Halloween hat & gloves pattern!

Seeing as I'm not one for dressing up in skimpy outfits in freezing October, I thought the best way to get into the Halloween spirit was to make up some practical things! And here they are, my Halloween hat and gloves...

For both use a 4.00 mm hook and DK wool. You will need just under 100g of orange and a little bit of green. (Pattern in * -- * is repeated to the end of the round.) This pattern uses US crochet terms.


Hat: using orange DK

R1: Ch6 and join with slip stitch to form circle

R2: Ch3, DC 17 times in circle and slip stitch to beginning Ch3 (18)

R3: Ch3, DC into the last round’s Ch3, then DC twice in each stitch. Slip stitch to beginning Ch3 (36)

R4: Ch3, DC twice into next stitch, *DC, DC twice in next stitch*. Slip stitch to beginning Ch3 (54)

R5: Ch3, DC into next stitch, then DC twice into following stitch. *2DC, DC twice in next stitch*. Slip stitch to beginning Ch3 (72)

R6: Ch3, DC into next two stitches, then DC twice into third. *3DC, DC twice in next stitch*. Slip stitch to beginning Ch3 (90)

R7: Ch3, DC into next three stitches, then DC twice into fourth. *4DC, DC twice in next stitch*. Slip stitch to beginning Ch3 (108)

R8: Ch3, DC into next four stitches, then DC twice into fifth. *5DC, DC twice in next stitch*. Slip stitch to beginning Ch3 (126)

R9: Ch3, DC into next five stitches, then DC twice into sixth. *6DC, DC twice in next stitch*. Slip stitch to beginning Ch3 (144)

R10: Ch3, DC into next six stitches, then DC twice into seventh. *7DC, DC twice in next stitch*. Slip stitch to beginning Ch3 (162)

R11: Ch3, DC in all. Slip stitch to beginning Ch3 (162)

R12: Ch3, DC in all. Slip stitch to beginning Ch3 (162)

R13: Ch2, SC in 3, dec 1. *SC in 4, dec1*. Slip stitch to beginning Ch2 (135)

R14: Ch2, SC in 2, dec 1. *SC in 3, dec1*. Slip stitch to beginning Ch2 (108)

R15: Ch2, SC in 1, dec 1. *SC in 2, dec1*. Slip stitch to beginning Ch2 (81)

R16: Ch2, dec 1. *SC in 1, dec1*. Slip stitch to beginning Ch2 (54)

R17: Ch2, SC in all. Slip stitch to beginning Ch2 (54)

R18: Ch2, SC in all. Slip stitch to beginning Ch2 (54)

R19: Ch2, SC in all. Slip stitch to beginning Ch2 (54)

Gloves (make two): starting with orange DK

It is important you keep track of the beginning stitch of every round for this, so make sure to use a stitch marker! Or be in a quiet room where you can count to your hearts content..

R1: Ch10 + 1 for turning. Turn (10)

R2: SC in all. Ch1 for turning, then turn. Repeat this another 24 times (so 25 rows of SC in total) or enough to go around your wrist.

R3: Slip stitch the top to the bottom. Bind off.

R4: Work single crochets all around. To fit my hand I single crochet 27 around, and I will use 27 when writing stitch counts at the end of each row – but bear in mind I have slightly smaller hands than average, so if you have particularly large hands, your yarn is not very giving or making this for a man I suggest increasing the number of single crochets in this round.

R5: SC in beginning stitch, SC twice in the next two stitches, then SC all round. (29)

R6: SC in beginning stitch and following stitch, then SC twice in the next two stitches. SC all round. (31)

R7: SC in beginning stitch and following two stitches, then SC twice in the next two stitches. SC all round. (33)

R8: SC in beginning stitch and following three stitches, then SC twice in the next two stitches. SC all round. (35)

R9: SC in all (35)

R10: SC in beginning stitch, Ch5, skip 10 stitches and SC in the 11th. SC all round (30)

R11: SC in all (30) Repeat another 5 times.

Now change to the green DK

R12: SC in all (30) bind off.

Leaf (make three): using green DK

Use this pattern to make your leaves - I made three of the same size and attached one to the back of my hat and one onto the top of each glove. Alternatively you could make smaller ones to go around the top or cuff of your gloves!

Here are some pictures of the final products...

I hope you get to make these for Halloween! I'd love to see any pictures you have of anything you make using my patterns, so just email them to me at dottymiss.x@gmail.com :)