Every time i try to crochet a hat, it never becomes hat-like

Question

i've tried at least 4 times to crochet a bucket hat, and it always turns out as a flat circle. what am i doing wrong?

Answer 1

here is a crochet hat video that you can look at. it may give you an indication of where you go wrong. good luck!

Answer 2

To crochet a flat circle, you have increase stitches every row.  If you want it to start shaping into a bucket hat, you need to stop increasing stitches and keep crocheting the same number of stitches in every row.

If you post the pattern, I'll see if I can help you with it.

Answer 3

First, crochet a flat circle as big as you want.  Then, keep crocheting without increasing.  Hope it helps.

Answer 4

I've never tried crocheting anything other than flat but, in knitting socks, it's necessary to use three needles to form a tube. I can't visulaize crocheting a tube so am thinking you may have to crochet 4 pieces, decreasing the number of stitches in the rows toward the top (like the knitted sock-toe) and then sew the pieces together.  I don't know of another way to do this.  Why don't you cut 4 same-size pieces, going to a flattened point at the top, out of newspaper to make a pattern and see how you can best fit it together?  Where there's a will, there's a way (so I've heard!).