This adorable crochet newsboy visor hat free pattern makes a fun hat for boys and girls, and it’s a great crochet project for beginners!
Crochet Newsboy Visor Hat Free Pattern
Supplies
Worsted Weight Yarn (#4)
Here are some of my favorites:
Muse Hand Painted Yarn
Color Mist
City Tweed Aran
Preciosa Yarn
The hat pictured was made using Loops and Threads Impeccable
Size H (5.0 mm) Crochet Hook
Tapestry Needle
Scissors (try these — the cutest scissors ever!)
2 1-inch Buttons
Abbreviations
Ch: chain
St: stitch
Sl: slip
Sc: single crochet
2sc: work 2 single crochet stitches in next st (increase)
Dc: double crochet
2dc: work 2 double crochet stitches in next stitch (increase)
Sc2tog: single crochet the next 2 stitches together (decrease)
Check out my crochet stitch how-to page for step-by-step directions
Size
Newborn to 3 months (more sizes included in printable PDF)
Note:
The chain 3 at the beginning of the rounds does not count as a stitch. When joining at the end of the rounds, join to the first stitch.
Gauge
Approximately 3 sts/inch (adjust your hook size accordingly)
Special Stitch: Reverse Slip Stitch
Working left to right, insert hook in next stitch to the right, yarn over, pull loop through stitch, and loop on hook.
You can also get this as an ad-free PRINTABLE PDF pattern that includes 6 sizes from newborn to adult.
Crochet Newsboy Visor Hat
Ch 2.
Round 1: 12 dc in 2nd chain from hook. Join. (12 sts)
Round 2: Ch 3. 2dc in same sp, *2dc in next st; repeat from * around. Join. (24 sts)
Round 3: Ch 3. 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 3. Dc in same st, dc in next 7 sts, 2dc in next st, *dc in next 8 sts, 2dc in next st; repeat from * around. Join. (40 sts)
Round 5-9: Ch 3. *Dc in next st; repeat from * around. Join. (40 sts)
Do not fasten off.
Visor
Notes:
- These instructions are for the visor for all sizes. For the smaller sizes, you may choose to skip rows 4 & 5, and move to row 6 after you’re finished working row 3. This is just an option, and would make the visor a more appropriate length for the smaller sizes. By all means, if you’d like a longer visor, work all rows for any size.
- Row2, and all even numbered visor rows, will be worked as “deep single crochet stitches.” When working these stitches, you’ll be working them into the previous row. This means you will be working the stitches around 2 rows of stitches, which makes a nice, sturdy visor.
Row 1: Ch 1. Reverse slip stitch in each st across, moving to the right, approximately half way around the hat.
Row 2: Ch 1. Skip 1st st, sc in next 2 sts, 2sc in next st, sc in each st until last 5 sts, 2sc in next st, sc in next 2 sts, sc2tog in last 2 sts.
Row 3: Ch 1. Reverse slip st in each st back to right side.
Row 4: Ch 1. Skip 1st st, sc in each st until you reach middle of visor sts, 2sc in next st, sc in each st until last 2 sts, sc2tog in last 2 sts.
Row 5: Ch 1. Reverse slip st in each st back to right side.
Row 6: Ch 1, sc in each st across. {NOTE: If you’d like your visor any longer than this, repeat rows 5 & 6 until it’s the length that you’d like.}
Do not fasten off.
Last round: 2sc in corner st of brim, sc evenly down side of brim, sc in each st around bottom of hat, sc evenly up other side of brim, 2sc in corner st of brim. Slip st to join to 1st or 2nd st on front of brim.
Fasten off and weave in ends.
Visor Strap
Note:
The strap length can be adjustable according to preference. Crochet a chain that is approximately the correct length to reach from one side of the hat, just outside the visor edge, to the other side in the same place. Add 2 more chains for edge stitch.
Row 1: Dc in 3rd ch from hook, *dc in next ch; repeat from * across.
Row 2: Ch 1, turn. Sc in each st across, sc evenly down short edge of strap, sc in each “left over loop” from ch sts, sc evenly up short edge of strap. Join to first sc.
Fasten off.
Place your finished strap on hat, laying it where you’d like it to sit.
Use a piece of yarn to mark where your buttons should be attached so that they can hold strap in place.
Attach buttons with matching yarn.
Use the spaces in between the dc sts as button holes, and secure strap to hat.
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Tammy
