How to: Front Post Triple/Treble Crochet

1.        Yarn over hook twice

2.       Front post triple crochet: from the front of the piece, insert hook into, then behind and around the post of the stitch from the previous row and back to the front.

3.       Yarn over, draw through 2 loops on hook (2 loops on hook).

4.       Yarn over, draw through last 2 loops on hook.

Back post triple crochet: from the back of the piece, insert hook into, then in front of and around the post of the stitch from the previous row and back through to the back.

Repeat steps 3-6.

How to: Make Any Size Hat

If you just want to make a basic hat or are trying to make a pattern for one, here's how to do it.

Step 1: 12 dc (or sc or whatever size stitch you want...I'll use dc here) in a magic ring
            OR
           Ch 4, join with slip stitch to first ch, 12 dc around
Step 2: Ch 3 (counts as first dc), dc in same dc, [2 dc] in each around
Step 3: Ch 3, dc in same dc, dc in next dc, [2 dc in next dc, dc in next dc] around
Step 4: Ch 3, dc in same dc, dc in next 2 dc, [2 dc in next dc, dc in next 2 dc] around
Step 5: Ch 3, dc in same dc, dc in next 3 dc, [2 dc in next dc, dc in next 3 dc] around
Step 6: Ch 3, dc in same dc, dc in next 4 dc, [2 dc in next dc, dc in next 4 dc] around

Use this pattern of increasing until your circle reaches the following diameters (courtesy of Crochet in Color):

*Remember diameter is all the way across through the center of the circle.

Age                                    Diameter of circle

Newborn                                      4 inches

3-6 months                                   5.5 inches

9-12 months                                 6-6.5 inches

24 months                                    6.5-6.75 inches

Toddler and small child                  7 inches

Adult woman                                7.25-7.5 inches

Once you've reached the diameter for the size you want, dc in each around until you've reached the following length:

Age                                          Finished Length

Newborn                                       5 inches

3-6 months                                    6-6.5 inches

9-12 months                                  7 inches

24 months                                     7-7.5 inches

Toddler and small child               7.5- 8 inches

Adult woman                                8.5-9 inches

Large adult                                    10 inches

You can continue to dc (or sc or whatever stitch you decided to do) in each around until you've reached your length and stop there, or a nice finishing technique would be to fpdc or fpsc for the last inch or 2.