Free Vintage Crochet Child's Toque Hat Pattern - Handbook of Wool Knitting and Crochet

This free vintage crochet child's toque hat pattern is from the Handbook of Wool Knitting and Crochet. The pattern has been updated to modern use with AI. You will find the original text from the book at the bottom of this page in italics. The book's how to crochet section is here: A Lesson In Crochet - Handbook of Wool Knitting and Crochet. The modern pattern is untested. I am adding these free vintage crochet patterns to my blog so they are in one place and easily searched.

Modern Pattern:

This vintage crochet cap pattern, designed for a girl aged 10-14 (but easily adjustable), uses eiderdown wool (a bulky yarn). Modern crocheters should substitute a similar bulky yarn and adjust hook size to obtain the correct gauge. The pattern uses US crochet terminology.

Cap Body:

Chain 4 and join with a slip stitch to form a ring.

Round 1: Draw up a long loop, insert hook in the ring, draw up another loop, yarn over, insert hook in the ring, draw up another loop, yarn over, draw through all loops on the hook, chain 1. Repeat from * until you have 11 wedge stitches in the ring. Join with a slip stitch.

Round 2: Draw up a long loop, insert hook in the first chain-1 space, draw up another loop, yarn over, insert hook in next space, draw up another loop, yarn over, draw through all loops on the hook, chain 1. *Insert hook in the same chain-1 space, draw up a long loop, yarn over, insert hook in the next chain-1 space, draw up a loop, yarn over, draw through all loops on the hook, chain 1. Repeat from *, widening by making an extra wedge stitch in every other stitch of the previous round.

Round 3: Widen (work 2 wedge stitches in one space) in every 3rd stitch.

Round 4: Widen in every 6th stitch.

Rounds 5-10: Work six rounds even (without widening).

Border (Turnover):

If using a contrasting color for the border, join the new yarn at the end of round 10. Work one round even. Turn the work so that the right side of the border will face out when turned up. Work five more rounds even.

Tassel:

Chain 18-20 (adjust the number of chains for the desired tassel length). Wrap the yarn around four fingers or a 5-inch wide card 20 times. Slip the wrapped yarn off your fingers/card. Tie it tightly near one end to form the head of the tassel. Cut open the loops at the other end of the wrapped yarn. (Fluff and trim the tassel for a neat finish.)

Finishing:

Attach the tassel to the top of the cap.

Sizing:

This cap can be easily enlarged by continuing the crown widening for more rounds before beginning the even rounds. Adding rounds will also increase the length of the cap body. You can use any stitch pattern you like, following the general shaping instructions.

Original Text:

This pretty cap, which will fit a girl of ten to fourteen years, and is easily enlarged to any desired size, requires five hanks of eiderdown-wool. If desired, two colors may be used, say white for cap and blue for the turnover or border. It is worked in wedge-stitch, and Germantown wool may be used by making more stitches. Use a bone hook of suitable size, that is, one which will carry the wool easily without catching in it. Make a chain of 4 stitches and join.

1. Draw out the loop, insert hook in ring, draw up a loop, wool over, insert hook in ring, draw up another loop, wool over, draw through all the loops on needle, chain 1, and repeat until you have 11 wedge-stitches in the ring; join.

2. Draw up loop, insert hook in 1st space, draw up a loop, wool over, hook in next space, draw up a loop, wool over, draw through all loops on needle, chain 1, * hook in same space, draw up a loop, wool over, hook in next space, draw up a loop, wool over, draw through all on hook, chain 1, and repeat from *, widening by making an extra stitch in every other stitch of last round.

3. Widen in every 3d stitch.

4. Widen in every 6th stitch.

Work six times around plain, that is, without widening; then if color is used for the turnover join it in and work once around, turn the work so that the border will be right side out when turned up, and work around five times more. Make a chain of 18 or 20 stitches, according to length you wish the tassel, wind the wool over four fingers, or a card five inches wide, 20 times, slip off, tie tightly near one end to form the head of tassel, and cut open the other end.

Happy Hooking!
 
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This free vintage crochet pattern is from Handbook of Wool Knitting and Crochet by Anonymous. It is available for download on Project Gutenberg at https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26113 . The wording has been updated for modern readers with the assistance of Google Gemini 2.0 Flash.