Here’s a hat pattern that I created and have made a few times. It reminds me of a closed sea anemone, hence the name.

Sea anemone hat

Size: Newborn – 3 months
Made with Premier Anti-Pilling Everyday® Worsted in Really Red/ I hook

Chain 3, slip stitch to join

Round 1: Crochet 12 single stitch into the center, slip stitch to join. Chain 2, count chain as 1 double crochet.

Round 2: Crochet 2 double crochet into each single crochet. Join. Chain 2.

Round 3: Crochet 2 front post double crochet (fpdc), 1 back post crochet (bpdc) to end of round [turning chain counts as 1 bpdc at end of round]

Round 4: Crochet 1 fpdc into each fpdc and 2 bpdc into each bpdc to the end of round (1 bpdc in last two bpdc)

[Note: As you add more rounds, the circle will begin to curl on the edges and take shape.]

Round 5: Crochet 1 fpdc into first fpdc, 2 into second (making 3 fpdc and 2 fpdc); 1 bpdc into each bpdc; crochet 1 fpdc into next fpdc, 2 fpdc into next [Optional: alternate the increase on the first or second fpdc – you may choose to increase on the first or the last]

Rounds 6-16: Continue pattern of 3 fpdc, 2 bpdc (or desired height – roughly 5 inches)

Round 17: Single crochet into next eight stitches, skip one, sc into next eight, skip one, sc to end

Rounds 18-20: Single crochet into each stitch, then bind off and weave in ends.

Try it out! Feel free to link back to this pattern. Make a few and donate them to your local chapter of the American Heart Association for their Little Hats Big Hearts program.