Looking for a watchcap hat pattern please.

[Charna]

Hello, I had been having trouble finding a watch cap pattern for my husband. I found one from an online helper on Ravelry. I have tried unsuccessfully to crochet it. I've posted my question about it on the need help forum on this site. But if anyone has a good pattern for crocheting a simple man's watch cap, please do share. Thanks kindly, Charna

[Granny Square]

Hi, and welcome to the 'ville.  I saw your other 2 posts re: a particular problem you are having with, I'll take a look at that pattern next..

Meanwhile, you can make your DH a hat without a pattern.  Measure his head around where the brim would sit (a circle across the forehead & around the back of the neck, etc).  For the circumference of a circle, which heads (or hats are) around, the formula is pi x diameter.  So, my head circumference of 22", I happen to already know 22 divided by 3.14 is 7" within a thousandth of an inch--so measure and do the math for your hubby.

Most crocheted hats are made from the crown down to the brim, and they start with a flat circle with the correct diameter, and then are worked without increasing until you get the depth you want.  To make a flat circle in plain SC: start with 6 in the first round, and add 6 in each round; in DC, start with 12 and add 12 each round.  So in either stitch, if you were making a hat for me, you'd want to make a circle as close as you can to 7" (slightly under is OK, better to stretch slightly than be loose).

Here is a tutorial that covers making flat center-out circles to get you started.

[Granny Square]

Did you see this pattern?  This is intriguing, it's also worked vertically but all in ribbing with shaping at the top to avoid the usual gather.  The first hat I ever made (knit) was just a ribbed rectangle, sewn up the side and gathered at the top, with a pom-pom, which you sort of needed to cover up the gather.

[Charna]

THANKS so very much Villager!