Crocheted Cap Pattern #5000

Infant Size

Materials:
Chadwick's Red Heart Saxony, 2 balls (⅔ oz. balls).
Milward's steel crochet hook No. 6.
3 yds. of ribbon 1 inch wide.
1½ yds. of ribbon ½ inch wide.

Starting at tip of crown, ch 2, turn. 1st rnd: 6 s c in 2nd ch from hook. Join with sl st. 2nd rnd: 2 s c in each s c around. Join. 3rd rnd: * S c in 1st s c, 2 s c in next s c. Repeat from * around. Join. 4th rnd: * S c in each of next 2 s c, 2 s c in next s c. Repeat from * around. Join. 5th rnd: * S c in each of next 3 s c, 2 s c in next s c. Repeat from * around. Repeat the last rnd, always having 1 s c more between each inc. in each rnd, until piece measures 5 inches in diameter. Then sl st in next st, ch 3, turn. Hereafter work is done in rows instead of rnds. 1st row: 4 d c in same place as sl st, * skip 2 s c, s c in next s c, skip 2 s c, 5 d c in next s c. Repeat from * across, ending row with s c and working to corresponding position at opposite side (the last side of hexagon forms neck edge). Ch 3, turn. 2nd row: 4 d c in 1st s c, * s c in 3rd d c of 5 d c-group, 5 d c in next s c. Repeat from * across, ending row with s c in turning ch-3. Ch 3, turn. Repeat 2nd row until piece measures 6½ inches from tip of crown, making 7 d c in each s c on the last row only. Do not break off, but continue in pattern all around neck edge.

Run narrow ribbon through the 5th row from front edge, and around neck edge. Make a rosette at both ends of wide ribbon and sew one on each side of front at lower edge. Cut remaining ribbon in half for ties.