One of my favorite crochet technique is fair isle crochet. The Camden Hat is a simple crochet beanie that uses this fun technique! It also has a matching cowl!
Pattern Inspiration
I have been in love with fair isle crochet lately and wanted to create a fun hat using the technique!
Fair isle crochet is a technique that you can use to create pictures within your project. You only need to know the basic crochet stitches to learn this technique.
Usually, you will find a graph of some sort within the pattern, to show you where to change colors.
It is very similar to tapestry crochet but the difference is that you float your non-working yarn behind your stitches, instead of working over it. It’s definitely easier than it looks and doesn’t take long to master!
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Pattern Details
The Yarn
I used Knit Picks Brava Worsted and Knit Picks Chroma Worsted to create my Camden Hat.
Brava Worsted is a really nice acrylic yarn with many color choices. It is also very affordable, which is another reason I love it. Chroma Worsted is a bit more expensive but comes in a fun variety of both self striping color combos and solid colors.
It was fun to use the solid black for the main color and the self striping Chroma for the contrasting color! I used Chroma for the pom also, and made it over sized so that it would really stand out!
This fair isle crochet pattern is rated intermediate on the difficulty level. Mostly because it is a learned technique, and being able to read a graph is helpful.
The crochet hat is worked from the bottom up with the brim created first. Then you work the fair isle part and decrease at the top to close the hat.
Occasionally you will find fair isle crochet and tapestry crochet worked in the back loop only, but for this hat I work in both loops for that part of the hat. (The brim uses the back loop only.)
The pattern comes in sizes toddler, child and adult.
With this pattern you will receive a written pattern, a graph to follow, a photo tutorial, and a link to a video tutorial. So even if you don’t know how to do tapestry crochet, you can learn it!
More Fair Isle crochet Hat Patterns
Love this pattern? You may also like some of these other crochet hat patterns that use the fair isle technique.
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Camden Hat
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Camden Hat Pattern
Copyright © 2026 Michelle Ferguson – Two Brothers Blankets
All rights reserved. No part of this pattern may be reproduced, sold, or tampered with, in any form or by any means, without permission from the publisher.
Items produced from these patterns may be sold, but the patterns themselves may not be sold, shared, or altered in any way.
Yarn:
100% Premium Acrylic
100g/218yards
70% Superwash Wool, 30% Nylon
100g/218yards
Hook:
I (5.5mm) crochet hook
Other Materials:
Pom Pom maker (optional)
Gauge:
16 sc + 16 rows= 4” square
Pattern Difficulty:
Easy
Stitches Needed & Abbreviations
st – stitch(es)
ch – chain
sl st – slip stitch
sc – single crochet
blo – back loop only
sc2tog – single crochet 2 together
MC – main color
CC – contrasting color
** – repeat what is inside these symbols
Sizing:
- Toddler (18-20” head circumference)/7” long
- Child (19-21”)/9” long
- Adult (21-22”)/10” long
Pattern Notes:
Hat is worked from the bottom up. Starting chain 1 does not count as first stitch.
Hat is made in fair isle crochet style. Unused yarn is floated behind the stitches until it is used again.
Watch your tension throughout the workup. Don’t pull your floats tight behind the stitches.
Pattern is written in toddler size with larger sizes in parentheses as follows: Toddler (Child, Adult).
Printable graph page is provided below if you prefer to follow that. Photo tutorial for color changes and catching your floats is also provided.
Pattern is written as number of stitches to work with what color to use as follows: 2 (MC), 2 (CC).
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Camden Hat Crochet Pattern:
Brim of Hat
With MC or CC
Ch 9
Row 1: Sc in 2nd ch from hook and across. (8)
Row 2: Ch 1, turn, in blo sc in each st across. (8)
Rows 3-72(80, 88): Repeat row 2. (8)
Sew both ends of the brim together by slip stitching through both stitches across. Turn brim to the other side and continue to Body of Hat.
Body of Hat
Round 1: (MC) Ch 1, work 73(81, 89) sc evenly around the side of the brim, join to 1st st. (73, 81, 89)
Round 2: Ch 1, 2 (CC), 5 (MC), *3 (CC), 5 (MC)*, repeat to last 2 st, 2 (CC), join to 1st st. (73, 81, 89)
Round 3: Ch 1, 1 (MC), 2 (CC), 3 (MC), *2 (CC), 1 (MC), 2 (CC),3 (MC)*, repeat around to last 3 st, 2 (CC), 1 (MC), join to 1st st. (73, 81, 89)
Round 4: Ch 1, 2 (MC) , 2 (CC), 1 (MC), 2 (CC), *3 (MC), 2 (CC), 1 (MC), 2 (CC)*, repeat around to last 2 st, 2 (MC), join to 1st st. (73, 81, 89)
Round 5: Ch 1, 3 (MC), 3 (CC), *5 (MC), 3 (CC)*, repeat around to last 3 st, 3 (MC), join to 1st st. (73, 81, 89)
Round 6: (MC) Ch 1, sc in each st around, join to 1st st. (73, 81, 89)
Round 7: Ch 1, 2 (CC), 5 (MC), *3 (CC), 5 (MC)*, repeat around to last 2, 2 (CC), join to 1st st. (73, 81, 89)
Round 8: Repeat round 7.
Round 9: Repeat round 6.
Repeat rounds 2-9 one more time for toddler size, two more times for child size, and three more times for adult size.
Fasten off CC and use only MC for the rest of the hat.
Round 10: Ch 1, sc in each st around, join to 1st st. (73, 81, 89)
Round 11: Ch 1, sc in each st around to last 2 st, sc2tog, join to 1st st. (72, 80, 88)
Round 12: Ch 1, sc2tog around, join to 1st st. (36, 40, 44)
Round 13: Ch 1, sc in each st around, join to 1st st. (36, 40, 44)
Round 14: Ch 1, sc2tog around, join to 1st st. (18, 20, 22)
Round 15: Ch 1, sc2tog around, join to 1st st. (9,10,11)
Fasten off hat leaving a long tail to weave closed. With a tapestry needle, weave the tail in and out of the stitches in round 15. Pull tight to close. Fasten off. Weave in ends. Add Pompom to top of hat.
Fair Isle Crochet Chart for the Camden Hat
To follow chart, start with row 9 and work your way across each column, left to right. Then work your way up each row. Row 9= Round 1 in written pattern. Row 1= Round 9 in written pattern.
Photo Tutorial for Color Changes and Floats
To change colors, instead of finishing out the last stitch before you go to the next color, pull the next color through the 2 loops for the last step of your stitch. This will finish out your last stitch and start you off with the new color for your next stitch.
To catch your float when working 7 stitches or more in the same color, simply grab your non-working yarn when working a middle stitch and then drop it again until your next color change.
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