Thank you so much for these clear video instructions. I am a knitter, but when I saw this pretty hat pattern on your blog I wanted to make it. I can read crochet patterns but video is helpful. 😻
I’m super excited that I found this! I love anything to do with mermaids! I’m working one up in red and green for Christmas! Red cuff, green for the body and fins of the beanie then I’ll make one in purple sparkly yarn! 🥰🧜🏻♀️
That's awesome, I'm so glad to hear it! The Christmas one sounds adorable! I love these beanies in purple too, it feels so mermaid-ish ^_^ Thanks so much!!
I am new at crochet and I was able to follow you . Thank you for going slow and explaining each row ,, that is very helpful . I love this pattern . I used a Red Heart Boutique 3.5 o-100g Parrot mix colors and it turned out amazing . Thank you :)
I love your mermaid pattern! 🤗 I'm making these for my baby cousins. And I had a question on the video 6:10, if I still needed to make 71 single crochets , because there head size is a little different?
Hi Lilah! I'm so happy to hear you love the pattern and are making some of these hats for your baby cousins!!! So this tutorial is actually for the Teen/Adult size but I do offer a Kids version on my blog and Ravelry/Etsy - the way the croc sts are made is the same as this video, but the stitch counts are adjusted to fit an average 3-10 year old! If that's not small enough, please feel free to email me and I can try to come up with some adjusted sizing as well (craftykittycrochet@gmail.com) !!! Here's the link to the Kids version - thanks again!!! ~ Melissa www.craftykittycrochet.com/2018/11/23/mermaid-slouchy-hat-crochet-pattern-kids-edition/
It really depends on the head measurements - in general, you want the band portion to be about 1/2 inch smaller than the actual head measurement. But an easy way to make this in a larger size would be to just add 4 extra rows of single crochet rib on the band portion, which should add about an inch! That's basically a size up. :) Hope that helps!
Yes!! I always pull my new color through the last part of a stitch. So when you're down to 2 loops on the hook during a single crochet - that's when I'd pull the new color through. If you're changing colors on the "scales" part of this pattern if might be easier to do it on a single crochet than on one of the scales. Hope that all makes sense! Let me know if you have any other questions!! ^_^
Hi can I please ask a favour I live in Australia and I think the ply of the yarn is different here. From the video it looks like 8 ply but that didn’t work so bought 10 ply which seems so much thicker. Can you measure from the cuff to the end of the repeat rows of the pattern. I repeated it just once and it already looks long enough to be slouchy at the back. Thank you.
Hi, thanks for reaching out! I would recommend going with the amount of rows that gives you the right measurement with the yarn you're using, regardless of how many rows are stated in the pattern. Since you're using a slightly different yarn, it could affect the size compared to the yarn I used/how many rows I did. Hope that helps!
As there is no measurement stated could you please give me the measurement from the start of the pattern to your row 27. Thank you so much for responding it’s a cute pattern that my daughter is going to love 😀
@@LeilaStJ Oh sorry, I thought you were referring to the cuff when you were asking about measurements! Since the hat including the fin measures about 11 inches in length total, you'd probably want to make sure that your hat up to Rnd 27 measures about 9.5 inches or so. The fin doesn't add too much length! If it's not exactly 9.5 inches at that point, it should still be fine - as long as it's not too drastic, adding or reducing the length of the hat a bit only makes it slightly more/less slouchy. It's the width you really want to be exact since that determines how the hat will fit on the head! Oh that's awesome, so glad you're enjoying it and hope your daughter loves it!!! 😍
@@craftykittycrochet4270 Thank you for responding but as there are no measurements given could you please measure from the start of the pattern to row 27 which will give me a better indication of whether I have reached the right length or not. Thank you.
@@LeilaStJ Sure, the length from the start of the pattern to Row 27 should be about 9 - 10 inches ☺ Although it's ok if it's a little off as this will only make the hat more/less slouchy. Hope that helps!
Great job measuring before you went on to the body of the hat! Yes, if it's more than 21 inches when thoroughly stretched, I'd say take out enough rows to get it to 21 inches. Thanks for reaching out! ~ Melissa
@@mulefa480 So if you have 7 rounds of croc stitches completed, it sounds like you might already be well into the repeat that makes up Rnds 7 - 26! Rnds 2 - 5 make 2 croc rounds and Rnd 6 lays the foundation for another round of them. If you already have 7 croc rnds, I estimate you're actually on probably Rnd 15, which means you just need to keep repeating what you've been doing until you have 12 croc rounds. Does that make sense? Let me know! Thanks!
@@craftykittycrochet4270 I’m still confused because round 7 looks like a reduction round. Does it even matter? If I have enough height in the hat can I go on to round 7 the reduction round? Can I add more height? Does it need to be exact? As long as I finish with a row of croc stitches?
@@mulefa480 So when I look for Rnd 7 in the video, at 16:40 it's "repeat Rnds 3 - 6 five more times" - so that would be all your croc rounds, and the decrease round happens at Rnd 28. But like you said, it actually doesn't have to be exact to that, you can make as many croc rnds as you're happy with, make one of the dc rounds on top of your last croc rnd, and then start decreasing!
Hi, thanks for asking! The pattern in this video is for teens/adults, but I do have a version that's just for kids sizing, too. The stitches are all the same, just the stitch counts are different, so you could still use this video for reference. Here's the link! www.craftykittycrochet.com/2018/11/23/mermaid-slouchy-hat-crochet-pattern-kids-edition/
Thank you so much for these clear video instructions. I am a knitter, but when I saw this pretty hat pattern on your blog I wanted to make it. I can read crochet patterns but video is helpful. 😻
You are so welcome, thank YOU for checking out my tutorial!! I'm so happy you decided to make my mermaid hat and that the video helps!! :D
Wow, beautiful hat. It was easy to follow the steps of doing them. Lovely share.
Thanks so much! I'm really glad to hear that! ^_^
I’m super excited that I found this! I love anything to do with mermaids! I’m working one up in red and green for Christmas! Red cuff, green for the body and fins of the beanie then I’ll make one in purple sparkly yarn! 🥰🧜🏻♀️
That's awesome, I'm so glad to hear it! The Christmas one sounds adorable! I love these beanies in purple too, it feels so mermaid-ish ^_^ Thanks so much!!
I am new at crochet and I was able to follow you . Thank you for going slow and explaining each row ,, that is very helpful . I love this pattern . I used a Red Heart Boutique 3.5 o-100g Parrot mix colors and it turned out amazing . Thank you :)
That's great to hear, Chris! Thank you so much!!! Your hat sounds lovely! Thanks again for your kind comment and Happy Crocheting!! ~ Melissa ^_^
This is beautiful 😍 i think im going to try to make a fish hat with this pattern 🤔
Thank you so much!!! I think a fish hat would work really well with this pattern!!! 😍
Awesome pattern! About to get started on one for my daughters!
Yay!!! Thank you so much, I'm so happy to hear that! Enjoy the pattern and hope your daughter loves her new hat!!
So pretty....very well explained 🤗🤗☺️☺️😍😍👍👍👍thank for the tutorial 😍😍🤗
Thank you so much!!! I'm so happy you like it!!!!!!
Excelente trabajo. Felicitaciones 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💕
Muchas gracias!!!! ^_^
Yay! A pattern for your signature hat!
(It's megaleafeon again! 😅)
Yay! Thanks so much! And hi! :D
Thank you! Awesome pattern.
You are so welcome and thank you! So happy you like it!
I love your mermaid pattern! 🤗 I'm making these for my baby cousins. And I had a question on the video 6:10, if I still needed to make 71 single crochets , because there head size is a little different?
Hi Lilah! I'm so happy to hear you love the pattern and are making some of these hats for your baby cousins!!! So this tutorial is actually for the Teen/Adult size but I do offer a Kids version on my blog and Ravelry/Etsy - the way the croc sts are made is the same as this video, but the stitch counts are adjusted to fit an average 3-10 year old! If that's not small enough, please feel free to email me and I can try to come up with some adjusted sizing as well (craftykittycrochet@gmail.com) !!! Here's the link to the Kids version - thanks again!!! ~ Melissa www.craftykittycrochet.com/2018/11/23/mermaid-slouchy-hat-crochet-pattern-kids-edition/
@@craftykittycrochet4270 Thank you so much, I really appreciate it !🥰
@@Lil4hh. You are so welcome!!! ^_^
What if the head is larger than normal? How much increase should I do?
It really depends on the head measurements - in general, you want the band portion to be about 1/2 inch smaller than the actual head measurement. But an easy way to make this in a larger size would be to just add 4 extra rows of single crochet rib on the band portion, which should add about an inch! That's basically a size up. :) Hope that helps!
@@craftykittycrochet4270thank you.
any tips on how to switch to a different color?
Yes!! I always pull my new color through the last part of a stitch. So when you're down to 2 loops on the hook during a single crochet - that's when I'd pull the new color through. If you're changing colors on the "scales" part of this pattern if might be easier to do it on a single crochet than on one of the scales. Hope that all makes sense! Let me know if you have any other questions!! ^_^
Hi can I please ask a favour I live in Australia and I think the ply of the yarn is different here. From the video it looks like 8 ply but that didn’t work so bought 10 ply which seems so much thicker. Can you measure from the cuff to the end of the repeat rows of the pattern. I repeated it just once and it already looks long enough to be slouchy at the back. Thank you.
Hi, thanks for reaching out! I would recommend going with the amount of rows that gives you the right measurement with the yarn you're using, regardless of how many rows are stated in the pattern. Since you're using a slightly different yarn, it could affect the size compared to the yarn I used/how many rows I did. Hope that helps!
As there is no measurement stated could you please give me the measurement from the start of the pattern to your row 27. Thank you so much for responding it’s a cute pattern that my daughter is going to love 😀
@@LeilaStJ Oh sorry, I thought you were referring to the cuff when you were asking about measurements! Since the hat including the fin measures about 11 inches in length total, you'd probably want to make sure that your hat up to Rnd 27 measures about 9.5 inches or so. The fin doesn't add too much length! If it's not exactly 9.5 inches at that point, it should still be fine - as long as it's not too drastic, adding or reducing the length of the hat a bit only makes it slightly more/less slouchy. It's the width you really want to be exact since that determines how the hat will fit on the head! Oh that's awesome, so glad you're enjoying it and hope your daughter loves it!!! 😍
@@craftykittycrochet4270 Thank you for responding but as there are no measurements given could you please measure from the start of the pattern to row 27 which will give me a better indication of whether I have reached the right length or not. Thank you.
@@LeilaStJ Sure, the length from the start of the pattern to Row 27 should be about 9 - 10 inches ☺ Although it's ok if it's a little off as this will only make the hat more/less slouchy. Hope that helps!
When I stretch my ribbing section it’s way longer than 21 inches. It’s closer to 25. Should I reduce my rows?
Great job measuring before you went on to the body of the hat! Yes, if it's more than 21 inches when thoroughly stretched, I'd say take out enough rows to get it to 21 inches. Thanks for reaching out! ~ Melissa
I now have seven rows of croc stitches completed but I’m really confused about when to go on to row 7. Can you help please?
@@mulefa480 So if you have 7 rounds of croc stitches completed, it sounds like you might already be well into the repeat that makes up Rnds 7 - 26! Rnds 2 - 5 make 2 croc rounds and Rnd 6 lays the foundation for another round of them. If you already have 7 croc rnds, I estimate you're actually on probably Rnd 15, which means you just need to keep repeating what you've been doing until you have 12 croc rounds. Does that make sense? Let me know! Thanks!
@@craftykittycrochet4270 I’m still confused because round 7 looks like a reduction round. Does it even matter? If I have enough height in the hat can I go on to round 7 the reduction round? Can I add more height? Does it need to be exact? As long as I finish with a row of croc stitches?
@@mulefa480 So when I look for Rnd 7 in the video, at 16:40 it's "repeat Rnds 3 - 6 five more times" - so that would be all your croc rounds, and the decrease round happens at Rnd 28. But like you said, it actually doesn't have to be exact to that, you can make as many croc rnds as you're happy with, make one of the dc rounds on top of your last croc rnd, and then start decreasing!
Will this fit a child or just adults?
Hi, thanks for asking! The pattern in this video is for teens/adults, but I do have a version that's just for kids sizing, too. The stitches are all the same, just the stitch counts are different, so you could still use this video for reference. Here's the link! www.craftykittycrochet.com/2018/11/23/mermaid-slouchy-hat-crochet-pattern-kids-edition/