Cute as a Button Brimmed Cap Hat for Baby

Baby Boys front peak Brimmed Cap (FREE Crochet Pattern) for approx 3 months baby

Cute as a button Boys FREE Crochet Cap Pattern.  I love this cap not only is it fashionable and modern, but its so warm and cosy. 
(This is  NOT a beginner’s crochet hat pattern.)  If you would like a beginner’s baby crochet hat pattern see this page here.

I do have another similar peaky Blinders style baby peaked cap pattern available on my website here

You should be able to work Front Post Double crochet  (this creates the ridges)  and you should be able to crochet in the V stitch following a pattern.
The Cap was inspired by a vintage cap pattern my friend had asked if I could make for her.
always if you spot a mistake or I could write something more clearly, please leave me a message.

I used Baby DK Cygnet Yarn Which is available only in the UK, however, a suitable Substitute would be Red Heart Super Saver Economy Yarn, Baby

I used a 3.500mm hook
(this means you can also easily make the hat bigger if you want it to fit a toddler child.
Someone asked if they could make this bigger Using a 4.00mm hook and Cygnet DK supersoft.
 
I achieved a hat with a 21 inch” circumference. ( Child)
Making this hat is totally different to making a beanie or skull type hat. 

I also have had someone make this in Redheart Soft (solids and Heathers) with a 5.00mm hook and it IS adorable

NOTES: this hat IS a YARN EATER!You will end up with a piece of crochet that works out flat from the center (actually if you look at it you may even  think you have increased too much….have faith)
Only once you start decreasing you will start to see your work resemble a hat.  And will be amazed at how the hat then takes shape.

I used a 3.500mm Crochet hook (we will determine size by measurement)
 
(this means you can also easily make the hat bigger if you want it to fit a toddler child.

Someone asked if they could make this bigger Using a 4.00mm hook and Cygnet DK supersoft. 
I achieved a hat with a 21-inch” circumference. ( Child)
Please READ : AGAIN Making this hat is different to making a beanie or skull-type hat. 
You will end up with a piece of crochet that works out flat from the center (actually if you look at it you may even  think you have increased too much….have faith)

3.50mm hook = 18 inches around
4.00mm hook = 20 inches around

5.00mm hook = Toddler

ABBREVIATIONS (US crochet terms)
ch=chain
sc=single crochet
sk=skip
dc=double crochet ( k
FPDC=Front Post Double Crochet
v stitch= (1dc, ch1, 1dc) = double crochet, chain 1, double crochet in same stitch}
always slip to join top of start ch.

The finished cap using dk and a 3.500mm hook measures: approx 18 inches around.

Round 1:  Ch 6, join in ring, ch 3, 23 DC in ring, join to top of ch 3. 
or magic circle, ch3, (23)Round 2:  Ch 3, [ FPDC around next st,DC  in top of next ] repeat [ ]  around, sl st to join.(46)Round 3:  Ch 3, [2FPDC around next FPDC, (increase) DC in next] repeat [ ]  around sl st to join (69)Round 4:  Ch3, DC,  [FPDC, FPDC,  DC either side of previous rnds DC],
 (FPDC,FPDC, DC, DC) repeat [ ] around, sl st to join you will now have 2 FPDC, 2DC combinations,) (92)
 your hat now resembles a scrunchie here…do not worry! just continue)Round 5 is the PATTERN ROUND – continue working following in rounds until work measures 4 1/2  or for slightly bigger size 5 inches  from center
slip into middle of 1st 2 DCs, to start next round

Round 5+ Ch4 (counts as 1st DC of V stitch), dc, [FPDC,FPDC, V Stitch] Repeat Around (Create the V stitch by  working {1dc, ch1, 1dc} in between the previous rounds DC sts), slip to join, into 3rd chain of chain 4,  (23 V stitchs, 23 2FPDCs)

Repeat Rnd 5 -7 or until work measures  5 inches from center (pattern rounds) continue working in established pattern (FPDC, FPDC, DC, CH1, DC, Repeat around) until work measures  5 inches from center

Round 8: Work next round FPDC, FPDC, 2FPDCtogether = decrease by working the  2 DC posts of the previous rounds  V stitches,  I like to work these rounds using a slightly tighter tension, as this is the shaping of the hat to fit around head.Rnd 9-10: 

Work 2 further rounds of FPC  in every stitch around
(finished size un-stretched is 16.5 inches  (so this hat will fit baby 3-6 months +)

Fasten off  (SEE Picture Below for close ups of stitches and rounds) 

Cap Brim
TO get the correct position of the Brim fold hat in half using back (slip joins as the guide to  the back of hat)
and mark where you would like the brim to start and finish. (see Green picture below for help)

Row1.  With top of cap toward you, join yarn in first marker , ch 3, front post dc (from top of work) around each of 2, * 2 front post dc around next, (= inc) front post dc around each of 3 *, repeat * to *, ch 3, turn.

Row 2. FPDC around both of next 2 at once, (= decrease), FPDC until last 3 stitches, FPDC around both last 2, dc in top of ch 3, ch 1, turn.

Row 3.   FPDC around both of next 2 at once, (= decrease), FPDC until last 3 stitches, FPDC around both last 2, dc in top of ch 3.
To finish off .

Row 4.  Join yarn at right side of visor, sc around, inc at turns if necessary to keep visor flat. 

Fasten off and weave in ENDS tightly You can add a Button at the top or a small pom pom