Baby Spring Flowers Hat

Spring is one of my favorite times of year, my Mom and Dad own a flower shop and behind it is a greenhouse where you will find me in the spring planting all kinds of things from hanging baskets to herb gardens.  I love doing that although some days it is hot and tiring.  Since next week starts our next growing season I decided to make a hat that would remind me that although the ground is still white with snow outside, spring is coming!!

For this project I used a J/6mm hook and the following yarns:
Vanna's Choice Baby Lamb or Vanna's Choice White
Vanna's Choice Kelly
For the flowers I used Caron Simply Soft Lemon, Watermelon, Mango, Strawberry, Blue Mint, Limelight, and Grape which are colors that were in my stash.

Start with a magic loop or a chain 4 loop which ever you prefer working in Lamb or White.
Round 1:  Ch 1 and make 10 HDC, join to the top of the first HDC.
Round 2:  Ch 1 and do 2 HDC in each st around, join to the top of the first HDC.  (20 HDC)
Round 3:  Ch 1 and do *2 HDC in the first st and 1 HDC in the next st, repeat around, join to the top of the first HDC.  (30 HDC)
Round 4:  Ch 1 and do *2 HDC in the first st and 1 HDC in the next 4 stitches, repeat around, join to the top of the first HDC.  (36 HDC)
Round 5:  Ch 1 and do *2 HDC in the first st and 1 HDC in the next 5 stitches, repeat around, join to the top of the first HDC, join to the top of the first HDC.  (42 HDC)
Round 6:  Ch 1 and do *2 HDC in the first st and 1 HDC in the next 6 stitches, repeat around, join to the top of the first HDC.  (48 HDC)
Round 7 is worked in cluster stitches.  Ch 2 and make beg cl in the first st, (see below for instructions on cluster stitches) *ch 1, sk the next stitch and begin cl in the next st. Repeat from * around, join to the top of the first cl.  (24 CL)

The beginning cluster (beg cl) stitch is made by ch 2, yo, insert hook in the designated st, yo, pull loop through, yo, pull through 2 loops on hook, yo, insert hook in same st, yo, pull loop through, yo, pull through 2 loops on hook, yo, pull through all 3 loops on hook.

Cluster Stitches (cl) are Yo, insert hook in designated st, yo, pull lp through, yo, pull through 2 loops on hook, [yo, insert hook in same st, yo, pull loop through, yo, pull through 2 loops on hook]twice, yo, pull through all 4 loops on hook.

Rounds 8-12:  sl st to the first ch 1 space and make beg cl, *ch 1 make next cl in the next ch 1 space, repeat around, ch 1 join at the top of the first cl. (24 cl)

Rounds 13-15:  Ch 1 and SC in each st around, join at the top of the first SC with a sl st. (48 sc)

Change to Kelly green.
Round 16-18:  Ch 1, *1 SC in the next 3 stitches, post DC st above the next stitch (in row 14 on round 16), repeat around, sl st in the top of the first SC.  (12 post stitch ribs).

Make 6 flowers to sew above every other post ridge.

Flower Pattern:
Using a G/4 mm hook.
Round 1:  Make a magic loop, chain 2 and put 15 DC in the loop using Lemon sl st in the top of the first DC.  Tie off and leave enough string to sew the flower to the hat.
Round 2:  Join a contrasting color with a chain, *ch 3 sk the next st and slip stitch into the 2nd st from the chain, repeat around for a total of 8 chain loops.
Round 3:  Working on the first chain loop do *1 SC, 3 DC, 1 SC repeat around in each loop and sl st to the first SC.  Tie off and weave in the end.

This hat was made with Universal Yarn Inc. cotton supreme batik in Watermelon Patch.
The flower was made with an I size hook to make it bigger and just added a button.  I did not do post ribbing on this hat, just did single crochet for 4 rounds, 1 in each stitch.