Adorable Crochet Summer Duck With Hat — Free Step-by-Step Pattern

This cute Crochet Summer Duck With Hat is a cheerful handmade toy or decoration perfect for brightening up shelves, picnic tables, or gifting to fellow crochet lovers. This pattern includes a full list of materials and tools, stitch abbreviations, and step-by-step rounds for the head, body, wings, beak, feet, hat and collar, plus simple assembly tips to finish your project.

Materials and Tools

Yarn: sport weight yarn (example: YarnArt Jeans), recommended hook size 2.0–2.5 mm.
Black safety eyes: 5–6 mm.
Black yarn or embroidery thread for facial details.
Fiberfill for stuffing.
Yarn needle and stitch markers.

Abbreviations

MR - Magic ring
Ch - Chain
Slst - Slip stitch
Sc - Single crochet
Inc - Increase
Dec - Decrease
Hdc - Half double crochet
Hdc-inc - Half double crochet increase
Dc - Double crochet
Dc-dec - Double crochet decrease
Dc-inc - Double crochet increase
BLO - Back loop only
FLO - Front loop only
St, sts - Stitch, stitches

Head

Start with white yarn.
Rnd 1: 7 sc in MR (7)
Rnd 2: 7 inc (14)
Rnd 3: [sc, inc] x 7 (21)
Rnd 4: [2 sc, inc] x 7 (28)
Rnd 5: sc, inc, [3 sc, inc] x 6, 2 sc (35)
Rnd 6: [4 sc, inc] x 7 (42)
Rnd 7: 42 sc (42)
Rnd 8: [5 sc, inc] x 7 (49)
Rnd 9-14: (6 rnds) 49 sc (49)
Rnd 15: [6 sc, inc] x 7 (56)
Insert the eyes between rnd 12 & 13, with 7-stitches space between them.
Rnd 16-18: (3 rnds) 56 sc (56)
Rnd 19: [5 sc, dec] x 8 (48)
Rnd 20: [4 sc, dec] x 8 (40)
Rnd 21: [2 sc, dec] x 10 (30)
Rnd 22: [sc, dec] x 10 (20)
Rnd 23: BLO [2 sc, dec] x 5 (15)
Rnd 24: [sc, dec] x 5 (10)
Rnd 25: 5 dec (5)
Cut the yarn. Close the remaining gap.

Body

Start with green yarn.
Insert your hook to the FLO stitches of BLO round on the head (rnd 23), crochet the body from the head.
Rnd 1: [4 sc, inc] x 4 (24)
Rnd 2: 24 sc (24)
Rnd 3: [2 sc, inc] x 8 (32)
Rnd 4-7: (4 rnds) 32 sc (32)
Rnd 8: [3 sc, inc] x 8 (40)
Rnd 9-10: 40 sc (40)
Switch to white yarn.
Rnd 11: BLO [4 sc, inc] x 8 (48)
Rnd 12-13: (2 rnds) 48 sc (48)
Rnd 14: [5 sc, inc] x 8 (56)
Rnd 15-17: (3 rnds) 56 sc (56)
Rnd 18: [5 sc, dec] x 8 (48)
Rnd 19: [4 sc, dec] x 8 (40)
Rnd 20: [3 sc, dec] x 8 (32)
Rnd 21: [2 sc, dec] x 8 (24)
Rnd 22: BLO [sc, dec] x 8 (16)
Rnd 23: 8 dec (8)
Cut the yarn. Close the remaining gap.

Wings

Start with white yarn.
Rnd 1: 6 sc in MR (6)
Rnd 2: [sc, inc] x 3 (9)
Rnd 3: 9 sc (9)
Rnd 4: [2 sc, inc] x 3 (12)
Rnd 5-6: (2 rnds) 12 sc (12)
Switch to green yarn.
Rnd 7-8: (2 rnds) 12 sc (12)
Rnd 9: [2 sc, dec] x 3 (9)
Rnd 10: 9 sc (9)
Rnd 11: [sc, inc] x 3 (6)
Cut the yarn. Leave a long yarn tail for sewing.

Beak

With orange yarn.
Chain 6, start in the 2nd stitch from the hook.
Rnd 1: [inc, sc] x 2, 4 sc in foundation chain, 3 sc, inc (15)
Rnd 2-3: 15 sc (15)
Rnd 4: 9 sc, FLO [2 hdc, dc-inc, 2 hdc], sc, slst (16)
Cut the yarn, leave a long tail and sew to the head spanning round 13 to round 15. Make sure you sew the beak between the cheeks.

Feet

With orange yarn.
Rnd 1: 7 sc in MR, turn your hook (7)
Rnd 2: ch 1, 7 sc (7)
Cut the yarn. Leave a long yarn tail for sewing.

Hat

Start with orange yarn.
Rnd 1: 7 sc in MR (7)
Rnd 2: 7 inc (14)
Rnd 3: [sc, inc] x 7 (21)
Rnd 4: [2 sc, inc] x 7 (28)
Rnd 5: sc, inc, [3 sc, inc] x 6, 2 sc (35)
Rnd 6: [4 sc, inc] x 7 (42)
Rnd 7: 2 sc, inc, [5 sc, inc] x 6, 3 sc (49)
Rnd 8-9: (2 rnds) 49 sc (49)
Switch to red yarn.
Rnd 10-11: (2 rnds) 49 sc (49)
Rnd 12: FLO [6 dc, dc inc] x 7 (56)
Cut the yarn. Hide your yarn tail.

Collar

With white yarn.
Rnd 1: ch 22, [2 hdc, hdc inc, 3 hdc, hdc inc, dc, 3 dc in next ch, ch 2, slst to the next ch, ch 2, 3 dc to next ch, dc, hdc inc, 3 hdc, hdc inc, 3 hdc]
Cut the yarn. Leave a long yarn tail for sewing.

Assembly & Finishing

• Insert eyes where instructed and embroider any small facial details with black thread if desired.
• Stuff head and body firmly with fiberfill as you work or before closing gaps.
• Sew the wings to the sides of the body using the long tails left after finishing wings.
• Sew the beak to the head spanning rnds 13–15 as noted in the beak section.
• Attach feet to the underside of the body and sew the collar and hat in place. Weave in and hide all ends.

Crochet duck in a hat is ready — congratulations!