"Chocolate Hat" - free crochet pattern

White Chocolate Hat

 It's from a series of hats I named "Chocolate Hats", and the one in the photo above is the White Chocolate Hat and the one below is the Chocolate Hat. I also made a "Milka" Chocolate Hat for kids and that's the one at the bottom of this post.

Chocolate Hat

Here is a pattern for these winter hats.
Start with chain 4 and create ring with slip stitch in first chain.
1. row - chain 3, 15 dc in center of ring, slip stitch in 2nd dc. (16 stitches)
2. row - 1 FPSC around first dc from previous row, chain 2, 1 FPDC in same stitch, and then repeat: 2 dc in next stitch, 2 FPDC around next stitch till end of row  finishing with  slip stitch in top of 2nd FPDC (32 stitches) 
3. row - 1 FPSC around first FPdc from previous row, chain 2, 1 FPDC around next stitch, and the repeat: 1 dc in space between the second FPDC and next stitch, dc in each dc, FPDC around next 2 FPDC till end of row and finish with slip stitch in top of 2nd FPDC (40 stitches)
4.-10. row - (determines how wide/large the hat will be) - 1 FPSC around first FPdc from previous row, chain 2, 1 FPDC around next stitch, and the repeat: 1 dc in space between the second FPDC and next stitch, dc in each dc, FPDC around next 2 FPDC till end of row and finish with slip stitch in top of 2nd FPDC
At the end of row 10, you should have 96 stitches.
11.-15. row - 1 FPSC around  first FPdc from previous row, chain 2, 1 FPDC around next stitch, and the repeat: 1 dc in each dc, FPDC in each FPDC till end of row and  finish with slip stitch in top of 2nd FPDC.
16. row - make an entire row of single stitches to finish. Cut and fasten thread


Stitches used
slip stitch
single stitch
double stitch 
FrontPostSingleStitch - FPSC - video tutorial
Front PostDoubleStitch - FPDC - video tutorial

"Milka" Chocolate