Brimmed Beanie + Flower

There is a woman at the office I work at who wears beanies everyday to cover the peach fuzz on her cute little head. She survived cancer in 2011 and is recovering from chemotherapy. I came up with this hat specifically for her and when I was finished, it turned out better than I thought. It was so cute that I had to make one for myself and share it with you all.

Crochet hook I/5.5mm (You can use a smaller hook if you want a smaller hat or smaller stitch)
1 skein Medium Worsted-Weight Yarn
Embroidery Needle
Stitch Marker

Pattern is created in a spiral so you don't have to ch at the end of each round. Make sure you place the stitch marker at the end of each round though so you don't lose count of the stitches.

Body of hat:
Round 1 : Create a magic loop, 10 dc in loop, pull loop closed
Round 2 : 2 dc in top of first dc from Round 1, continue with 2 dc in each st (20)
Round 3 : *2 dc in first st, 1 dc in next st*, repeat around (30)
Round 4 : *2 dc in first st, 1 dc in next 2 sts* repeat around (40)
Round 5: *2 dc in first st, 1 dc in next 3 sts* repeat around (50)
Round 6: *2 dc in first st, 1 dc in next 4 sts* repeat around (60)
Round 7 - 14 : *1 dc in each st* repeat around.
Round 15 : sc in each st around, finish off and weave in ends.

Brim:
Find the middle stitch in the front of the hat. Count 14 stitches out to the right, place a stitch marker. Join the yarn at the stitch marker with a sc.
Row 1 : 28 hdc across (to the left), ch 1, turn
Row 2 : hdc dec in first two stitches, 24 hdc, hdc dec in last two stitches, ch 1, turn (26)
Row 3 : hdc dec in first two stitches, 22 hdc, hdc dec in last two stitches, ch 1, turn (24)
Row 4 : hdc dec in first two stitches, 20 hdc, hdc dec in last two stitches, ch 1, turn (22)
Row 5 : hdc dec in first two stitches, hdc dec in next two stitches, 14 hdc, hdc dec in second to last 2 stitches, hdc dec in last 2 stitches (18)
Finish off and weave in ends

Flower:
1. Create a magic loop, then 16 dc in loop, pull tight and sl st in top of first dc
2. Ch 3, skip one st then sl st in next st. *Ch 3, sk 1, sl st in next* repeat until you have 8 ch 3 spaces and sl st to join.
4. In each ch 3 sp: *sl st, 5 dc, sl st* By the end you should have 8 petals, sl st to join.

With an embroidery needle, sew the flower onto the hat. Feel free to message me with any questions you have.

*This hat had too much slouch but you can fix it - or keep it-
by adding or taking away rows in the body of the hat

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