This adorable baby cupcake hat free crochet pattern is the latest in my free crochet pattern collection! It’s perfect for a cute everyday hat, or it can be a fun 1st Birthday Hat. Perfectly suitable for boys and girls just by using the right colors!
Baby Cupcake Hat Free Crochet Pattern
Supplies
Worsted Weight Yarn — You’ll need one main color, one contrasting color, and a small amount of red for the cherry on top!
Here are some of my favorites:
Knit Picks Brava Worsted
Knit Picks Comfy Worsted
Deborah Norville Everyday Soft
Vanna’s Choice Premium Acrylic
Size H Crochet Hook
Tapestry Needle
Scissors
Abbreviations
Ch: chain
St: stitch
Sl: slip
Sk: skip
Dc: double crochet
Sc: single crochet
2dc: double crochet 2 stitches in the same stitch (increase)
Fpdc: front post double crochet
Sizes
Newborn (13.5”)
3 to 6 Months (15.75”)
6 to 12 Months (18”)
Gauge
Approximately 2.5-2.75 sts/inch. Please check your gauge to ensure an accurate finished size.
Notes
- The chain stitches at the beginning of rounds do not count as a stitch. When joining at the end of rounds, join to first stitch.
- The length of the hat in general and the length of each section of the hat can easily be adjusted by to your preference. If you’d like the top or bottom section to be longer or shorter, work fewer or more rounds.
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Crochet Cupcake Hat Pattern
Newborn to 3 months
Cupcake Hat Top (main color)
With main Cupcake top color, ch 2.
Round 1: 12dc in 2nd chain from hook. Join. (12 sts)
Round 2: Ch 2. 2dc in same st, *2dc in next st; repeat from * around. Join. (24 sts)
Round 3: Ch 2. Dc in same st, 2dc in next st, *dc in next st, 2dc in next st; repeat from * around. Join. (36 sts)
Round 4-6: Ch 2. Dc in same st, *dc in next st; repeat from * around. Join. (36 sts)
Round 7: Ch 3. 3dc in same st, skip 2 sts, sc in next st, skip 2 sts, *4dc in next st, skip 2 sts, sc in next st, skip 2 sts; repeat from * around. Join.
Fasten off.
Cupcake Hat Bottom (contrasting color)
With Cupcake bottom color, join yarn to round 6 from the inside of the hat.
Round 1: Ch 2. Dc evenly around the remaining open stitches from round 6, so that you have 36 sts at the end of the round. (36 sts)
Round 2-3: Ch 2. * Fpdc around next dc, dc in next st; repeat from * around. Join. (36 sts)
Fasten off.
Cupcake Hat Cherry On Top (red)
Note: This is the way that I make pom-poms. You may have a different way that you prefer and should use whichever way you like best. I like to keep this particular pom-pom smaller so that it resembles a cherry. J
- Using the piece of cardboard, and the yarn that you’ve chosen for the cherry/pom-pom, wrap the yarn around the cardboard many times. Wrap it more times than you may think is necessary so that your pom-pom is nice and full. Cut yarn to separate from the skein.
- Cut a 12” piece of yarn from the skein and lay it down. Gently slide the wrapped yarn off of the cardboard, and lay it on top of the yarn with the looped ends situated perpendicular to it, keeping it in the same shape and position as it was on the cardboard. It should be a bunch of loops, but stacked somewhat neatly and laying on top of the 12” piece of yarn.
- Carefully bring the yarn ends from the 12” piece up and around, and tie it in a knot. Make sure you pull it as tight as possible before securing the knot.
- With a scissor, cut all of the loops in the pom-pom. Fluff it out, and trim any uneven ends. Using the tails from the piece that tied the pom-pom, secure it to the top of the hat.
- Weave in ends. You’re finished!
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3 to 6 Months
Cupcake Hat Top (main color)
With main Cupcake top color, ch 2.
Round 1: 12dc in 2nd chain from hook. Join. (12 sts)
Round 2: Ch 2. 2dc in same st, *2dc in next st; repeat from * around. Join. (24 sts)
Round 3: Ch 2. Dc in same st, 2dc in next st, *dc in next st, 2dc in next st; repeat from * around. Join. (36 sts)
Round 4: Ch 2. Dc in same st, dc in next 4 sts, 2dc in next st, *dc in next 5 sts, 2dc in next st; repeat from * around. Join. (42 sts)
Round 5-7: Ch 2. Dc in same st, *dc in next st; repeat from * around. Join. (42 sts)
Round 8: Ch 3. 3dc in same st, skip 2 sts, sc in next st, skip 2 sts, *4dc in next st, skip 2 sts, sc in next st, skip 2 sts; repeat from * around. Join.
Fasten off.
Cupcake Hat Bottom (contrasting color)
With Cupcake bottom color, join yarn to round 7 from the inside of the hat.
Round 1: Ch 2. Dc evenly around the remaining open stitches from round 6, so that you have 42 sts at the end of the round. (42 sts)
Round 2-3: Ch 2. * Fpdc around next dc, dc in next st; repeat from * around. Join. (42 sts)
Fasten off.
Cupcake Hat Cherry On Top (red)
Follow directions for the pom-pom from the first size.
6 to 12 Months
Cupcake Hat Top (main color)
With main Cupcake top color, ch 2.
Round 1: 12dc in 2nd chain from hook. Join. (12 sts)
Round 2: Ch 2. 2dc in same st, *2dc in next st; repeat from * around. Join. (24 sts)
Round 3: Ch 2. Dc in same st, 2dc in next st, *dc in next st, 2dc in next st; repeat from * around. Join. (36 sts)
Round 4: Ch 2. Dc in same st, dc in next st, 2dc in next st, *dc in next 2 sts, 2dc in next st; repeat from * around. Join. (48 sts)
Round 5-8: Ch 2. Dc in same st, *dc in next st; repeat from * around. Join. (48 sts)
Round 9: Ch 3. 3dc in same st, skip 2 sts, sc in next st, skip 2 sts, *4dc in next st, skip 2 sts, sc in next st, skip 2 sts; repeat from * around. Join.
Fasten off.
Cupcake Hat Bottom (contrasting color)
With Cupcake bottom color, join yarn to round 8 from the inside of the hat.
Round 1: Ch 2. Dc evenly around the remaining open stitches from round 6, so that you have 48 sts at the end of the round. (48 sts)
Round 2-4: Ch 2. *Fpdc around next dc, dc in next st; repeat from * around. Join. (48 sts)
Fasten off.
Cupcake Hat Cherry On Top (red)
Follow directions for the pom-pom from the first size.
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