8 Granny Stitch Mesh Bucket Hat Patterns

The granny stitch, worked as an open cluster pattern instead of solid squares, turns a bucket hat into a breathable mesh without switching to a filet or V-stitch technique. These eight patterns use that same base stitch but land on noticeably different finished hats, depending on hook size, yarn weight, and whether the yarn is held single or double.

Granny stitch bucket hat patterns to explore

1. Wallflower Granny Stitch Hat

Michelle Moore at MJ’s Off The Hook Designs holds two strands of worsted cotton together throughout, worked top-down on a 6mm hook with a smaller 5.5mm hook for the brim. It’s graded from 0-6 months through adult, the widest size range of the eight here.

2. Granny Stitch Bucket Hat

Viv at VivCrochets uses a single strand of medium weight cotton on a 5.5mm hook, just 80 grams total, small enough to finish from one skein. The finished hat measures 33.5 by 20 cm and fits a 51-55 cm head.

3. Granny Square Bucket Hat

loveshorestudio leans into color more than the others, worked in four different worsted weight colors on a 4.25mm or 5.00mm hook. It’s published as an interactive Ribblr pattern with built-in video and automatic US/UK term switching, useful if granny stitch terminology usually trips you up.

4. Granny Stitch Bucket Hat

Cyprianne Nolan adds a decorative ruffle to the brim rather than a plain edge, worked in worsted cotton on a 6.5mm hook for the body and a smaller 5.5mm hook for the brim detail. The ruffle is the one styling detail that sets this apart from the plainer brims on the other three.

5. Granny Square Bucket Hat

Susan at A Box of Twine works five puff stitch granny squares, one for the top and four for the sides, then seams them and adds an edged brim. It measures about 21 inches around.

6. Granny Square Bucket Hat

Maggie at Zamiguz combines puff stitches with half and treble crochet across a pentagon crown and five granny squares, finished with a spiral brim. It comes in two sizes, 21 or 23 inches around.

7. Granny Square Bucket Hat

Louise Bollanos at Handy Little Me shapes the crown with single crochet worked in a spiral, then seams on five double crochet granny squares. It finishes at 18 inches around with a 9 inch height.

8. Granny Square Bucket Hat

Jessica Underwood at Stitching Together works a hexagonal crown in puff stitches and double crochet, whip-stitches six puff-stitch granny squares into a ring around it, then joins single crochet borders and works a graduated brim outward in continuous rounds with strategic increases.