Who doesn’t need a crochet pumpkin hat complete with stalk and leaf? It’s an absolute must have whatever age you are. Easy to make, the perfect gift and a great little project for post stitch practise.
This cute little number comes in four sizes from baby to adult and is super simple to add rounds to so that it’s the perfect fit. It’s made from the top down and uses front post stitches to add texture.
I made this for my little boy last year and have the next size on my hook ready for him this year too. What else do you need for an October halloween treat?!

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The Yarn
I used Caron Simply Soft for it’s fabulous colours, it’s price and the fact it washes so well (pumpkin hats get mucky in our house I’m afraid!)
You will need:
Caron Simply Soft – Worsted Weight – 100% Acrylic, 170g/288m
1 ball each of Mango and Green

Materials
Along with the yarn you will also need:
A 4mm/G crochet hook
Needle
Scissors

Tension
16st and 10 rounds = 10cm by 10cm
Sizes
Baby, Toddler, Child, Adult – the sizes are shown in parentheses throughout the pattern. It is really easy to adapt the pattern to suit your needs, just add or subtract a round to the crown to make it bigger or smaller and similarly the body of the hat can be as many or few rounds as you’d like.
Glossary/Abbreviations: Standard UK terms (Standard US terms)
ch(s) – chain(s)
sk – skip
RS – right side
WS – wrong side
FP – front post
BP – back post
rep – repeat
st(s) – stitches
ss – slip stitch
dc – double crochet (sc – single crochet)
htr – half treble (hdc – half double crochet)
tr – treble (dc – double crochet)
Notes
The ch3 or ch2 at the beginning of each round counts as a stitch throughout.

The Pattern
Hat Crown:
Foundation chain: Using Mango, ch2
Round 1: 12tr in 2nd ch from hook, ss in 1st to join [12]
Round 2: ch3, FPtr in same, *(tr, FPtr) in next, rep from * ten more times, ss in 1st to join [24]
Round 3: ch3, tr in same, FPtr, *2tr in next, FPtr, rep from * ten more times, ss in 1st to join [36]
Round 4: ch3, tr in same, tr, FPtr, *2tr in next, tr, FPtr, rep from * ten more times, ss in 1st to join [48]
Round 5: ch3, tr in same, tr in 2, FPtr, *2tr in next, tr in 2, FPtr, rep from * ten more times, ss in 1st to join [60] move to Round 1 of hat body for baby size now.
Round 6: ch3, tr in same, tr in 3, FPtr, *2tr in next, tr in 3, FPtr, rep from * ten more times, ss in 1st to join [72] move to Round 1 of hat body for toddler size now.
Round 7: ch3, tr in same, tr in 4, FPtr, *2tr in next, tr in 4, FPtr, rep from * ten more times, ss in 1st to join [84] move to Round 1 of hat body for child size now.
Round 8: ch3, tr in same, tr in 5, FPtr, *2tr in next, tr in 5, FPtr, rep from * ten more times, ss in 1st to join [96] move to Round 1 of hat body for adult size now.
Hat Body:
Round 1: ch3, tr in [3,4,5,6], FPtr, *tr in [4,5,6,7], FPtr, rep from * ten more times, ss in 1st to join [60,72,84,96]
Repeat Round 1 as follows: [7,7,8,11] more times.
Hat Cuff:
Round 1:ch2, FPhtr, *BPhtr, FPhtr, rep from * around, ss in 1st to join [60,72,84,96] Repeat Round 1 as follows: [1,1,2,2] more times.
Final round: ch1, reverse dc in each around, ss in 1st to join [60,72,84,96]

Stalk and Leaf:
Foundation ch: using Green, ch2
Round 1: 6dc into 2nd ch from hook, continue in spirals now [6]
Round 2: *dc in 2, 2dc, rep from * once[8] Rounds 3-5: dc in each [8]
Twirls: continue with yarn, *ch24, ss in 2nd and each ch, ss in same st of stalk, ss in 3st of stalk, rep from * once more
Leaf: continue with yarn, ch10, dc in 2nd ch from hook, dc in 2, htr in 3, tr in 3, rotate to work in unworked side of ch10, tr in 3, htr in 3, dc in 3.
Break yarn with enough length to sew through leaf and secure to the top of the hat.

That’s all there is to it – Halloween and Autumn ready!

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Laurie
Saturday 2nd of April 2022
Error on baby cuff. As it reads, the directions are for a toddler size, 5 dc between fp's. Baby has 4 Dc's between both fp's. There are no directions for the baby cuff. Cannot find away around this error.
Hannah
Tuesday 18th of January 2022
Hi, regarding the Hat Body it says "Repeat Round 1 as follows: [7,7,8,11] more times." Is it really repeat 7 more times for baby size?
Jen
Friday 15th of October 2021
My hat is coming out huge when I am making the baby size. When I look at the picture of the hat on the baby it doesn't look like Trc they look like hdc and my fptrc do not at all look like yours on the hat. Yours look like sc worked down and not the twist of a trc. What am I missing?? Please help.
HanJan Crochet
Friday 22nd of October 2021
Hi Jen,
Are you following the US or the UK terms for the pattern? That might be why it's not looking quite right?
Elizabeth Dimmitt
Sunday 10th of October 2021
I'm hoping you will be able to get to me quickly. I am not understanding the hat body section when you say "tr in [3,4,5,6]". Can you explain this?
HanJan Crochet
Tuesday 12th of October 2021
Of course! The numbers in the brackets are for the different sizes so if you're making the first size you need to tr in the next 3, if you're making the second size - tr in the next 4 and so on. Hope that helps, have a great day, Hannah
MaryAnne
Saturday 10th of October 2020
Hi Denise! Such a cute hat. But I’m having trouble getting started from the top of hat down. I could get the Correct increase of stitches going around, but the FPtr(dc) are not lining up at all. Would a short video on this be possible? I’ve done quite a bit of crocheting but this one stumps me! So disappointed I can’t get it! Thank you!