18 Inch Doll Santa Belt Buckle Hat Crochet Pattern

This 18 Inch Doll Santa Belt Buckle Hat is a wonderful gift for your daughter this Christmas!

Skill Level

Easy

Size Included

18” doll (fits most 18” dolls)

Finished Size

4 ½” from top of hat to bottom

11” circumference

*These are our finished measurements. If yours don’t fit within these measurements, please check your gauge.

Materials

Worsted weight yarn

I-9 (5.50mm) crochet hook

Fabric scissors

Yarn needle, to weave ends

Gauge

3 dc sts x 2 rows is 1”

*Change your hook size to obtain the gauge.

Notes

ALWAYS start in the same stitch as chain.
(11 sts) means how many stitches you should have at the end of the row. That count does include the chain.

Abbreviations/Stitches Used

St(s)-stitch(es)

Ch- chain

Sc-single crochet

Dc- double crochet

*This pattern is written in American Crochet Terms.

Hat

Starting with red yarn,

Ch 3

Row 1: 11 dc in 3^rd chain from hook, join in first st of row (12 sts)

Row 2: ch 2, 2 dc in each st around, join in first st of row (23 sts)

Row 3: ch 2, 2 dc in first st, dc in next 4 sts, 2 dc in next st, dc in next 5 sts, 2 dc in next st, dc in next 4 sts, 2 dc in next st, dc in next 5 sts, join in first st of row (27 sts)

Row 4: ch 2, 2 dc in first st, dc in next 12 sts, 2 dc in next st, dc in next 12 sts, join in first st of row (29 sts)

Rows 5-6: ch 2, dc in each st around, join in first st of row (29 sts)

Cut yarn and change to black yarn.

Row 7: ch 2, dc in each st around, join in first st of row (29 sts)

Cut yarn and change to red yarn.

Row 8: ch 2, dc in each st around, join in first st of row (29 sts)

Row 9: ch 1, sc in each st around, join in first st of row, cut yarn, fasten off, weave ends (29 sts)

Belt Buckle

With gold yarn,

Ch 12, join

Row 1: ch 1, 2 sc in same as ch, sc in next 2 sts, *2 sc in next st, dc in next 2 sts* repeat * to * 2 more times, join in first st of row, cut yarn, fasten off, weave ends.

with gold yarn and a yarn needle
attach belt buckle to the black strip on the hat