Oh Snap! Crochet Bucket Hat FREE Pattern

I don't really do commissions... and over the years, I've almost made it a rule of mine not to do commissions.

For one, most of the people who ask are friends. It's always hard to charge friends money. And for another, I always have some sort of WIP that I'm designing and if you've ever tried to design your own crochet pattern, you'll know it can be pretty time-consuming.

However, last summer, I met this girl at work, and quickly became friends. She found out that I crocheted through my Instagram and asked me if I could make something for her, a checkered crochet bucket hat.

I initially turned her down because I just didn't know if I could commit to it.

After taking a closer look at what she was asking me to make (and a crazy night of partying), I had a sudden change of heart and thought, why not!

It didn't look too hard to make and I get to share another original crochet pattern on the blog with my readers!

The checkered crochet bucket hat turned out SO GOOD. Unfortunately, I am not great when it comes to taking selfies. Luckily, my friend for whom I made the crochet hat was VERY good at that.

So when I delivered the hat to my friend, I asked her to help me take some modelesque photos of herself and allow me to publish them on my blog and social media.

I'm so glad that she was comfortable enough for me to share her photos with the world because they turned out AMAZING! Doesn't she look gorgeous?!

I also felt cool this one night, so I named this "Oh Snap!" Bucket Hat - you like it?!

I chose to use cotton yarn for this project because I wanted the hat to be breathable for the spring and summer weather. Luckily, with my recent collaborations with WeCrochet, I had an entire color pallet of their cotton yarn to choose from!

Dishie Yarn turned out to be an absolute wonder to work with. It's 100% cotton.

As the name suggests, people often use it to make dish towels and home decor projects with it, but it's easily one of the softest cotton yarns I've worked with. It holds its shape really well and it's a durable yarn that can withstand wear and tear.

If you're looking to make this crocheted checkered bucket hat, make sure you give the Dishie Yarn a try!

I can't wait to share with you the crochet pattern!

I've received many emails and comments regarding how to change colors. I've filmed a video of how I use the working yarn to wrap around the non-working yarn to hide the colors.

Please do not cut the yarn after every single color because you will end up with a lot of ends to weave in.

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Easy Checkered Crochet Bucket Hat Pattern for FREE

What You Need / Materials

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• Worsted Weight Cotton Yarn
• 1 ball of Color A (I used Dishie Yarn in Honeydew)
• 1 ball of Color B (I used Dishie Yarn in Swan)
• 5.5 mm Crochet Hook
• Yarn Needle
• Stitch Markers
• Scissors

Stitches & Abbreviations

• st/sts - stitch/stitches
• sc - single crochet (using the yarn under method)
• sc inc - single crochet increase, 2 single crochets in one stitch

Notes

• This crochet bucket hat is made using the "Yarn Under Single Crochet" technique. This technique makes the stitches appear more aligned.
• Gauge: 10 cm x 10 cm (4" x 4") = 18 sc stitches x 17 rows
• This crochet pattern makes an adult-sized bucket hat that fits a head size of approximately 21-23" in circumference.
• This bucket hat is worked from the top down, from the crown to the brim.
• Work in continuous rounds, do not slip stitch after each round.
• To make sure the magic ring didn't loosen or unravel, I used the double magic ring method.
• I used the invisible fasten-off method to neatly finish the work before I weaved in my ends.

FREE Crochet Pattern

Using a 5.5 mm crochet hook with color A yarn...

Round 1: Magic Ring with a base of 10 stitches (10 sts)

Round 2: Sc inc in each st around (20 sts)

Round 3: [Sc, sc inc] x 10 times (30 sts)

Round 4: [Sc, sc inc, sc] x 10 times (40 sts)

Change and start the round with color B yarn...

Round 5: Sc in each st around - alternate color every 4 sts (40 sts)

Round 6: [3 sc, sc inc] x 10 times - alternate color every 5 sts (50 sts)

Round 7: [2 sc, sc inc, 2 sc] x 10 times - alternate color every 6 sts (60 sts)

Round 8: [5 sc, sc inc] x 10 times - alternate color every 7 sts (70 sts)

Round 9: [3 sc, sc inc, 3 sc] x 10 times - alternate color every 8 sts (80 sts)

Round 10: [7 sc, sc inc] x 10 times - alternate color every 9 sts (90 sts)

Start the round with color A yarn...

Round 11: [4 sc, sc inc, 4 sc] x 10 times - alternate color every 10 sts (100 sts)

Round 12-16: Sc in each st around - alternate color every 10 sts (100 sts)

Start the round with color B yarn...

Round 17-22: Sc in each st around - alternate color every 10 sts (100 sts)

Start the round with color A yarn...

Round 23-28: Sc in each st around - alternate color every 10 sts (100 sts)

Start the round with color B yarn...

Round 29: [9 sc, sc inc] x 10 times - alternate color every 11 sts (110 sts)

Round 30: [5 sc, sc inc, 5 sc] x 10 times - alternate color every 12 sts (120 sts)

Round 31: [11 sc, sc inc] x 10 times - alternate color every 13 sts (130 sts)

Round 32: Sc in each st around - alternate color every 13 sts (130 sts)

Round 33: [6 sc, sc inc, 6 sc] x 10 times - alternate color every 14 sts (140 sts)

Round 34: Sc in each st around - alternate color every 14 sts (140 sts)

Round 35: [13 sc, sc inc] x 10 sts - alternate color every 15 sts (150 sts)

Use color A for the rest of the round...

Round 36: Sc in each st around (150 sts)

Cut and fasten off, leaving a tail to fasten off invisibly.

Did you make your own "Oh Snap!" bucket hat? I'd love to see it! Please share it with me on Instagram and/or use the #onceuponacheerio hashtag.

This is an original crochet pattern written by Juli Anne of Once Upon a Cheerio. Please do not claim this crochet pattern as your own. If you wish to share this crochet pattern, you may link to this blog post but please do not reprint it on your site. You may keep a copy for personal use but please DO NOT sell or distribute the crochet pattern.

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