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This super long Stocking Night Cap is so much fun. It is great for Christmas and Winter fun and it also keeps you nice and warm while bringing a smile to the faces of everyone who sees you in it. This stocking night cap is also long enough to wrap round your neck to act as a scarf for extra warmth. 

Hi everyone. I am so excited to share this new free crochet Stocking Night Cap pattern with you. Nick’s Night Cap  crochet pattern makes up so fast and can also a great stash busting project. My favourite is to see this Stocking Night Cap in stripes but you could also make it in a solid colour. It is made with super bulky (6) yarn.

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Description of Nick’s Night Cap:

Nick’s Night Cap  is a striped stocking night cap style hat and it is made with the simple double crochet  stitch so it is beginner friendly. It is made in the round so there are no seams to sew up. And there is an awesome yarn pom pom for an extra flourish.

There are so many colour combinations you can use to make this stocking night cap that will give it a different feel and vibe.  This hat can also act as a scarf as it is so long. 

Don’t forget to pin it for later so you don’t lose it.

The great thing about this design is that you can make it as long as you like, and so customize it to meet your needs. 

There are instructions on how to make it longer in the pattern.

Design Inspiration for Nick’s Night Cap

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All About the Yarn.

For my Stocking Night Cap pattern I decided to use Lion Brand Wool Ease Thick and Quick as it is so soft and comes in some great  colours, as well as in Cranberry and Fisherman (soft white). Great colours for a Christmas/Winter project. Lion Brand Wool Ease Thick and Quick yarn is so versatile and can be used in so many different types of projects. It has the feel, warmth and softness of wool with the easy care of acrylic yarn. This yarn is so popular with makers as it is perfect for extra warm sweaters, jackets, vests, slippers and hats. It’s an ideal beginner yarn.

I have used this in the past  for my Chunky Beanie pattern, which is free here on my blog and also in my Etsy shop.  I also. used this amazing yarn for my Short and Chunky Fingerless Gloves  pattern which is here on my blog . It is also great for making my Warmest Feel Ever Slippers, which is also free here on Carroway Crochet.

Lion Brand Wool Ease Thick and Quick is a super bulky weight yarn with a number (6) on the label. It is an acrylic/wool blend. 80% acrylic and 20% wool.

 

Care instructions for Lion Brand Wool Ease Thick and Quick.

Machine Wash, Machine Dry.

The Lion Brand Website recommends you machine wash with the initial water temperature not exceeding 40C or 105F. No bleach product may be used with this yarn. A machine dryer may be regularly used at the hottest available temperature setting. Do not smooth or finish with an iron.

Nicks Night Cap Pattern

Pattern by Pam Carr ©2022

Introducing Nick’s Night Cap, a super bulky Stocking Style Hat. You can make it any length you want.

 

 

Size: Teen/Adult
Finished Hat Size: 18”-23“/ 51-56 cm in circumference. 38” tall.

 

Supplies you will need:

Yarn: Lions Brand Wool-Ease Thick & Quick super bulky yarn (6)

You will need one skein of Lions Brand Wool-Ease Thick & Quick super bulky yarn (6) in Cranberry and one skein in Fisherman for the hat in the picture above.

This yarn is super soft and squishy as it is a wool blend. 20% wool and 80% acrylic.

If you want to make a longer version you will need 2 skeins of each colour.

Hook: size, Q /16 US-16.00 mm.
Notions: Tapestry needle and scissors. Pom Pom maker of your choice or make it by hand.

Gauge: 5sc – 3 rows = 4” (10 cm)

Abbreviations (uses US conventions)

• Ch = chain
• st = stitch
• dc = double crochet
• sc = single crochet
• sl st = slip stitch
• scblo = single crochet back loop only.

 

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 Double crochet (dc) Single crochet (sc) Single crochet back loop only (scblo)

UK Treble (tr) Double crochet (dc) Double Crochet back loop only  (dcblo)

 

Helpful Tutorials For Beginner Crocheters.

My youtube channel is a great resource for video tutorials for:

• how to Double crochet,
• how to single crochet,
• how to do the back loop only stitch
• and more.

Instructions:

Note: 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 as it is worked in the round.

 

I am working in two colours.

Colour A – Red (Cranberry)

Colour B – Ivory (Fisherman)

 

With Colour A.

Chain 3 and join with a sl st to make a small ring, or make a Magic Loop to start.

Round 1: Ch 2 and make 6 DC in the ring, join to top of ch 2 with a sl st, (6 DC)

Round 2: Ch2, DC into the first st and each stitch around, join to top of ch 2 with a sl st, (6 DC)
Round 3: Ch2, DC in each stitch around, join to top of ch 2 with a sl st, (6 DC)

 

Change to Colour B

Round 4: Ch2, Make 2DC into the first stitch, then DC into each stitch around, join to top of ch 2 with a sl st, (7 DC)
Round 5: Ch2, DC in each stitch around, join to top of ch 2 with a sl st, (7 DC)

Round 6: Ch2, DC in each stitch around, join to top of ch 2 with a sl st, (7 DC)

 

Change to Colour A
Round 7: Ch2, Make 2DC into the first stitch, then DC into each stitch around, join to top of ch 2 with a sl st, (8 DC)

Round 8 and 9: Ch2, DC in each stitch around, join to top of ch 2 with a sl st, (8 DC)

 

Change to Colour B
Round 10: Ch2, Make 2DC into the first stitch, then DC into each stitch around, join to top of ch 2 with a sl st, (9 DC)

Round 11 and 12: Ch2, DC in each stitch around, join to top of ch 2 with a sl st, (9 DC)

 

Change to Colour A
Round 13: Ch2, Make 2DC into the first stitch, then DC into each stitch around, join to top of ch 2 with a sl st, (10 DC)

Round 14 and 15: Ch2, DC in each stitch around, join to top of ch 2 with a sl st, (10 DC)

 

Change to Colour B
Round 16: Ch2, Make 2DC into the first stitch, then DC into each stitch around, join to top of ch 2 with a sl st, (11 DC)

Round 17 and 18: Ch2, DC in each stitch around, join to top of ch 2 with a sl st, (11 DC)

 

Change to Colour A
Round 19: Ch2, Make 2DC into the first stitch, then DC into each stitch around, join to top of ch 2 with a sl st, (12 DC)

Round 20 and 21: Ch2, DC in each stitch around, join to top of ch 2 with a sl st, (12 DC)

 

Change to Colour B

Round 22: Ch2, DC into the each of the first 2 stitches, then 2DC into the next stitch, *1DC into each of the next 2 sts, 2dc into the next st* repeat between * and * around, join to top of ch 2 with a sl st, (16 DC)

Round 23 and 24: Ch2, DC in each stitch around, join to top of ch 2 with a sl st, (16 DC)

 

Change to Colour A

Round 25: Ch2, DC into each of the first 3 stitches, then 2DC into the next stitch, *1DC into each of the next 3 sts, 2dc into the next st* repeat between * and * around, join to top of ch 2 with a sl st, (20 DC)

Round 26 and 27: Ch2, DC in each stitch around, join to top of ch 2 with a sl st, (20 DC)

 

Change to Colour B

Round 28: Ch2, DC into each of the first 4 stitches, then 2DC into the next stitch, *1DC into each of the next 4 sts, 2dc into the next st* repeat between * and * around, join to top of ch 2 with a sl st, (24 DC)

Round 29 and 30: Ch2, DC in each stitch around, join to top of ch 2 with a sl st, (24 DC)

 

Change to Colour A

Round 31-33:  Ch2, DC in each stitch around, join to top of ch 2 with a sl st, (24 DC)

 

Change to Colour B

Round 34-36:  Ch2, DC in each stitch around, join to top of ch 2 with a sl st, (24 DC)

Here is where we make the brim.

Note: If you want a longer hat continue as above until you get to the length you require, and then make the brim as described below.

 

Change to Colour A

Round 37- 40:  Ch 1, sc into the back loop only in each stitch around, join to top of the first SCBLO (24)

Fasten off, weave in ends. Add the pom pom and weave in the ends.

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