How to Crochet an Enchanting Halloween Witch Hat Placemat
When you think of Halloween what do you think of? Skeletons, ghosts and … witches! This free Crochet Halloween Witch Hat Placemat pattern features a classic witch’s hat in purple with a black band and a golden buckle. Every little girl I know has one of these in her dressing up box.
This is just one of four Halloween-themed tapestry crochet placemats. This set will brighten up any table and make any mealtime fun. It is very reminiscent of the illustrations in children’s books.
Make them all to set a spooky Halloween table that will delight your family and guests.
Part of a set …
This is one of a set of 4 fabulous Halloween placemat crochet patterns. All are exactly the same size and each PDF Pattern contains the chart (small and large versions), written instructions and colour block instructions! The collection includes:
- Witches Hat (scroll down to get to the free pattern on the blog post)
- Bat and Moon (free on the blog)
- Pumpkin (free on the blog pattern)
- Cat (currently a paid pattern)
Get them all!
There is the option to purchase the full set of placemat patterns in my shops for one amazing price! You can find them on Etsy here and my website shop here.
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Inspiration Behind the Design of the Crochet Halloween Witch Hat Placemat
Is Halloween complete without a witch? Growing up I remember so many parties where most of the girls were dressed up as witches. Of course, in the 1980’s the dresses were usually a black bin liner with head and arm holes cut in and a belt or some string to pull it in and give it some shape. And we would spend hours designing and creating our own witches hats! Today it is all about the store bought costumes. Being crafty I find this a little disappointing… although there have been some years where I have been super grateful for the ability to purchase store bought quickly!
I originally designed this Halloween witch hat placemat pattern, along with the other three in the set, in summer of 2020. The cat and the witches hat versions were part of the Home for Halloween E-Book publication. This was a set of 6 crochet patterns that you would use to decorate your home (see below). The bat and pumpkin placemats were released independently the following year.
I was thrilled at how many of you liked these patterns!
They’ve always popular at home. The children (big and small) always request these crochet placemats be used on the table, regardless of the season. Of course, they are a must in Fall!
I hope your family and friends will enjoy them just as much.
Construction of the Tapestry Crochet Witch’s Hat Placemat
This placemat design of a twisted witch hat is created in tapestry crochet. This technique is simpler than you may think. It’s just basic single crochet stitches with simple colour changes. You can learn how to change colours and how to carry your yarn with my tapestry crochet video tutorial.
The Yarn
I always recommend using cotton for placemats and kitchen projects. It is durable, looks great for years, is easy to care for and you can get it in so many colours.
This set of crochet Halloween placemats was made with Paintbox Cotton Aran. It’s a worsted-weight yarn that’s easy to care for. When needed, you can just throw them in the washing machine.
Memento cotton or Dishie Cotton from WeCrochet would also work well for this pattern.
Get the Individual PDF pattern!
The PDF pattern will tell you all you need to know about how to crochet a witch hat placemat. You can find the ad-free PDF Pattern for this one in all of my shops:
Sunflower Cottage Crochet Halloween E-Book
If you want more great patterns for crochet Halloween decorations, you’ll find seven fun crochet Halloween decor ideas, including this Halloween witch hat placemat and my black cat placemat, in my Home for Halloween E-book. It contains the patterns for all of these shown below:
You can find this Halloween crochet e-book in our Ravelry shop and blog shop at an amazing price!
Pattern Details for the Halloween Crochet Witch Hat Placemat
Materials:
- Any 4 weight (worsted/aran weight) cotton yarn of your choosing, approximately 500-700 yards
- I used Paintbox Cotton Aran
- 5mm hook
- Scissors
- Tapestry Needle
- Stitch Markers optional to mark first or last stitch of the row.
- Measuring Tape optional
Gauge:
Using sc as your gauge stitch, 2’’x 2’’ is 8 stitches x 10 rows
Sizing:
Finished size is 17.5’’ wide by 11’’ high.
Free Witches Hat Halloween Placemat Pattern:
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Written instructions:
← Row 1 [RS]: In background colour (grey) CH 69 and in second Ch from hook SC in each ch across OR FSC 68 (68)
→ Row 2 [WS]: (grey) x 68 (68 stitches)
← Row 3 [RS]: (grey) x 68 (68 stitches)
→ Row 4 [WS]: (grey) x 68 (68 stitches)
← Row 5 [RS]: (grey) x 68 (68 stitches)
→ Row 6 [WS]: (grey) x 68 (68 stitches)
← Row 7 [RS]: (grey) x 21, (purple) x 16, (grey) x 31 (68 stitches)
→ Row 8 [WS]: (grey) x 28, (purple) x 20, (grey) x 20 (68 stitches)
← Row 9 [RS]: (grey) x 16, (purple) x 29, (grey) x 23 (68 stitches)
→ Row 10 [WS]: (grey) x 20, (purple) x 36, (grey) x 12 (68 stitches)
← Row 11 [RS]: (grey) x 10, (purple) x 40, (grey) x 18 (68 stitches)
→ Row 12 [WS]: (grey) x 17, (purple) x 42, (grey) x 9 (68 stitches)
← Row 13 [RS]: (grey) x 8, (purple) x 45, (grey) x 15 (68 stitches)
→ Row 14 [WS]: (grey) x 14, (purple) x 47, (grey) x 7 (68 stitches)
← Row 15 [RS]: (grey) x 6, (purple) x 49, (grey) x 13 (68 stitches)
→ Row 16 [WS]: (grey) x 12, (purple) x 50, (grey) x 6 (68 stitches)
← Row 17 [RS]: (grey) x 15, (purple) x 42, (grey) x 11 (68 stitches)
→ Row 18 [WS]: (grey) x 10, (purple) x 39, (grey) x 19 (68 stitches)
← Row 19 [RS]: (grey) x 22, (purple) x 37, (grey) x 9 (68 stitches)
→ Row 20 [WS]: (grey) x 8, (purple) x 37, (grey) x 23 (68 stitches)
← Row 21 [RS]: (grey) x 23, (purple) x 38, (grey) x 7 (68 stitches)
→ Row 22 [WS]: (grey) x 7, (purple) x 24, (yellow) x 7, (purple) x 7, (grey) x 23 (68 stitches)
← Row 23 [RS]: (grey) x 24, (purple) x 6, (yellow) x 7, (purple) x 24, (grey) x 7 (68 stitches)
→ Row 24 [WS]: (grey) x 6, (purple) x 17, (black) x 8, (yellow), (black) x 5, (yellow), (black) x 6, (grey) x 24 (68 stitches)
← Row 25 [RS]: (grey) x 24, (black) x 6, (yellow) x 3, (black) x 3, (yellow), (black) x 8, (grey) x 8, (purple) x 9, (grey) x 6 (68 stitches)
→ Row 26 [WS]: (grey) x 6, (purple) x 7, (grey) x 10, (black) x 8, (yellow), (black) x 3, (yellow) x 3, (black) x 6, (grey) x 24 (68 stitches)
← Row 27 [RS]: (grey) x 24, (black) x 6, (yellow), (black) x 5, (yellow), (black) x 7, (grey) x 13, (purple) x 5, (grey) x 6 (68 stitches)
→ Row 28 [WS]: (grey) x 25, (purple) x 6, (yellow) x 7, (purple) x 5, (grey) x 25 (68 stitches)
← Row 29 [RS]: (grey) x 25, (purple) x 5, (yellow) x 7, (purple) x 6, (grey) x 25 (68 stitches)
→ Row 30 [WS]: (grey) x 26, (purple) x 17, (grey) x 25 (68 stitches)
← Row 31 [RS]: (grey) x 16, (purple) x 4, (grey) x 5, (purple) x 16, (grey) x 27 (68 stitches)
→ Row 32 [WS]: (grey) x 27, (purple) x 15, (grey) x 5, (purple) x 6, (grey) x 15 (68 stitches)
← Row 33 [RS]: (grey) x 14, (purple) x 8, (grey) x 4, (purple) x 14, (grey) x 28 (68 stitches)
→ Row 34 [WS]: (grey) x 29, (purple) x 13, (grey) x 4, (purple) x 2, (grey) x 2, (purple) x 5, (grey) x 13 (68 stitches)
← Row 35 [RS]: (grey) x 11, (purple) x 5, (grey) x 4, (purple) x 2, (grey) x 4, (purple) x 13, (grey) x 29 (68 stitches)
→ Row 36 [WS]: (grey) x 30, (purple) x 12, (grey) x 5, (purple) x 2, (grey), (purple), (grey) x 2, (purple) x 5, (grey) x 10 (68 stitches)
← Row 37 [RS]: (grey) x 9, (purple) x 4, (grey) x 4, (purple) x 3, (grey) x 5, (purple) x 12, (grey) x 31 (68 stitches)
→ Row 38 [WS]: (grey) x 31, (purple) x 13, (grey) x 10, (purple) x 5, (grey) x 9 (68 stitches)
← Row 39 [RS]: (grey) x 9, (purple) x 5, (grey) x 9, (purple) x 13, (grey) x 32 (68 stitches)
→ Row 40 [WS]: (grey) x 32, (purple) x 17, (grey) x 4, (purple) x 5, (grey) x 10 (68 stitches)
← Row 41 [RS]: (grey) x 11, (purple) x 24, (grey) x 33 (68 stitches)
→ Row 42 [WS]: (grey) x 34, (purple) x 21, (grey) x 13 (68 stitches)
← Row 43 [RS]: (grey) x 15, (purple) x 17, (grey) x 36 (68 stitches)
→ Row 44 [WS]: (grey) x 38, (purple) x 13, (grey) x 17 (68 stitches)
← Row 45 [RS]: (grey) x 68 (68 stitches)
→ Row 46 [WS]: (grey) x 68 (68 stitches)
← Row 47 [RS]: (grey) x 68 (68 stitches)
→ Row 48 [WS]: (grey) x 68 (68 stitches)
Fasten off and weave in ends!
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