Hat Hanger

I love hats. I have many of them but rarely wear any. I will occasionally wear a ball cap on a bad hair day or on the beach. You may catch me in a toboggan when it’s really cold and I have to be outside. 

When we were in Lincolnton a couple months ago, I visited a little boutique where they had hats for sale. I left with one. I have no idea where to wear it but I like it. I am actually wearing it in my blogger profile picture. It’s a hard hat with delicate embroidered mid Western designs.  

Any way, I needed a place to hang my hat. I had a nail in the closet but that’s where I hang my fedora. I could not find any room to hang another hat as my closest space is small. That’s when I turned to the internet for inspiration. I saw many hand made hat hangers but they were all made in Macramé. I gave it some thought and figured I could just crochet something similar. 

With no pattern, I grabbed some brown cotton yarn and began crocheting. I started with a wooden ring and  guessed at the rest. A few inches of the bobble stitch gave it some detailed character. Then I began the split using just half double crochet stitches until I got the size I needed to slide the hat through. I finished it off by joining the two sides and adding a tassel. 

I love how it turned out and impressed myself that I did this in one try. I could have added more decorations such as beads or other colored yarns but I like the simplicity of this one and now it hangs on my bedroom wall. If I never wear this hat again, at least it makes a cute decoration in my room.