Crochet Sun Hat Patterns: 6 Free Designs
A crochet sun hat needs a brim and crown construction that suit the intended wearer, and the yarn choice changes how it packs. These six original patterns cover different size ranges, from raffia that folds flat for travel to cotton worked top-down with a customizable brim.
Stitch markers matter more than usual here since you’re tracking rounds through crown shaping and brim increases both.
Sun hat patterns to explore
1. Wheatfield Crochet Sun Hat
Briana Kepner at Briana K Designs provides seven sizes from newborn through large adult. The pattern uses double-held cotton and a 5.5 mm hook, with optional plastic-coated wire in the final brim round for extra structure.
2. Lightweight Cotton Crochet Sun Hat
Hannah Cross at HanJan Crochet works this seamless hat top-down in worsted cotton with a 4 mm hook. The pattern spans newborn through medium/large adult sizes and allows custom hat height and brim depth.
3. Solara Sunhat
Michelle Moore at MJ’s Off the Hook Designs includes baby, child, and adult sizes. It is worked top-down with a shell-stitch body and a structured single-crochet brim. Covering baby through adult in one pattern makes it useful if you want matching hats for a whole family in one go.
4. Free Floppy Sun Hat
Anne Egan works this one in candy-striped DK cotton on 4mm and 4.5mm hooks, finishing at 40cm across for a 55cm head. The wide, floppy brim is built for maximum shade rather than a packable travel shape.
5. Free Crochet Sun Hat Pattern
Louise Bollanos at Handy Little Me uses raffia yarn on 5mm and 6mm hooks, worked in simple spiral rounds. Raffia holds its shape but folds flat for packing, which none of the cotton versions on this list do.
6. Crochet Sun Hat
Joanne Loh at Craft Passion works from the crown down in single crochet with two brim options built into one pattern: a narrower 5-inch brim or a wider 6-inch one. Building both brim widths into a single pattern means you can choose sun coverage without needing to track down a second set of instructions.
Choosing by pack-ability and shade
For travel, Louise Bollanos’s raffia hat is the only one here designed to fold flat. For maximum sun coverage, Anne Egan’s wide floppy brim and Briana Kepner’s optional wire-reinforced brim both prioritize shade over packability. If you want to choose your own brim width, Joanne Loh’s two-option pattern and Hannah Cross’s customizable depth both build that flexibility in.
