Crochet Summer Sun Hat FREE Easy & Simple Pattern

Make the Summer Sun Hat, perfect for sunny days and beach trips! If you love summer hats then use this Easy Free Pattern that only uses basic crochet stitches, mainly single crochet stitches and some surface slip stitch! Grab your favorite worsted weight cotton yarn and a crochet hook to get started making your new favorites beach hat!

The pattern for this wide-brim sun hat is written to have wire in the brim edge to make it sturdy but you may choose to forgo the wire for a floppy sun hat! Read about all your options in the pattern description below!

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Pattern Description + Helpful Tips

This free crochet pattern is an intermediate level pattern that is suitable for advanced beginners who are comfortable working in the round.

It will be extremely important that you achieve the right gauge to ensure a proper fit to crochet this simple hat.

The gauge for this pattern is checked by working the first 11 rounds in the pattern instructions to create a 4 inch diameter flat circle in place of a typical gauge swatch. If your circle is larger than 4 inches go down a hook size, if it is smaller than 4 inches go up a hook size.

You may choose to start with a magic ring or magic circle if you prefer that over starting with a chain 2.

This cute hat is classy with a wide brim and an adorable modern bow band! The color combinations are endless for the main color and band color!

I love this crochet summer hat because it can be customized in so many ways to be a functional sun hat! You can follow the pattern as it is written OR add more rounds to create a wider brim OR reduce the number of rounds for more of a fedora style crochet hat with a narrow brim.

The body of this hat is nice and deep so if you do reduce the number of rounds in the brim it will create more of a crochet bucket hat style.

To make the solid brim you can use beading wire like I did, galvanized wire rope or millinery wire. What ever you choose, just make sure to have the proper wire cutter needed.

If you do not want a solid brim you can forgo the wire in the brim edge and have a large floppy hat perfect for beach days!

Yarn Substitutes

Local Grown Cotton
Pima Cotton
Any CYC 4 weight natural fibers, linen would be a great option.

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Materials

4.50 mm Crochet Hook
2 Skeins of Lion Brand 24/7 Cotton in Camel [#761-124A]
1 Skein of Lion Brand 24/7 Cotton in Ecru [761-098C]
#4 Worsted Weight Yarn
Color A – 340 yards
Color B – 95 yards
Optional: 7 Strand 20 Gauge Beading Wire to make the brim sturdy.

Gauge

First 11 Rounds of will produce a flat circle with a 4” diameter.

Sizing

Adult Small (Large): 21-22 (22-23) inch heads.Adult Large will fit most men.

Stitch Descriptions and Abbreviations

Chain Stitch – ch
Slip Stitch – sl st
Stitch(es) – st(s)
Skip – sk
Stitch Marker – SM
Single Crochet – sc
Back Loop Only – blo – work stitch as you normally would buy only use the back loop.

Pattern Notes

* Designates a repeat.
Do not turn at the end of Rounds.
All Rounds are Sl St to join in the first sc st and then ch 1 to begin the next round, ch 1 does not count as a stitch.
You may use continuous rounds in the “Hat Body” Section but be sure to keep track of your rounds.
Adding the beading wire to the last round in the brim is optional however, not using it will change the look of the hat making it more floppy. You could forgo the wire and add later, but it is easier to crochet over the wire than it is to thread it in.
“sc 1” means to single crochet in the next stitch.
“sc 2” means to single crochet in each of the next 2 stitches.
“2 sc” means to single crochet twice in the next stitch to create an increase.
“sc2tog” means to work two sc stitches together for a one stitch for a decrease.

Modern Crochet Pattern for a Summer Sun Hat

Free Crochet Summer Hat Pattern

Top of Hat – Color A

Round 1 – Ch 2, 6 sc into 2nd chain from hook. [6 sts]
*Sl st to join and ch 1 on end of the rounds.
Round 2 – 2 sc in each st. [12 sts]
Round 3 – *Sc 1, 2 sc in next st, repeat from* to end. [18 sts]
Round 4 – *Sc 2, 2 sc in next st, repeat from* to end. [24 sts]
Round 5 – *Sc 3, 2 sc in next st, repeat from* to end. [30 sts]
Round 6 – *Sc 4, 2 sc in next st, repeat from* to end. [36 sts]
Round 7 – *Sc 5, 2 sc in next st, repeat from* to end. [42 sts]
Round 8 – *Sc 6, 2 sc in next st, repeat from* to end. [48 sts]
Round 9 – *Sc 7, 2 sc in next st, repeat from* to end. [54 sts]
Round 10 – *Sc 8, 2 sc in next st, repeat from* to end. [60 sts]
Round 11 – *Sc 9, 2 sc in next st, repeat from* to end. [66 sts]
Round 12 – *Sc 10, 2 sc in next st, repeat from* to end. [72 sts]
Round 13 – *Sc 11, 2 sc in next st, repeat from* to end. [78 sts]
Round 14 – *Sc 12, 2 sc in next st, repeat from* to end. [84 sts]
Round 15 – *Sc 13, 2 sc in next st, repeat from* to end. [90 sts]

Final Round for Small: Round 16 – *Sc 14, 2 sc in next st, repeat from* to end. [96 sts]
Final Round for Large: Round 17 – *Sc 15, 2 sc in next st, repeat from* to end. [102 sts]
Continue to “Body of Hat”.

Body of Hat – Color A

The next set of rounds will create the Body of the Hat. You may add or subtract rounds if you want the Body of the Hat deeper or more shallow. For this section the pattern continues with the “*Sl st to join and ch 1 on each round” as the first set of rounds did for the “Top of Hat” section. You may work in continuous rounds if preferred to hide the joining seam, be sure to use a Stitch Marker to keep track of your rounds, there are no increase rounds in this section.
Next 18 (20) Rounds – Sc around in each st. [96 (102) sts]
The Body of the Hat will measure approximately 3.5 (4) inches tall.

Brim of Hat – Color A

This next set of rounds will move back to creating the rest of the flat circle. You may customize this section by adding or subtracting rounds to make the Brim of the Hat as large as you would like. If you are planning to use the beading wire to stabilize keep going, the wire will keep it sturdy! Note size Small has an Extra Catchup Round.

Size Small Only: Extra Round – *Sc 15, 2 sc in next st, repeat from* to end. [102 sts] All sizes move to “Round 1”.
Round 1 – *Sc 16, 2 sc in next st, repeat from* to end. [108 sts]
Round 2 – *Sc 17, 2 sc in next st, repeat from* to end. [114 sts]
Round 3 – *Sc 18, 2 sc in next st, repeat from* to end. [120 sts]
Round 4 – *Sc 19, 2 sc in next st, repeat from* to end. [126 sts]
Round 5 – *Sc 20, 2 sc in next st, repeat from* to end. [132 sts]
Round 6 – *Sc 21, 2 sc in next st, repeat from* to end. [138 sts]
Round 7 – *Sc 22, 2 sc in next st, repeat from* to end. [144 sts]
Round 8 – *Sc 23, 2 sc in next st, repeat from* to end. [150 sts]
Round 9 – *Sc 24, 2 sc in next st, repeat from* to end. [156 sts]
Round 10 – *Sc 25, 2 sc in next st, repeat from* to end. [162 sts]
Round 11 – *Sc 26, 2 sc in next st, repeat from* to end. [168 sts]
Round 12 – *Sc 27, 2 sc in next st, repeat from* to end. [174 sts]
Round 13 – *Sc 28, 2 sc in next st, repeat from* to end. [180 sts]
Round 14 – *Sc 29, 2 sc in next st, repeat from* to end. [186 sts]

Optional: Take your beading wire and lay it around the brim of your hat to get an accurate length needed. Add 2 inches so that you have some overlap on the wire, cut your wire. I doubled mine and worked around 2 pieces of wire, 1 will work if you do not have enough wire. Hold your wire along the top of Round 31 so that you can crochet over it with Round 32. Leave about inch out so that it does not slip out of your first stitch. When you get close to finishing Round 32 make sure all the ends of wire are laying properly so that you can crochet over them. Then move your stitches around the wire to adjust the brim.

Round 32 – Sc evenly around working over the beading wire if you have chosen to do so, finish off. [186 sts]

Optional: Add a surface slip stitch in the last 3 rounds created.

Bow Tie Band – Color B

Row 1 – Ch 141.
Row 2 – Sl st in the 2nd ch from hook, sl st to end using the back bump. [140 sts]
Row 3 – Ch 1, turn, sk 1st st, blo sl st to end. [139 sts]
Rows 4 to 8 – Repeat Row 3 with each row decreasing by 1 st, finish off.

Choose the desired placement on your hat for the Bow Tie Band and seam the bottom edge to the final round of the “Body of Hat”. Make sure to align each stitch so that there is no pinching on your wide-brim crochet sun hat. Where the band crosses take your time to get it to lay nicely and seam down. Seam along the top edge of the band as well. Weave in all ends!