Free Crochet Pattern and Video Tutorial - Top Hat

Welcome!
I hope you will enjoy the creation of this top hat! I've included the written instructions below for making the top hat in #4 medium weight yarn or #7 jumbo weight yarn (the instructions are the same, just with different measurements, of course).

You can also find a full step-by-step video tutorial on my YouTube channel - linked below! (Note that R1-3 of the YouTube video are for a hat made with non-plush yarn; if you are using any yarn weight thicker than #4 medium weight yarn, follow the instructions for R1-3 as written below and then you can continue with the YouTube video in R4.) 

Please feel free to contact me with any questions that you may have along the way. Happy crocheting!

Materials You Will Need:

• Crochet hook size: 3.5 mm OR 8 mm (depending on the yarn you are using)
• #4 medium worsted weight yarn OR #7 jumbo weight yarn: black and gray
• Yarn needle
• Optional: Sewing needle and black thread for sewing down the yarn ends

Final measurement for the top hat made with a 3.5mm hook and #4 medium weight yarn is 1.75 in/4.45 cm tall. Final measurement for a top hat made with an 8 mm hook and #7 jumbo weight yarn is 5.5 in/14 cm tall.

Abbreviations:
ch – chain
sc – single crochet
sts – stitches
dec – sc decrease st
sl st – slip stitch

Note #1: This pattern is crocheted in continuous rounds (you will not join each round).

Note #2: In my patterns, I begin each circle with “ch 2, 8 sc in first ch.” Another way of beginning is to start with a magic circle. If you are more familiar with this method, just do 8 sc into your magic circle.

Top Hat
With black yarn,
R1: Ch 2, 6 sc in first ch (8 sts)
R2: Inc in each sc around (16 sts)
R3: (Sc 1, inc), 8 times (24 sts)
R4: (Sc 3, inc), 6 times (30 sts)
R5: Sc 30 in the BACK LOOPS ONLY of the previous round (30 sts)
R6-10: Sc 30 (5 total rounds)
Switch to gray,
R11: Sc 30 (30 sts)
R12: (Sc 13, dec), 2 times (28 sts)
R13: Sc 28 (28 sts)
Switch to black,
R14: In the FRONT LOOPS ONLY, (Sc 3, inc), 7 times (35 sts)
R15: (Sc 1, inc), 17 times, sc 1 (52)
R16: Sc 52 (52 sts)

Skip 1 stitch, then do a slip stitch in the next stitch for a more invisible seam. Then fasten off, leaving a yarn tail for sewing (if you want to sew the hat to whatever you are making), or a short tail for weaving in (if you want the hat to be separate). 

Now either stuff the hat and sew it on, or weave in the yarn ends and stitch in place with matching sewing thread and a sewing needle.

And there you go, you are done! Thank you so much for joining me in making a top hat! Enjoy!