way around and join with a slip stitch.

Last Round: Chain one and make one single crochet into each of the stitches from the previous round.
Join with a slip stitch and cut the yarn, leaving a long tail to close the hole.
Use a needle to close the hole at the top of the hat and secure it with a knot.