Cro-Shayley Makes a Fireman Hat

Red Heart Design Team icon By: Red Heart Design Team
Crochet

Hi Red Heart friends! I'm back from maternity leave and here to tell you, being a mother, as most of you know, is hard work but totally worth every bit of it! People tell you you won't remember life before your baby and they were right. Finally, we've got a routine down and now I'm ready to get back to my fun hobby, crocheting!

A high school friend of mine just found out she's pregnant and asked me to make her a newborn fireman hat. To accomplish this, I decided to piece together bits of Red Heart patterns. A little trial and error but finally complete. Here it goes...

Using size 4 Red Heart Super Saver Black, I started with LW1551 Crochet & Knit Newborn Cap.

Cap
Rnd 1:
Ch 2; 6 sc in 2nd ch from hook; join with a sl st in first sc.
Rnd 2:
Ch 3, 2 dc in first sc, [3 dc in next sc] 5 times; join with a sl st in top of ch-3 " 18 sts.
Rnd 3:
Ch 1, 2 sc in each st around; join " 36 sts.
Rnd 4:
Ch 3, skip first sc, dc in each sc around; join in topof ch-3.
Rnd 5:
Ch 1, sc in each st around; join.
Rnds 6-11:
Rep Rnds 4 and 5 three more times.
Rnd 12:
Rep Rnd 4.

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Front and Back Brim
Rnd 13:
FPSC in each st around; join.
Rnd 14:
2 sc in each st around; join.

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Rnd 15:
sc in each st around; join and fasten off.
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Rnd 16:
Skip next 56 st from where you fastened off, join with sl st, sc, hdc, 20 dc, hdc, sc, sl st, fasten off.
Weave in ends.
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Badge

With Red Heart Soft Yarn Light Grey Heather Ch 16.
Row 1
SC in 2nd ch from hook and in each ch across, turn ch 1. (15 sc)
Row 2-9
SC in each st across, turn ch 1.
Row 10
SC in each st across, turn
Row 11
Sl st in next 5 st, hdc, 2 dc, 3 tr, 2 dc, hdc, sl st in next 5 st. Fasten off. Weave in ends.

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Join Red Heart Soft Yarn Cherry Red and sc in each st around. Fasten off leaving a long tail to sew onto hat.

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I used Red Heart Super Saver Bright Yellow to make the Letters F & D. I got the letter patterns from LW3716 A to Z in Crochet.
F
Ch 8.
Row 1:
Sc in 2nd ch from hook and in next 3 ch, ch 3, sc in 2nd ch from hook, sc in next ch, sc in next 3 ch of ch-8, ch 3, sc in 2nd ch from hook, sc in next ch, slip st in last ch.
Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing.
D
Ch 17.
Row 1:
Sc in 2nd ch from hook and in next 6 ch, 3 sc in next ch, sc in next 7 ch, 2 sc in last ch, slip st in first st to join.
Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing.
Now sew the letters on the badge and then sew the badge onto the hat.

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And there you have it... Fireman Hat.

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