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Designer Julie King shows beginners how to insert a brim in a hat with the single crochet stitch.
Giving a crochet hat a wire brim can add tremendous stability, functionality, and a professional finish. The greatest part is it’s actually super easy to do!
The best projects in crochet for beginners use the single crochet and double crochet stitches most prominently, if not exclusively. This technique utilizes the single crochet stitch in a way that will take you from beginner to intermediate in a day!
The key to the adding a brim to any hat is to work the final round of your hat over a piece of wire.
Here’s the pattern instructions:
Chain 1, 1 single crochet in each of the stitches, 2 single crochets every 12 or so stitches to increase.
To make a single crochet over wire:
Holding the wire behind your work, insert your hook into the first stitch. Keep the wire on top of your hook, but below your yarn. Yarn over, pull through the stitch, yarn over, pull through both loops.
Be sure to leave a couple of inches of wire sticking out at the ends so that you can secure it at the end of the round. Bend the end of the wire up at the beginning of the row so it doesn’t accidentally slip through the round.
Working 2 sc’s into one stitch creates an increase by adding stitches to the round, resulting in more total stitches, or more “fabric” in the current round than the one prior.
The increase is so that the brim is a little wider than the last round. This will prevent your brim from going wavy or floppy.
After you work single crochets all around, it’s time to cut the wire and lock the ends together. First lay the brim flat. Then leave about an inch or two of wire overlapping to wrap them around eachother.
Now continue single crocheting over the wire closure. Finally, end with an invisible join for the most seamless finish. It disguises itself as a stitch!
This simple technique can be used to add shape and definition to any garment or accessory you crochet.
How do you use wire in your crochet? Tell us in the comments section!
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I’ve been wondering how to do that, I love to crochet.
I got that but I need help on knitting
I really want learn this…
This is just awesome
I want to know how to make whole hat
Looks interesting, I have a floppy hat that I will put a brim on Very pretty. Thanks.
How do you use wirein yourcrochet?
Looks interesting. I may just do it.
Thank you.
I would love to receive the tools to learn how to crochet, but cannot afford the cost of shipping for the supplies.
Wow, learned something new. How do I get the Hat pattern??
Thank you for this previously unthought of perspective. Using a wire is ingenious!
Thanks for sharing it is so buitifull
Like how clear you can see what she is doing i would like to do this hat
I take old hoop earrings and crochet over them to go with outfits with single and double stitches
Love that idea! Thanks Sandra!
Hi Georgette,
You can sign up for a free trial membership on the homepage to take Julie’s full class “Eye Catching Sun Hat”.
I have been looking for how to do this for so long thank you so much I love it
Thank you for this tutorial, I think this is so helpful
Thank you for sharing this. I am going to try it!!
That was so exciting to watch! How do I make A whole hat eith brim? I would like to make hats like that for folks here on the Missouri river flooded areas that have lost so much!
Lo siento pero no sé escribir ni hablo inglés, pero me gusta lo que hace y entiendo sus puntadas . El crochet es como la música se en tiende en todos los idiomas. Yo soy puertorriqueña en tiendo un poco y usted hace maravilla con el crochet, Dios bendiga esas ✋. Es lo que me tranquiliza porque soy paciente de canser y en mis sita siempre lo llevo con migo es el que me acompaña en mi desesperación. Me encanta lo que hacen muchas gracias.
Could I get the hat pattern please
Awesome touch!
Thank you!
Beautiful hat. Thank you for teaching how to do its
I love to crochet, I’d like to get the free hooks & yarn, but I live in the UK & can’t afford the postage. I go to my local craft group every week and do projects with the donated yarn.
I have been wanting to know this thank you 😊
What gauge of wire did you use. Also what kind yarn and/or weight of yarn are you using?
I love to crochet, but. I have got so many things laying around, I feel I can’t do anymore and I am not good at selling anything.
Love this, always wanted to do this. TFS
That’s awesome way to do that brim on hat.