Crochet Cork Screw Shell Hat Pattern
The Crochet Cork Screw Shell Hat is a unique and eye-catching accessory that combines the beauty of crochet with the whimsy of a cork screw design. This charming hat features a spiral shell pattern that wraps around the crown, creating a striking visual effect that's sure to turn heads. Made from soft, breathable yarn, this hat is comfortable to wear and perfect for adding a playful touch to any outfit.
With its one-of-a-kind design, this hat is sure to become a statement piece in any wardrobe.Skill Level
Easy
Size
Teen/Adult – stretches to fit approx. 21” circumference – approx. 7.5” high
Materials
- 175 yds. medium-wt. (label symbol 4) cotton or cotton/acrylic blend yarn
- (Sample shown in Coats & Clark “TLC Cotton Plus”)
- Size H/8 (5 mm) crochet hook, or size needed to achieve gauge
- Tapestry needle
Gauge
16 sts = 4” in spiral single crochet on size H hook
Terms/Abbreviations
- back loop only (BLO)
- beginning (beg)
- chain (ch)
- decrease (dec)
- double crochet (dc)
- each (ea)
- hook (hk)
- increase (inc)
- repeat (rep)
- round (rnd)
- single crochet (sc)
- single crochet two together (sc2tog)
- slip stitch (sl st)
- stitch (st)
- together (tog)
Pattern Notes
The top of the hat is worked in spiral single crochet. Do not join rounds, but work stitches in a continuous spiral until the shell section is reached. Use a thread marker to note the beginning of rounds.
Special Stitches
- Open shell: Work (2dc, ch1, 2dc) in the same stitch
- Closed shell: 5 dc in the same stitch
Hat Instructions
Beginning Rounds
Rnd 1: Ch 4, join into ring (or use disappearing loop beginning method: wind yarn around forefinger once, insert hook into loop, yo, pull loop through ring), ch 1, work 6 sc over strands of the ring (pull yarn tail to close the ring). DO NOT JOIN but continue in spiral single crochet. Place thread marker to note the beginning of rounds.
Rnd 2: 2 sc in each sc around, do not join (12 sc)
Rnd 3: 2 sc in each sc around, do not join (24 sc)
Rnd 4: Sc in first sc, 2 sc in next sc, *sc in next sc, 2 sc in next sc, rep from * around, do not join (36 sc)
Rnd 5: Sc in each sc around (36 sc)
Rnd 6: Sc in first 2 sc, 2 sc in next sc, *sc in next 2 sc, 2 sc in next sc, rep from * around, do not join (48 sc)
Rnd 7: Sc in each sc around (48 sc)
Rnd 8: Sc in first 3 sc, 2 sc in next sc, *sc in next 3 sc, 2 sc in next sc, rep from * around, do not join (60 sc)
Rnd 9: Sc in each sc around (60 sc)
Rnd 10: Sc in first 4 sc, 2 sc in next sc, *sc in next 4 sc, 2 sc in next sc, rep from * around, do not join (72 sc)
Rnd 11-13: Sc in each sc around. At the end of the last round, join with sl st (72 sc)
Beginning Shell Rounds
Rnd 14: Ch 1, sc in the same sc, skip 2 sc, in the next sc work (2 dc, ch 1, 2 dc) (open shell completed), *skip 2 sc, sc in next sc, skip 2 sc, open shell in next sc, rep from * around, join with sl st (12 shells)
Rnd 15: Sl st to center ch-1 space of the first shell, ch 1, sc in the same space, work open shell in the next sc, *sc in center ch-1 space of the next shell, open shell in the next sc, rep from * around, join with sl st (12 shells)
Rnd 16: Ch 3, work (dc, ch 1, 2 dc) all in the same sc (begin open shell completed), sc in ch-1 space of the next shell, *open shell in the next sc, sc in ch-1 space of the next shell, rep from * around, join with sl st to the top of begin ch-3 (12 shells)
Rnds 17-20: Rep Rnds 15-16.
Rnd 21: Rep Rnd 15.
Rnd 22: Ch 3, work 4 dc all in the same sc (begin closed shell completed), sc in ch-1 space of the next shell, *closed shell in the next sc, sc in ch-1 space of the next shell, rep from * around, join with sl st to the top of begin ch-3 (12 shells). Fasten off and weave in tails.
Finishing
Corkscrew Topper
Ch 60, thread the beginning end of the chain through the top center of the hat, then proceed to form corkscrew:
Work 3 sc in each chain across, skipping over stitches where the chain is threaded through the top of the hat. Fasten off. Twist the chain to form corkscrew trim.