Help needed for summer slouchy beanie

[RoJonesDesigns]

I want to make this. Would you say that its a foundation chain,then sc a few rows, then dc, ch 1, skip st, repeat, gather at desired length? Any increasing between sc row end and start of dc rows?

[Granny Square]

It looks very much like this one, and not made as you described.  Most of this type of hat are made top down, not brim up, and aren't gathered.

http://cloverchild.wordpress.com/2011/01/27/that-70s-slouch/

 

Here's some more slouchy hats for ideas; if you want to just look at free ones, click the 'free' box at the right

http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/search#sort=best&craft=crochet&query=slouch