Crochet Football Hat Pattern

With only two weeks until Super Bowl 2012, I figured it would be a great time to use my free Versatile Earflap Hat Pattern to make a football hat. Please excuse the chin drool – someone is getting his 2-year molars. This may be why he wasn’t too cooperative of a model today LOL!

You can download the free pattern here, then reference below for where to add your white stripes. Finish the hat by lining up the earflaps to find the center, stitch a long, white line down the center front (I stitched a second line over the first), and then stitch several short marks across the long line. If you want a football hat with more team spirit, add braids, tassels or pom poms in your favorite team’s colors to the center of each earflap.

I used Loops and Threads Impeccable for this hat in a dark brown and white, but any similar weight (Aran/Worsted) yarn should work fine. I would probably try a lighter shade of brown and a creamier white the next time I make this hat, but for now I am trying to use yarn I have before buying more. Here is what I did to make this hat:

Child

• Work rounds 1 through 7 in brown
• Switch to white for rounds 8 & 9
• Switch back to brown for rounds 10 through 15
• Switch to white for rounds 16 & 17
• Switch back to brown for round 18 and both earflaps
• Work first and second edgings in brown

Other Sizes

These are my suggestions on where to change colors to get this same look on other size hats:

0-3 Months

• Work rounds 1 through 4 in brown
• Switch to white for round 5
• Switch back to brown for rounds 6 through 9
• Switch to white for round 10
• Switch back to brown for round 11 and both earflaps
• Work first and second edgings in brown

3-6 Months

• Work rounds 1 through 4 in brown
• Switch to white for round 5
• Switch back to brown for rounds 6 through 10
• Switch to white for round 11
• Switch back to brown for round 12 and both earflaps
• Work first and second edgings in brown

6-12 Months

• Work rounds 1 through 5 in brown
• Switch to white for round 6
• Switch back to brown for rounds 7 through 11
• Switch to white for round 12
• Switch back to brown for round 13 and both earflaps
• Work first and second edgings in brown

Toddler

• Work rounds 1 through 5 in brown
• Switch to white for rounds 6 & 7
• Switch back to brown for rounds 8 through 12
• Switch to white for rounds 13 & 14
• Switch back to brown for round 15 and both earflaps
• Work first and second edgings in brown

Teen/Adult

• Work rounds 1 through 8 in brown
• Switch to white for rounds 9 & 10
• Switch back to brown for rounds 11 through 17
• Switch to white for rounds 18 & 19
• Switch back to brown for round 20 and both earflaps
• Work first and second edgings in brown

I hope you found this useful, and if you have any questions at all, feel free to leave a comment or you can email me at email hidden; JavaScript is required. Thanks for stopping by and have a great week!