This hat is made with all six colors attached to the work at the same time. By spiraling the colors on top of each other you can get lots of multicolored stripes with minimal tails to weave in at the end.
This pattern uses US crochet terms. If you have any questions about this pattern, leave a comment and I will do my best to help you out.
For this hat you will need 1/2 ounce of 6 different colors of worsted weight acrylic yarn. You will also need a size H crochet hook, a yarn needle, and a pair of scissors.
Rainbow Swirl Hat
Note: In this pattern your colors will
chase each other around and around. You will not join rounds with sl
st, you will not turn the work, the stitches will spiral around for
the entire hat. The red stitches will be worked into orange
stitches, the orange will be worked into yellow and so on.
Each round will begin with working with
red, then each color in turn, finishing with lavender. With so many
working yarns, you may have tangles. Mostly the yarns are just
twisted, spinning your work in the opposite directions is usually all
that is needed. I recommend untwisting and untangling your yarns at
the end of each round to prevent a unmanageable tangle.
When you leave a color, be sure to pull
up a long loop to prevent any stitches from being pulled out during
handling. When you pick that color up again, make sure the long loop
is tightened back down onto the hook to ensure the proper tension.
- With red, make a magic loop then 1sc, 1hdc, pull up a long loop. Join on orange, ch 1, hold the short tail against the magic ring hiding the short tail as you work, work 1sc, 1hdc, pull up a long loop, repeat step with the remaining colors in order, yellow, green, blue, lavender
- Pick up red, work 2 hdc into the orange sc, pull up a long loop, repeat with each color in turn.
- Pick up red, work 1 hdc in the first orange st, 2 hdc in the next st, repeat with each color in turn.
- Pick up red, work 1 hdc in each of the next 3 st, repeat with each color in turn
- repeat step 4
- Pick up red, work 1 hdc, then 2 hdc, then 1 hdc, repeat with each color in turn
- Pick up red, work 1 hdc in the next 3 st, 2 hdc in next st, repeat with each color in turn
- Pick up red, work 1 hdc in the next 2 st, 2 hdc in next st, 1 hdc in next 2 st, repeat with each color in turn
- Pick up red, work 1 hdc in next 5 st, 2 hdc in next st, repeat with each color in turn
(Skip to row 13 for child size) - Pick up red, work 1 hdc in next 3 hdc, 2 hdc in next st, 1 hdc in next 3 st, repeat with each color in turn
- Pick up red, work 1 hdc in next 7 st, 2 hdc in next st, repeat with each color in turn
- Pick up red, work 1 hdc in next 4 st, 2 hdc in next st, 1 hdc in next 4 st, repeat with each color in turn
- pick up red, work 1 hdc in each of the next 10 st (7 st for child size), repeat with each color in turn
- Repeat the previous row 18 times (13 times for child size) or until the hat is a long as you like.
- Your colors should still be evenly spaced around. If they are not, add a few stitches to make them even. For each color sc in next st, then sl st in next st and fasten off
(Optional border) Join on border
color in any stitch and ch 1. 1hdc in each st around, sl st in
beginning st to join. Fasten off, weave in ends.
See my other spiral and swirl patterns here
Thank you Katie. This is a beautiful hat. These colors will be cheerful for the chemo patients.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for this pattern. I am attempting a viration of this but replacing all sc stitches (except the ending sc and ss) with hdc and all hdc with dc to create an oversized slouchy beanie and will add a 3-4 inch ribbed brim. I will post a picture when finished.
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