Child Size Granny Slouch Hat

After writing the free crochet patterns for the Adult Granny Slouch and the Toddler Granny Slouch, I had many requests for a child size version.
I had forgotten this was even on my to do list until a couple days ago. I have been in somewhat of a crochet rut. The last two things I have created were not very appealing to me. One of those were even worked up using a paid pattern. I was so disappointed! In order to feel like I was accomplishing something, I returned to my handy Adult Granny Slouch pattern… knowing I would be happy with the result. As soon as I finished I knew it was finally time to make the child size.
The Granny slouch hat is great for Fall, Winter, and Spring. The wide band at the bottom of the hat is the ideal width to keep those ears warm and covered.
With Christmas approaching, many of us will be tight on money. One of my favorite things about this hat is that it’s even scrap yarn friendly. Have fun with your colors and yarn choices!

Supplies
Medium Weight yarn. I used Caron Simply Soft. ( I also tested the pattern using ILTY which worked up nicely just slightly larger)
Yarn Needle for weaving in your ends.
J- 6.00 MM Crochet Hook

Stitches
CH – Chain
SC – Single Crochet
HDC – Half Double Crochet
DC – Double Crochet
HDC DEC – Half Double Crochet Decrease 

Get Started! 

-CH 3 counts as a double crochet-
(if you choose not to change colors for each round, you will need to slip stitch into the next 2 stitches and then slip stitch into CH space.)
*tip* I am coming back to this post to make a note… I am currently making this hat for a preschooler. I am adding an additional 2 decrease stitches to round 14 to make it a little bit more snug for her.
Round 1: Magic circle, CH 3, 2 DC, CH 2, **3 DC, CH 2. Repeat from ** one more time. Pull magic ring tight. Join to top CH of CH 3. (9 DC)
Round 2: Change colors. Attaching to CH space. {CH 3, 2 DC, CH 2, 3 DC, CH 2}<all in same CH space. {{3 DC, CH 2, 3 DC CH 2}} <in next 2 CH spaces. Join to top CH of CH 3.  (18 DC)
Round 3: Change colors. Attaching to CH space. {CH 3, 2 DC, CH 2, 3 DC, CH 2}<all in same CH space. {{3 DC, CH 2, 3 DC CH 2}} <in next 5 CH spaces. Join to top CH of CH 3.  (36 DC)
Round 4: Change colors. Attaching to CH space.{CH 3, 2 DC, CH 2, 3 DC, CH 2}<all in same CH space. {3 DC CH 2}< in next CH space. **{ 3 DC, CH 2, 3 DC, CH 2}<in next CH space.  {3 DC CH 2}< in next CH space.  Repeat from ** around. Join to top CH of CH 3 (54 DC)
Round 5-12: Change colors. Attaching to CH space. CH 3, 2 DC into same space. CH 1. **3 DC into next CH space. CH 1. Repeat from ** around. Join to top CH of CH 3 (54 DC)
Round 13: Change colors. Attaching to CH space. CH 3, 2 DC into same space. **3 DC into next space. Repeat from ** around. Join to the top CH of CH 3. (54 DC)
Round 14: Change colors. CH 1, HDC DEC, HDC into next 25 stitches. HDC DEC. HDC into last 25 stitches. Join to top of first HDC DEC.  (52 HDC)
Round 15-17: CH 1, HDC into same stitch and each stitch around. Join to top of first HDC. ( 52 HDC)
Change colors
Round 18-19: CH 1, SC into same stitch and each stitch around. Join into first SC. (52 SC)
Finish off and weave in all of your ends.

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