Beautiful chains of petals cascade down the sides of this lacy summer hat. It comes in 3 decadently floral styles for women, kids, and toddlers.

Difficulty:
Intermediate/Advanced

Materials Needed:
175, 220, 275, #1 sock weight yarn in colors of your choice (Pictured is Hue Loco “Girls Talk” - discontinued (dusty purple), and Homestead Fibers “Miri” (pink),
3mm hook, or hook needed to obtain gauge
Yarn needle
Scissors
Stitch Markers (Optional)

Stitches Used:
ch/chs = chain/chains
sl st = slip stitch
sc = single crochet
hdc = half double crochet
dc = double crochet
FPdc = front post double crochet
BPhdc = back post half double crochet

Additional Terms:
Working in the 3rd loop of an hdc: Look at the top of the stitch, and locate the sideways “V”, bend the stitch to look at the back, and you should see another “V” made by the “yarn over”. You’ll be working into the back loop of that “V”, this is the yarn over and is called the 3rd loop.
Puff st: YO, pull up a loop 3 times in same st, YO and pull through 6 loops, YO, pull through final 2 loops.
Puff v-stitch: (puff ch 1, puff) in same st or sp
V-stitch: (dc, ch 1, dc) in same st
sc2tog across next 2 ch-sps: insert hook in same ch-sp, YO, draw up a loop, insert hook in next ch-sp, YO, draw up a loop, YO, draw through all loops on hook.
sp/sps = space/spaces
st/sts = stitch/stitches
prev = previous

Gauge:
Adult: Circle should measure 3 1/2” across after round 7, 6” across after round 10.
Child: Circle should measure 3 1/4” across after round 7, 5 1/2” across after round 10.
Toddler: Circle should measure 3” across after round 7, 5 1/4” across after round 10.

Measurements:
Toddler: 8 1/2” wide by 6 1/2” tall
Child: 9 1/2” wide by 7 1/2” tall
Adult: 10 1/2” wide, by 8 1/2” tall

Additional Notes:
-Ch 1 at beginning of round does not count as a stitch. All other chains are counted as stitches unless otherwise indicated.
-It is possible to make this hat slightly smaller or larger by going up or down a hook size.
-When the round begins with a puff v-stitch, you can minimize your seam by joining into the ch-1 sp at the center of the v-stitch instead of into the puff st itself.
-This hat uses lots of puff stitches. Puff stitches eat yarn. You have been forewarned.
-Each hat has the same brim but it starts in a different spot on each size due to the way the various lengths work out. See tutorial images at the bottom of the post for those last 2 rounds.