A couple of years ago I made a hat for each of my kids for Christmas. I found lots of cute ideas for babies and for girls but I had a really hard time finding something for my oldest son that wasn't too babyish or just really plain and not very fun. In our family we are big University of Utah fans and he was just starting to get interested in football so I came up with the idea to make a hat to look like a football helmet. That hat is the red one in the pictures. It is a couple years old now and after getting stuck to the velcro on his coat several times it is definitely showing some wear. I thought it would be fun to figure out how to make it in different sizes and post the pattern.
Football season is starting in the next week or so, I think the Utes play their first game a week from today, and though the weather is still warm it will be cooling off soon so I thought it would be a good time to share this pattern.
I made it in 6 different sizes, newborn-child (I would say about 8 years old). I made one with a BYU logo just to show how it would look with a different team. Also, I know that this is not the logo that the Utes actually have on their helmets, if you would like to attempt to cut out and sew on a drum and feather logo feel free, I opted to go the easier route and made the block U. Much simpler and I think it is still easily recognized as the U. If I were to make the BYU one again I would do it a little differently for the same reason. I think it would look better to cut a blue oval and a white Y and sew that on the blue oval. I cut the Y out of the blue and wasn't thrilled with how it turned out. The logos are cut out of felt and sewn on with a simple running stitch.
I originally came up with the idea because I needed something for a boy but I thought it could be cute for a little girl too so I made one in pink. I thought it turned out cute and my daughter liked it quite a bit. It matched her pink jersey perfectly.
Now on to the pattern:
Crochet Football Helmet Hats
Newborn-Child Size
you will need:
worsted/aran weight yarn in helmet color and white or contrasting color for circle
H crochet hook
G crochet hook
felt
yarn needle
sewing needle
sewing thread that matches your felt
Newborn
with H hook
R1: ch 2, 9 dc in magic ring, join to first dc, ch 2 (9 dc)
R2: 2 dc in each stitch, join to first dc, ch 2 (18 dc)
R3: 2 dc in first stitch, 1 dc in next, repeat around, join to first dc, ch 2 (27 dc)
R4: 2 dc in first stitch, 1 dc in next 2, repeat around, join to first dc, ch 2 (36 dc)
R5: 2 dc in first stitch, 1 dc in next 5, repeat around, join to first dc, ch 2 (42 dc)
R6-9: dc in each stitch around, join to first dc, ch 2 (42 dc)
do not cut yarn, continue with earflaps
Earflaps
R1: hdc in next 8 stitches, ch 2, turn (8 hdc)
R2: hdc in each stitch, ch 2 turn (8 hdc)
R3: hdc dec across first 2 stitches, hdc in next 4, hdc dec across last 2, ch 2, turn (6 hdc)
R4: hdc dec across first 2 stitches, hdc in next 2, hdc dec across last 2, finish off (4 hdc)
skip 15 stitches along front, join yarn with slip stitch, ch 2 and make 2nd earflap the same as the first but do not cut yarn, sc along the entire bottom edge of hat, finish off
Circles (make 2)
with G hook
ch 2, 9 hdc in magic ring, join, cut leaving long piece for sewing
sew onto earflaps centered close to the bottom
Cut desired logo from felt and sew on with a running stitch.
3-6 Months
with H hook
R1: ch 2, 9 dc in magic ring, join to first dc, ch 2 (9 dc)R2: 2 dc in each stitch, join to first dc, ch 2 (18 dc)
R3: 2 dc in first stitch, 1 dc in next, repeat around, join to first dc, ch 2 (27 dc)
R4: 2 dc in first stitch, 1 dc in next 2, repeat around, join to first dc, ch 2 (36 dc)
R5: 2 dc in first stitch, 1 dc in next 3, repeat around, join to first dc, ch 2 (45 dc)
R6-10: dc in each stitch around, join to first dc, ch 2 (45 dc)
do not cut yarn, continue with earflaps
Earflaps
R1: hdc in next 9 stitches, ch 2, turn (9 hdc)
R2: hdc in each stitch, ch 2 turn (9 hdc)
R3: hdc dec across first 2 stitches, hdc in next 5, hdc dec across last 2, ch 2, turn (7 hdc)
R4: hdc dec across first 2 stitches, hdc in next 3, hdc dec across last 2, finish off (5 hdc)
skip 16 stitches along front, join yarn with slip stitch, ch 2 and make 2nd earflap the same as the first but do not cut yarn, sc along the entire bottom edge of hat, finish off
Circles (make 2)
with G hook
ch 2, 9 dc in magic ring, join, cut leaving long piece for sewing
sew onto earflaps centered close to the bottom
Cut desired logo from felt and sew on with a running stitch.
6-12 Months
with H hook
R2: 2 dc in each stitch, join to first dc, ch 2 (18 dc)
R3: 2 dc in first stitch, 1 dc in next, repeat around, join to first dc, ch 2 (27 dc)
R4: 2 dc in first stitch, 1 dc in next 2, repeat around, join to first dc, ch 2 (36 dc)
R5: 2 dc in first stitch, 1 dc in next 3, repeat around, join to first dc, ch 2 (45 dc)
R6: 2 dc in first stitch, 1 dc in next 8, repeat around, join to first dc, ch 2 (50 dc)
R7-11: dc in each stitch around, join to first dc, ch 2 (50 dc)
do not cut yarn, continue with earflaps
Earflaps
R1: hdc in next 9 stitches, ch 2, turn (9 hdc)
R2: hdc in each stitch, ch 2 turn (9 hdc)
R3: hdc dec across first 2 stitches, hdc in next 5, hdc dec across last 2, ch 2, turn (7 hdc)
R4: hdc dec across first 2 stitches, hdc in next 3, hdc dec across last 2, finish off (5 hdc)
skip 18 stitches along front, join yarn with slip stitch, ch 2 and make 2nd earflap the same as the first but do not cut yarn, sc along the entire bottom edge of hat, finish off
Circles (make 2)
with G hook
ch 2, 9 dc in magic ring, join, cut leaving long piece for sewing
sew onto earflaps centered close to the bottom
Cut desired logo from felt and sew on with a running stitch.
Toddler
with H hook
R2: 2 dc in each stitch, join to first dc, ch 2 (18 dc)
R3: 2 dc in first stitch, 1 dc in next, repeat around, join to first dc, ch 2 (27 dc)
R4: 2 dc in first stitch, 1 dc in next 2, repeat around, join to first dc, ch 2 (36 dc)
R5: 2 dc in first stitch, 1 dc in next 3, repeat around, join to first dc, ch 2 (45 dc)
R6: 2 dc in first stitch, 1 dc in next 8, repeat around, join to first dc, ch 2 (50 dc)
R7: 2 dc in first stitch, 1 dc in next 24, repeat around, join to first dc, ch 2 (52 dc)
R8-12: dc in each stitch around, join to first dc, ch 2 (52 dc)
do not cut yarn, continue with earflaps
Earflaps
R1: hdc in next 9 stitches, ch 2, turn (9 hdc)
R2: hdc in each stitch, ch 2 turn (9 hdc)
R3: hdc dec across first 2 stitches, hdc in next 5, hdc dec across last 2, ch 2, turn (7 hdc)
R4: hdc dec across first 2 stitches, hdc in next 3, hdc dec across last 2, finish off (5 hdc)
skip 22 stitches along front, join yarn with slip stitch, ch 2 and make 2nd earflap the same as the first but do not cut yarn, sc along the entire bottom edge of hat, finish off
Circles (make 2)
with G hook
ch 2, 9 dc in magic ring, join, cut leaving long piece for sewing
sew onto earflaps centered close to the bottom
Cut desired logo from felt and sew on with a running stitch.
Preschooler
with H hook
R2: 2 dc in each stitch, join to first dc, ch 2 (18 dc)
R3: 2 dc in first stitch, 1 dc in next, repeat around, join to first dc, ch 2 (27 dc)
R4: 2 dc in first stitch, 1 dc in next 2, repeat around, join to first dc, ch 2 (36 dc)
R5: 2 dc in first stitch, 1 dc in next 3, repeat around, join to first dc, ch 2 (45 dc)
R6: 2 dc in first stitch, 1 dc in next 4, repeat around, join to first dc, ch 2 (54 dc)
R7-13: dc in each stitch around, join to first dc, ch 2 (54 dc)
do not cut yarn, continue with earflaps
Earflaps
R1: hdc in next 10 stitches, ch 2, turn (10 hdc)
R2: hdc in each stitch, ch 2 turn (10 hdc)
R3: hdc dec across first 2 stitches, hdc in next 6, hdc dec across last 2, ch 2, turn (8 hdc)
R4: hdc dec across first 2 stitches, hdc in next 4, hdc dec across last 2, ch 2, turn (6 hdc)
R5: hdc dec across first 2 stitches, hdc in next 2, hdc dec across last 2, finish off, (4 hdc)
skip 23 stitches along front, join yarn with slip stitch, ch 2 and make 2nd earflap the same as the first but do not cut yarn, sc along the entire bottom edge of hat, finish off
Circles (make 2)
with G hook
ch 2, 9 dc in magic ring, join, cut leaving long piece for sewing
sew onto earflaps centered close to the bottom
Cut desired logo from felt and sew on with a running stitch.
Child
with H hook
R2: 2 dc in each stitch, join to first dc, ch 2 (18 dc)
R3: 2 dc in first stitch, 1 dc in next, repeat around, join to first dc, ch 2 (27 dc)
R4: 2 dc in first stitch, 1 dc in next 2, repeat around, join to first dc, ch 2 (36 dc)
R5: 2 dc in first stitch, 1 dc in next 3, repeat around, join to first dc, ch 2 (45 dc)
R6: 2 dc in first stitch, 1 dc in next 4, repeat around, join to first dc, ch 2 (54 dc)
R7: dc in each stitch around, join to first dc, ch 2 (54 dc)
R8: 2 dc in first stitch, 1 dc in next 8, repeat around, join to first dc, ch 2 (60 dc)
R9-14: dc in each stitch around, join to first dc, ch 2 (60 dc)
do not cut yarn, continue with earflaps
Earflaps
R1: hdc in next 11 stitches, ch 2, turn (11 hdc)
R2: hdc in each stitch, ch 2 turn (11 hdc)
R3: hdc dec across first 2 stitches, hdc in next 7, hdc dec across last 2, ch 2, turn (9 hdc)
R4: hdc dec across first 2 stitches, hdc in next 5, hdc dec across last 2, ch 2, turn (7 hdc)
R5: hdc dec across first 2 stitches, hdc in next 3, hdc dec across last 2, finish off (5 hdc)
skip 24 stitches along front, join yarn with slip stitch, ch 2 and make 2nd earflap the same as the first but do not cut yarn, sc along the entire bottom edge of hat, finish off
Circles (make 2)
with G hook
ch 2, 9 dc in magic ring, join, cut leaving long piece for sewing
sew onto earflaps centered close to the bottom
Cut desired logo from felt and sew on with a running stitch.
I hope you enjoy this pattern.
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