Mandy Anne Murray

I found a pattern for the hat Bella wears during the trip to La Push online, at Jenny Hats, and whipped up a version.

Totally cute.

Looking at a photo of the hat from the movie, however, led me to want to change the pattern a little. So I did.

I came up with this:

Just a few changes here and there. But I wanted to post the revisions I made to the pattern in case anyone wanted to try mine out too. I added another row of vertical rib, moved the horizontal rib up and shortened the entire thing.

Bella’s La Push Crochet Hat variation

1 skein worsted weight yarn in grey (I used Lion Brand Wool-Ease in Oxford Grey.)
5.5 mm/I9 crochet hook

Using two strands together, ch 3, join w/ sl st.

R1: Ch3 (counts as 1st dc), 15dcs into loop. Join. (16 st)
R2: Ch3, dc in top of previous ch3 (increase made), 2FPtr, [2dc in next stitch, 2FPtr]*. Repeat from *x 4. Join w/sl st in space created by ch3 in previous row. (20 st)
R3: Ch3, dc in top of ch3 (inc. made), dc in next st, 2FPtr (around each FPtr from previous row), [2dc in next st, dc, 2FPtr]*. Repeat from *x 4. Join.
R4: Ch3, dc in top of ch3 (inc. made), 2dc, 2FPtr, [2dc in next st, 2dc, 2FPtr]*. Repeat from *x 4. Join. (40 st)
R5: Ch3, dc in top of ch3 (inc. made), 4dc, 2dc in next st, 2FPtr, [2dc in next st, 2dc, 2dc in next st, 2FPtr]*. Repeat * x 4. Join. (50 st)
R6: Ch3, dc in top of ch3 (inc. made), 6dc, 2dc in next st, 2FPtr, [2dc in next st, 4dc, 2dc in next st, 2FPtr]*. Repeat * x 4. Join. (60 st)
R7: Ch3, dc in top of ch3 (inc. made), 8 dc, 2FPtr, [2dc in next st, 6 dc, 2dc in next st, 2FPTR]*. Repeat * x 4. Join. (70 st)
R8-R9: Ch3, 9dc, 2FPtr, [10dc, 2FPtr]*. Repeat *x 4. (Work even)
R10: Ch3, 10BPdc, 2FPtr, [6BPdc, 2FPtr]*. Repeat * x 4. (Work even)
R11-R16: Work same as R7.
R17: Work same as R9.
R18: [Ch1, sl st] around.
Bind Off.

Special Stitches (from original pattern):
FPtr: Yarn over (yo) twice, insert hook (hk) around the post (from the front side of your work) of the stitch indicated; yo and draw up a loop (lp) (4 lps on hk); yo and draw through two lps (3 lps on hk); yo and draw through two lps (2 lps on hk); yo and draw through two lps (1 lp on hk).
BPdc: Yarn over, insert hook from the back side of the work right to left around the post of the indicated stitch on a previous row; yo and pull up a loop (3 lps on hk); yo and draw through two lps (2 lps on hk); yo and draw through two lps (1 lp on hk).