FREE CROCHET PATTERN: Crocheted Alpaca Cloche

PDF of this pattern, with technical photos.

It’s quick to crochet and economical, too—one 200 yd skein of Alpacas at Wildcat Hollow sportweight yarn will yield two caps, making excellent holiday gifts! This one shows Hannah’s dark brown yarn, accented with pink ribbon, but it’s just as pretty in any Alpacas in Wildcat Hollow yarn.

Yarn & Materials
H/8 crochet hook
1.5 yd thin ribbon
1.5 yd matching thicker ribbon
1 skein Alpacas in Wildcat Hollow Sportweight Yarn (100% alpaca, 200 yd)

Size: Women’s S (M/L
Crown
Ch 4. Join with sl st.
Rnd 1: Ch 2, dc 11 (13) into ring, finishing with sl st through 2nd ch to end rnd.
Rnd 2: Ch 2, dc into 1st st, then dc twice into each st, finishing with sl st through 2nd ch to end rnd.
Rnd 3: Ch 2, dc 1, then dc twice into the next and every third st of rnd (and dc once into all other st), finishing with sl st through 2nd ch to end rnd.
Rnd 4: Ch 4, *sl st into 2nd st (skipping every other st), ch 3, repeat from * to end, finishing with sl st into 1st ch st to end rnd.

Rnd 5: Ch 2, *sc into loop, ch 3, repeat from * around rnd, ending with ch 2 and finishing with sl st into 1st ch st to end rnd.

Rnd 6: Ch 6, skip that first half-loop, *dc into next loop, ch 4, repeat from * around rnd, ending with ch 4, and finishing with sl st into 2nd ch st to end rnd.

Rnd 7: Ch 2, *sc 2 into loop, dc into top of prev row’s dc st, sc 1 into loop, dc into top of prev row’s dc st, repeat from * around rnd (you may end mid-pattern), finishing with sl st into 2nd ch st to end rnd.

Top eyelets
Rnd 8: Ch 1, sc 1, sc twice into the next and every third st of rnd (and sc once into all other st), finishing with sl st to end rnd.
Rnd 9: Ch 1, sc 3, *ch 1, skip next st, sc 4, repeat from * around rnd, finishing with sl st to end rnd.

Rnd 10: Ch1, sc across rnd, working into the eyelet when you pass prev row’s ch st, finishing with sl st to end rnd.

Rnd 11 & 12: Ch 2, dc across rnd, finishing with sl st through 2nd ch to end rnd.
Bottom eyelets
Rnd 13: Ch 1, sc across rnd, finishing with sl st to end rnd.
Rnds 14: Ch 1, sc 1, *ch 1, skip next st, sc 2, repeat from * to end of rnd (finishing mid-pattern is fine), finishing with sl st to end rnd.
Rnd 15: Ch1, sc across rnd, working into the eyelet when you pass prev row’s ch st, finishing with sl st to end rnd.
Bottom edge
Rnd 16: Repeat Rnd 4
Rnd 17: Ch 1, *sc into loop, sl st into same loop, repeat from * to end of rnd, finishing with sl st to end rnd.

Rnd 18: Ch 1, sc 3, *skip next st, sc 4, repeat from * to end of rnd, sl st to join rnd, and fasten off.
Finishing
Weave in ends. Weave wider ribbon through top eyelets, beginning and ending to side. Repeat with narrow ribbon and bottom eyelets. Try on hat to knot ribbon to fit. Tie s into bows. © 2006 Nikol Lohr/thriftyknitter.com
Abbreviations: Ch/ch chain
Dc/dc double crochet prev previous
Rnd round Sc/sc single crochet
Sl st slip stitch St/st stitch

5 Replies to “FREE CROCHET PATTERN: Crocheted Alpaca Cloche”

  1. I am so in love with this hat! Do you think it could be converted – if I could find someone to conver it – to a knit pattern?

    Love!!

  2. I ended up with a bunch of yarn and hooks practically given to me, so I call that a sign from God that I’m meant to crochet!

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