Crochet Project: Mesh Hats

Last week, my Sister commissioned me to make some chemo caps for her best friend's Mom who has been battling colon cancer for a while now. During her latest round of chemotherapy the woman has started to lose her hair and she's feeling a bit self-conscious about that. So, my Sister wanted to give her some fun/cute crocheted hats to wear. Yesterday, I found a few patterns on Ravelry that I decided to try for her, including this Mesh Skullcap.

My Sister picked out Watermelon colored Caron Simply Soft yarn for me to make the hat from, but this project would be great made with thicker yarn too. I tried larger hooks (N as the pattern suggests - as well as L and M - for adult-sized hats), but to me the big/loose stitching didn't look very nice with this slightly thinner yarn that the pattern designer suggested. Using the size K hook worked better for me with this yarn - I just added one extra increasing round between rounds 4 and 5 in the pattern and an extra two of the repeated rounds (13 instead of just 11) to get the hat size correct (since I didn't have the correct gauge with this smaller hook).
I loved how this hat turned out, so just for fun I quickly made one (out of some left over Magenta Knit One Crochet Too Fleece yarn) for myself too.

This hat is super-easy to make, and to customize for correct fit (since you can try it on as you go), for those who don’t have problems crocheting in rounds.