Sir Cakeworthy’s Fancy Top Hat

7 Aug

Sir Cakeworthy agrees that top hats make everything extra fancy.  Here’s a little top hat pattern to dress up your amigurumi.

Sir Cakeworthy's Fancy Top HatMaterials:

  • Worsted Weight Yarn
  • 3.5 mm crochet hook

Instructions (work in continuous spirals unless stated otherwise):

  1. Make magic loop, work 6 sc in loop (6 sts)
  2. 2 sc in each st around (12 sts)
  3. 1 sc, 2 sc inc, around (18 sts)
  4. 2 sc, 2 sc inc, around (24 sts)
  5. Through the back loop, sc around, join with a sl st, ch 1
  6. 1 sc, 2sctog, around
  7. Next 4 rows, sc around
  8. sl st, ch 1, 2sc inc around
  9. sl st, finish off

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