Best Beer Can Bucket Hat Pattern - Crochet Party Hat Tutorial

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Best Beer Can Bucket Hat Pattern - Crochet Party Hat Tutorial

The Best Beer Can Bucket Hat Crochet Tutorial
The Best Beer Can Bucket Hat Crochet Tutorial

One Beer Can Bucket Hat from Start to Finish

Yep the hits keep on coming! Right after I posted my big 3 part Beer Can Hat tutorial, I realized I needed a more compact version. So I cut them up into a Down & Dirty Just the Basics tutorial, which has become my most popular by far. Great! 

But that leads me to believe I need another basic hat video, not all chopped up, but the same hat from start to finish. I know, seems obvious to the non supernerd, but whatever. I'm doing it now!! okay?? 

What I did for this new improved Beer Can Bucket Hat, was to redesign the Bucket Hat from the prev basic tutorials: 

We'll use the same basic 2 round label from Part 1, shape the top like the Fez in Part 2, and create a little bit stiffer Bucket brim than the one in Part 3. 

Just a superior Beer Can Bucket Hat design IMO. 

I also added a few crochet tips for you, and tried to keep the video as short as possible. 

 

[Full written tutorial and pattern coming soon!]

 
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Video: The BEST Beer Can Granny Square Bucket Hat | Full Crochet Tutorial

 

Full Crochet Pattern for Instant Download HERE 

[Full written tutorial and pattern coming soon!]

 

 

Let's begin! 

 

Materials & Tools

6 Can Labels
Worsted weight acrylic yarn
I Hook
Utility Scissors
Paper Hole Punch

 

Cut the Cans

Cut can label to a 3 inch square. 
Smooth the edges and round the corners.  
Repeat for 6 labels total. 
 
 

Punch the Holes

Use the hole punch to make 4 holes along each side of the labels.


Edge the Labels

Single crochet around, working 3 stitches into each hole, 5 in the corners. 

 Tip: Hold your hook parallel to the label edge as you work, to assure the legs of the stitches reach the edge properly.

Work a second round of single crochet, with 3 in the corners. 


Join the Labels

Hold 2 labels back to back, line up stitches, and single crochet through both layers across. 

Repeat until you have a crown.

 

Finish the Edges

Here we'll tighten up the top edge (just like in Part 2, Fezzy shape) by decreasing on both sides of the seams. Single crochet around, when you get to a seam work 2 together into the 2 stitches before the seam, then 2tog after. 

Work straight singles around the bottom edge.

Tip: Cover your thread ends as you go by working your stitches over them.

 

Crochet the Top

We'll use the exact same Top from Part 2 of my 3-in-1 tutorial for the tighter Fezzy shape. That's starting with 12 doubles into a ring, then alternating singles and doubles each round. Increase as a normal flat round, adding 1 stitch between increases for each round. Work round 6 in doubles.

Tip: To change colors, work last stitch until 2 loops are on the hook, then pull through new color. I don't even tie them together, just hold the ends until you pull another loop. That locks them in place just fine, then work your stitches over the ends.

Join the Top to the Crown

Line up the stitches and single crochet through both layers around.


Add a Bucket Brim

First, add a band by working 1 round of doubles, and a round of singles.

The brim will be very similar to the one we did in Part 3, adding 1 stitch between increases for each round. But we'll alternate doubles and singles this time. 

So round 1 is 11 doubles between increases. Round 2 is 12 singles between inc. 

Tip: To help round out the brim shape, and avoid the angles showing from the increases, do this for round 3: Count half the stitches that are between inc, and increase there. Then count as usual. For round 4 do the same. This, along with working straight singles for the last round, should give a nice roundish brim.

Round 3 is 13 doubles between increases. Round 4 is 14 singles between increases. 

For round 5 work straight singles around.

 

Boom! Pretty sweet. I like this type of brim because it can bend this way and that. Fedora style, or bowler brim what have you. Yep this one is actually pretty cool if you ask me. Enjoy it! 

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