Pattern of a crocheted hat with flower for a girl

All of a sudden a heat wave came across Riga.  But it won't prevent me from sharing a pattern of Veronika's new hat.

My daughter wanted a hat with a flower, so I crocheted one nice flower too. I used Indigo colour from my favorite Alize Bella cotton yarns to make the hat fit daughter's blue coat.

But before I start, some pics of today: a morning after the first thunderstorm in Latvia this year. Air after the rain became moist and warm.

Back to the pattern, I drew a scheme (pictures can be clicked for a large picture), but to be on the safe side, I wrote it down too.

So, here goes the pattern of a crochet hat for a 5-year old girl (head diameter 50 cm (19.5 inch)).

 Pattern 

• st = stitch
• ch = chain
• sc = single crochet
• dc = double crochet
• hdc = half double crochet
• sl st = slip stitch
• rep = repeat

Start with colour "Acid".
1) Chain 4 and join with a slip stitch to make a ring.
2) Chain 2,  work 11 dc into the ring, sl st into 2d ch of initial chain-2.



3) Chain 2 and then work 1 dc in the same stitch, * work 2 dc in next st.
Rep 10 times from *. 
Sl st into the 2d ch of the initial chain-2.

4) Ch 2, work 1 dc in the same st, ch 1, work 2 dc in the same st.
Skip 2 st, * work 2 dc into next st, ch 1, work 2 dc in the same st. Skip 2 st.
Rep 6 times from *. 
Sl st into 2d ch of the initial chain-2.

5) All stitches of this round will be worked out of the ch-1 spaces of the previous round. 
Sl st into 1st st to get to the 1st space. Ch 2, work 1 dc in the same space, ch 1, work 2 dc in the same space, ch 2.  
* Work 2 dc into next space, ch 1, work 2 dc in the same space, ch 2. 
Rep 6 times from *. 
Sl st into 2d ch of the initial chain-2.

6) All stitches of this round will be worked out of the ch-1 and ch-2 spaces of the previous round. 
Sl st into 1st st to get to the 1st space. Ch 2, work 1 dc in the same space, ch 1, work 2 dc in the same space, ch 1. Work 1 dc into next space, ch 1. 
* Work 2 dc into next space, ch 1, work 2 dc in the same space, ch 1. Work 1 dc into next space, ch 1. 
Rep 6 times from *. 
Sl st into 2d ch of the initial chain-2.

7) Sl st into 1st st to get to the first ch-1 space. Ch 2, work 1 dc in the same space, ch 1, work 2 dc in the same space, ch 1. Skip 3 st. 
Work 1 dc into next st (dc from the previous round), ch 1, work 1 dc in the same st, ch 1, skip 3 st. 
* Work 2 dc into next space, ch 1, work 2 dc in the same space, ch 1.  Skip 3 st. Work 1 dc into next st (dc from the previous round), ch 1, work 1 dc in the same st, ch 1, skip 3 st. 
Rep 6 times from *. 
Sl st into 2d ch of the initial chain-2.

8) Sl st into 1st st to get to the first ch-1 space. Ch 2, work 1 dc in the same space, ch 1, work 2 dc in the same space, ch 1. Skip 4 st. 
Work 2 dc into next space (ch-1 space between 2 dc from the previous round), ch 1, work 2 dc in the same space, ch 1, skip 4 st. 
* Work 2 dc into next space, ch 1, work 2 dc in the same space, ch 1.  Skip 4 st. Work 2 dc into next space (ch-1 space between 2 dc from the previous round), ch 1, work 2 dc in the same space, ch 1, skip 4 st. 
Rep 6 times from *. 
Sl st into 2d ch of the initial chain-2.

9) Sl st into 1st st to get to the first ch-1 space. Ch 2, work 1 dc in the same space, ch 1, work 2 dc in the same space, ch 2. Skip 5 st.
Work 2 dc into next space, ch 1, work 2 dc in the same space, ch 2, skip 5 st.
* Work 2 dc into next space, ch 1, work 2 dc in the same space, ch 2.  Skip 5 st. Work 2 dc into next space, ch 1, work 2 dc in the same space, ch 2, skip 5 st. 
Rep 6 times from *. 
Sl st into 2d ch of the initial chain-2.

10) Sl st into 1st st to get to the first ch-1 space. Ch 2, work 1 dc in the same space, ch 1, work 2 dc in the same space, ch 1. Skip 6 st. 
Work 5 dc with ch 1 between each of them into next space, ch 1, skip 6 st. 
* Work 2 dc into next space, ch 1, work 2 dc in the same space, ch 1.  Skip 6 st. Work 5 dc with ch 1 between each of them into next space, ch 1, skip 6 st. 
Rep 6 times from *. 
Sl st into 2d ch of the initial chain-2.

11) Sl st into 1st st to get to the first ch-1 space. Ch 2, work 1 dc in the same space, ch 1, work 2 dc in the same space, ch 2. Skip 5 st. 
Work 1 dc, ch 1, skip 1st, work 1 dc into next st, ch 1 and 1 dc in the same st, ch 1.  Skip 1 st, 1 dc, ch 2 and skip 5 st. 
* Work 2 dc into next space, ch 1, work 2 dc in the same space, ch 2. Skip 5 st. Work 1 dc, ch 1, skip 1st, work 1 dc into next st, ch 1 and 1 dc in the same st, ch 1.  Skip 1 st, 1 dc, ch 2 and skip 5 st. 
Rep 6 times from *. 
Sl st into 2d ch of the initial chain-2.

12) Sl st into 1st st to get to the first ch-1 space. Ch 2, work 1 dc in the same space, ch 1, work 2 dc in the same space, ch 1. Skip 4 st. 
Work 2 dc together (1 dc into next st, skip st and second dc into next st), ch 1, 1 dc into ch-1 space and then again: work 2 dc together (1 dc into next st, skip st and second dc into next st), skip 4 st. 
* Work 2 dc into next space, ch 1, work 2 dc in the same space, ch 1. Skip 4 st. Work 2 dc together (1 dc into next st, skip st and second dc into next st), ch 1, 1 dc into ch-1 space and then again: work 2 dc together (1 dc into next st, skip st and second dc into next st), skip 4 st. 
Rep 6 times from *. 
Sl st into 2d ch of initial chain-2.

13) Sl st into first st to get to the first ch-1 space. Ch 2, work 1 dc in the same space, ch 1, work 2 dc in the same space, ch 1. Skip 3 st. 
Work 1 dc in each of the next 5 st, ch 1 skip 3 st. 
* Work 2 dc into next space, ch 1, work 2 dc in the same space, ch 1. Skip 3 st. Work 1 dc in each of the next 5 st, ch 1 skip 3 st.
Rep 6 times from *. 
Sl st into 2d ch of the initial chain-2.

14) Repeat previous round.

15) Colour change: "Cream".
Sl st into 1st st to get to the first ch-1 space. Ch 2, work 1 dc in the same space, ch 1, work 2 dc in the same space, ch 2. Skip 3 st. 
Work 1 sc in each of the next 5 st, ch 2 skip 3 st. 
* Work 2 dc into next space, ch 1, work 2 dc in the same space, ch 2. Skip 3 st. Work 1 sc in each of the next 5 st, ch 2 skip 3 st.
Rep 6 times from *. 
Sl st into 2d ch of the initial chain-2.

16) Colour change: "Acid".
Ch 1 (counts as 1 st), then work 1 sc into each of the next 4 st. Ch 2, skip 4 st.
Work 2 dc into next st, ch 1, work 2 dc in the same st, ch 2. Skip 4 st. 
* Work 1 sc into each of the next 5 st. Ch 2, skip 4 st.
Work 2 dc into next st, ch 1, work 2 dc in the same st, ch 2. Skip 4 st. 
Rep 6 times from *. 

Sl st into first ch-1.

17) Colour change: "Cream".
Sl st into next to st. Ch 2, work 1 dc in the same st, ch 1, work 2 dc in the same st, ch 2. Skip 4 st. 
Work 1 sc in each of the next 5 st, ch 2 skip 4 st. 
* Work 2 dc into next st, ch 1, work 2 dc in the same st, ch 2. Skip 4 st. Work 1 sc in each of the next 5 st, ch 2 skip 4 st.
Rep 6 times from *. 
Sl st into first ch-1.

18) Colour change: "Acid".
Sl st into first st to get to the first ch-1 space. Ch 2, work 1 dc in the same space, ch 1, work 2 dc in the same space, ch 1. Skip 4 st. 
Work 1 dc in each of the next 5 st, ch 1 skip 4 st. 
* Work 2 dc into next space, ch 1, work 2 dc in the same space, ch 1. Skip 4 st. Work 1 dc in each of the next 5 st, ch 1 skip 4 st.
Rep 6 times from *. 

Sl st into 2d ch of the initial chain-2.

19) Ch 2 (counts as 1 dc), hdc into next st, sc into space, hdc into next st.
Work 1 dc into each of the next 8 st.
* Work 1 dc, 1hdc, 1 sc, 1 hdc into next 4 st. Work1 dc into each of the nest 8 st.
Rep 6 times from *. 

Sl st into 2d ch of the initial chain-2.

20) Ch 2 (counts as 1 dc).
Work 1 dc into each st across the round.
Sl st into 2d ch of the initial chain-2.

21, 22, 23) Repeat 20th round. Fasten off.

Have a nice crochet time!