Ten crochet bucket hats, each from a different designer, each linking straight to that designer’s own free pattern. Different stitches, different brims: pick the one that matches your skill level and the yarn you already have.
1. Bella Coco Crochet – Crochet Bucket Hat
This is the Savannah Bucket Hat, made in Stylecraft Savannah, an Aran weight yarn that pools its colors, so the design comes from the yarn and not from complicated stitches. It uses 2 balls (130 g) and a 4 mm hook, and it finishes about 22 inches around with an 8 cm brim. Sarah-Jayne includes videos on tension, plus an ad-free 10 page PDF for sale, so it is a good choice if you struggle to reach gauge.
Free pattern: Crochet Bucket Hat at Bella Coco Crochet
2. Secret Yarnery – Easiest Crochet Bucket Hat
Secret Yarnery’s pattern is an easy double crochet hat aimed at first-time makers, and the writer says you can make it in an afternoon. You practice color changes and working in the round, and you set the size in the increase round, so the same pattern makes a snug child’s fit or a roomy adult one. A printable PDF is sold.
Free pattern: Easiest Crochet Bucket Hat at Secret Yarnery
3. Viv Crochets – Quick & Easy Crochet Bucket Hat
Viv’s hat has a straight brim, not a wavy one, and she says you can add more increases in the brim if you prefer wavy. The crown circle should match your head circumference, so your gauge must match hers to follow the sizing guide. It uses minimal yarn, has a video, and there are small adjustments in the pattern to make folds where the hat bends, so it holds a more structured shape.
Free pattern: Quick & Easy Crochet Bucket Hat at Viv Crochets
4. Crochet Dreamz – Magnolia Bucket Hat
The Magnolia is a lacy summer hat in worsted weight cotton (Lily Sugar ’n Cream) on a 4.5 mm hook, with five sizes: baby 17 inches around, toddler 18, child 20, adult small 21 and adult large 22. The yardage is listed for each size, from about 130 yards for a baby to more for an adult, and you need a locking stitch marker to keep track of the rounds.
Free pattern: Magnolia Bucket Hat at Crochet Dreamz
5. Make and Do Crew – Crochet Bucket Hat
Jess Coppom’s hat is made in mercerized cotton and single crochet, in kids and adult sizes, and it is part of a collaboration with Lion Brand. She says it looks better slightly oversized, so if you are between sizes, size up, and she wants you to measure your head above the ears and check your gauge. The page also answers whether a beginner can crochet a bucket hat.
Free pattern: Crochet Bucket Hat at Make and Do Crew
6. Nana’s Crafty Home – Essential Basic Bucket Hat
Tonya Bush’s hat comes in six sizes, from newborn (0 to 6 months) up to adult XL, all built on one repeatable stitch pattern. It is rated Easy. It begins with a magic circle, which you can replace with a chain 3 ring, and she says to count your stitches after each increase round. There is a fit guide on the page, and a bundle of kids’ bucket hat patterns.
Free pattern: Essential Basic Bucket Hat at Nana’s Crafty Home
7. YelenaStyleCrochet – Crochet Bucket Hat
Yelena wrote this as a step-by-step tutorial that explains the basic stitches as you go, and it has tips and techniques to help the hat come out the way you picture it. The hat itself has a solid half double crochet crown, a lacy band and a half double crochet brim.
Free pattern: Crochet Bucket Hat at YelenaStyleCrochet
8. T&C Crafters – Criss-Cross Bucket Hat
T&C Crafters had the idea for the criss-cross stitches when a friend, Alexandra of Yarn Crafts & Coffee, suggested a yarn giveaway with bucket hat patterns. It was inspired by a white dress with rainbow criss-crossed stitching, so contrasting colors are the point, and the criss-cross gives it a woven look without weaving.
Free pattern: Criss-Cross Bucket Hat at T&C Crafters
9. Leelee Knits – Crochet Bucket Hat
Leelee Knits’ hat is worked from the top down in the round, in single crochet, with back loop only and front loop only rounds. The written size is an adult women’s medium, for a 21 to 23 inch head, and she says it is fun and quick to make. There is a video walkthrough.
Free pattern: Crochet Bucket Hat at Leelee Knits
10. Two of Wands – Annie Bucket Hat
Annie is not a plain cotton bucket hat: it is worked in Lion Brand Go For Faux, a category 6 super bulky faux fur yarn, and Two of Wands says it is hard to see your stitches, but the softness is unmatched and mistakes are hidden. It has four sizes, 14 to 23.5 inches around, with a crown height of 4 to 7 inches, and the model wears size 3 on a 21 inch head. Suggested ease is from 2 inches negative to 1 inch positive.
Free pattern: Annie Bucket Hat at Two of Wands