Three hooks, about 26 rows single and half-double-crocheting two strands of cheap acrylic, and you have a brimmed hat! I created this top-down pattern using descending sizes of hooks so that there are no seams, decreases, bumps or lumps. Crochet in a spiral and adjust the size as you go. As long as you’re using two strands of acrylic, gauge won...

This is an easy top-down, in-the-round crochet hat pattern using three sizes of hooks and only the single crochet stitch (with increases) all the way around.

Let’s say you support your resister sisters but don’t want to show up in a solid pink hat. Let’s say you want to suggest your advocacy subtly but surely. Here you go! A touch of pink creates the “ears” of this kittycat hat, so familiar from the heads of more than 3 million protest marchers in 2017 and 2018.

UPDATED to clarify instructions on the first few rows.

A super-fast and unbelievably easy knitted hat pattern for those last-minute gifts or quick additions to your accessory wardrobe. Knitted on big needles with double strands of super-chunky yarn, this hat makes it own “ears” when put on the head. Very stretchy. Easy to adapt sizewise. A fun pattern for beginners or just-getting-back-to-knitting ...

Hipster Brad loves his hipster beanie so I’m sharing it with you. I designed it for a man but it’s a unisex design that’s open to all sorts of creative variations (stitches, number of rows, colors). Have fun making it in one evening with all the groovy worsteds in your stash. All you need are size H and K crochet hooks.

Make a topper like Bill Murray and Owen Wilson wore in the Wes Anderson film The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou. It’s a pointy-topped ribbed watch cap done in 1X1 rib bottom to top. Easy to make, warm to wear. Roll the brim or wear it down cloche-style.