Cotton Candy Spring Hat

Cotton Candy Spring Hat 

Pattern Designed and Owned by: JAMES LEE KELLEY

PATTERN WRITTEN IN US ENGLISH CROCHET TERMINOLOGY

MATERIALS:

US J/10 6.00MM Hook (mine was an inline Susan Bates) (This is for a teen to adult women – for smaller sizes go down to as low as a G-Hook for a 1 to 2 yr old and a H-hook for a toddler, an I-hook for a preteen)
Loops & Threads – Charisma Baby Yarn – Color: Cotton Candy [#4 WW - 3.5 oz./175 yds. skein] (Less than a half of skein was used)

SPECIAL STITCHES:

Beginning V-Stitch (BV-st) Ch4, dc in same st or sp as indicated.

V-Stitch (V-st) dc, ch1, dc in same st or sp as indicated.

Shell Stitch (shell) 5dc in same st or sp as indicated.

Rnd 1 – Ch3, *dc in 3^rd from hook, ch1*, repeat between the *s 5 times, join with a sl st into the top of the first dc. (6dc, 6ch1 sps)

Rnd 2 - Ch2, 2dc in same st, *ch2, 2dc in next dc* repeat between the *s 4 times, ch2, join with sl st in top of first dc. (12dc, 6ch2 sps)

Rnd 3 – Ch2, dc in same st, ch2, dc in next dc, ch2, dc in ch2 sp, ch2, * dc in next dc, ch2, dc in next dc, ch2, dc in ch2 sp, ch2*, repeat between the *s 4 times, join with sl st to top of first dc. (18dcs, 18ch2 sps)

Rnd 4 – Ch2, V-st in same st, V-st in each dc around, join with a sl st into the top of the first dc. (18V-sts)

Rnd 5 – Ch2, V-st in first dc of first V-st, V-st in second dc of first V-st, V st in ch1 sp of next V-st, * V-st in first dc of next V-st, V-st in second dc of same V-st, V st in ch1 sp of next V-st*, repeat between the * around. Join with a sl st into the top of the first dc of first V-st. (27V-sts)

Rnd 6 – 12 – Sl st into Ch1 sp of first V-st, BV-st in same sp, V-st in ch1 sp of each V-st around. Join with a sl st into the third ch of the BV-st. (27V-sts)

Rnd 13 – Sl st into Ch1 sp of first V-st, ch1, sc in same sp, shell in ch1 sp of next V-st, *sc in ch1 sp of next V-st, shell in ch1 sp of next V-st, * repeat around and end by joining with sl st into the first sc. Fasten Off, weave in ends.