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How to Crochet a Cloud Bucket Hat.

The Cloud Bucket Hat pattern is a free crochet pattern and the perfect hat  to spread the happiness. This cute bucket hat is pure joy.

I love modern crochet projects and this Cloud Bucket Hat definitely has a whimsical feel.

 

 

 

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Description of The Cloud Bucket Hat Pattern.

 

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Are You a Visual Learner.

If you love this  Bucket Hat, there is a Video Tutorial for it on my YouTube channel. Here are links to the videos, and I also have left handed versions for all these videos. You can find them in the links that can be found in the descriptions below these videos.

Here is the video tutorial for how to make the Basic Bucket Hat. You can keep this Bucket Hat plain or add flowers and clouds etc to it.

Here is the video tutorial for how to make the clouds.

And here is Part 2 of How to make a Cloud  Bucket Hat showing how to Sew on the Clouds.

Garments you might like to wear with your Cloud Bucket Hat.

This hat would work great with my Retro Hippy Shorts as they feature a granny square pocket. Also you could pair it will my with the Ivory Lace Bralette

I have also got a cool Granny Stripe Skirt Pattern you may like.

The Cloud Bucket Hat

Pattern by Pam Carr 2025

 

 

Introducing the Cloud Bucket Hat from Carroway Crochet. I fell in love with crochet Bucket Hats and have been exploring making them in as many ways as I can.

This simple version with added clouds has proven very popular at the market where I sell my items.

It is made with mainly the double crochet stitch. There are half double crochets and single crochets used in the brim. It is made from the top down and it is a beginner friendly pattern.

The Cloud Bucket Hat seen above uses four clouds, there are two cloud shaped appliques included in this pattern. You can customize your hat and have as many clouds as you like on your hat. 

Size: Teen/Adult
Finished Hat Size: 18”-23“/ 51-56 cm in circumference. 9” tall including the brim.

Supplies you will need:

Yarn: One skein of worsted weight yarn (approximately 150-175 yds), in your main colour and scraps of white worsted weight yarn for your clouds.

Hook: size, H/8-5.00mm
Notions: Tapestry needle and scissors.

Gauge: 10 dc – 7 dc  rows = 4” (10 cm)

Abbreviations (uses US conventions)

• Ch = chain

• st = stitch

• sc = single crochet

• ss = slip stitch

• scblo = single crochet back loop only.

• Scflo = single crochet front loop only

• Rnd – round

This pattern uses US terminology. The US and UK crochet terms are different, but they use the same terms to describe different stitches. Here is a simple conversion chart for anyone in the UK.

US Single crochet (sc) Single crochet back loop only (scblo) Single crochet front loop only (scflo)

UK Double crochet (dc) Double Crochet back loop only = dcblo Double crochet front loop only (dcflo)

My YouTube channel, www.youtube.com/CarrowayCrochet,  is a great resource for video tutorials for:

• how to single crochet,

• how to do the back loop only stitch and the front loop only stitch

• and more.

Instructions:

Bucket Hat: 

Size:

Teen/Adult
Finished Hat Size: 18”-23“/ 51-56 cm in circumference. 9” tall including the brim.

 
Instructions:

This hat is worked in the round.
Please note that the Ch 2 worked at the beginning of a Round does not count as a stitch.
Do not turn at the end of each Round

Chain 4 and join to make a small ring.
Round 1: Ch 2 and make 12 DC in the ring, join to top of ch2 with a sl st, (12 DC)

Round 2: Ch2, 2 DC in each stitch around, join to top of ch2, (24 DC)

Round 3: Ch 2, (2 DC in first st, DC in next st), repeat around, join to top of ch2, (36 DC)

Round 4: Ch 2, (2 DC in first st, DC in next 2 stitches), repeat around, join to top of ch2, (48 DC)

Round 5: Ch 2, (2 DC in first st, DC in next 3 stitches), repeat around, join to top of ch2, (60 DC)

Round 6: Ch 2, SCBLO in the first and every stitch around., (60 SCBLO)

Side of Hat:

 

Round 7: Ch 2, DC in the first and every stitch around., (60 DC)

 Round 8: Ch 2, DC in the first and every stitch around., (60 DC)

 Round 9: Ch 2, DC in the first and every stitch around., (60 DC)

 Round 10: Ch 2, DC in the first and every stitch around., (60 DC)

 Round 11: Ch 2, DC in the first and every stitch around., (60 DC)

 Round 12: Ch 2, DC in the first and every stitch around., (60 DC)

Now we will work the brim of the bucket hat.

Round 1: Ch 1, scflo in the first st and into each st around, join with a slst to top of ch1.

Round 2: ch2, 2dc into the first st, *dc into each of the next 4 st, 2dc into the next st, * repeat between * and * until you get to the end of the round and join to the top of the ch2 with a sl st.

Round 3: ch1, 2hdc in first st, *hdc in each of the next 3 st, 2hdc into the next st,*  repeat between * and * until you get to the end of the round and join to the top of the ch1 with a sl st. (there will be an odd number of hdc when you get to the end, but that is ok)

Round 4: Ch 1, *2 sc in first st, sc in each of the next 10 sts, * Repeat between * and * to the end of the round. Join with a slst to top of ch1

Round 5:  Ch 1, 2 sc in first, sc in next 13 sts. * Repeat between * and * to the end of the round. Join with a slst to top of ch1.

Note: If you want a longer brim this is where you will add extra rounds.

Round 6:  Ch 1, sc in each stitch to the end. Join to top of ch1 with a slst.

Fasten off and weave in the ends.

How to Make Clouds.

Abbreviations:

sc – single crochet
hdc – half double crochet
dc – double crochet
sl st – slip stitch
ch – chain

Cloud Instructions: Make 4

Note: There are two cloud shapes for you to use for your hat. You can make as many clouds as you like and place them on your hat as you choose. I used four and placed them evenly around the side of the hat.

Cloud 1:

Using the 5mm crochet hook, chain (ch) 12

Row 1:  dc into the second ch from the hook, dc in each of the next 9 stitches, 2dc in last st, turn the work so you can work along the other side of your foundation ch,

– dc in each of the next 6 sts,

– hdc into the next st,

– sl st into the next st. turn work

Row 2:  ch1, slst into each of the first 2 st, sc into each of the next 3 st, sl st into next st, turn work

Round 3: ch1, sc into each of the next 3 st.  sl st into next st.

Fasten off and leave a long tail to sew your applique on. Weave in the end.

 

 Cloud 2

Ch 12

Row 1:  dc into the second ch from the hook, dc in each of the next 10 stitches, turn work.

Row 2:  ch1, 4dc, 2hdc, 2sc, turn work

Row 3: ch1, sk1st, sl st into each of the next 2 st, dc into next 3 st,  sl st into same st as last dc,

Fasten off and leave a long tail to sew your applique on. Weave in the ends.

Sewing on the Clouds. (There is a video on my YouTube Channel showing how to sew on the clouds.)

For the hat in the photos, I lay my bucket hat flat and placed a cloud in the middle of the front of the hat and sewed it on around the edges.  Then I flipped the hat over and placed my second cloud directly behind the one on the front and sewed it in place.

Next, I rotated the hat so the clouds that were sewn on were at the sides, then I place the third cloud directly in the middle and sewed it on and then flipped it again adding the final cloud to the centre of the back.

You may want to add clouds randomly to your hat or place them in different ways, this is your cloud bucket hat and you can be as creative as you like. I hope you have fun with the crochet project.

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