Hot Cocoa Top Hat Headband – Crochet Pattern

Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links; as an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. For more details, please see my Disclosure Policy here.

Pin it for later!

Make your holiday season sweet, festive and fun with this adorable Hot Cocoa Headband! The mug has a cheery and detailed look, and is fast and easy to make! Attach it to your favorite headband and you’ve got a quick, quirky and cute gift, stocking stuffer, or fashion accessory for (virtual) Christmas parties and gatherings! What a great way to top off (literally!) a fun ugly holiday sweater ensemble! This headband is sure to be a hit this Christmas!

Hot Cocoa Headband

This headband is being brought to you by popular demand! That’s right – the initial design for the cocoa mug seen here was for my Amigurumi Hot Cocoa Gnome Ornament. But when I posted a photo of the cocoa piece, I received so many suggestions that it should go on a headband that I just had to release this separate pattern! So, go ahead and get festive and put some hot cocoa on your head this year!!! (Why not – it seems like the correct wacky thing to do to see off such a bizarre year!)

As with my Gnome, I used a Joann’s house brand yarn here called Big Twist Twinkle. A very similar yarn, that I’ve used before and have had great success with, is Caron Simply Soft Party! You can find some on Amazon:

Looking for the ad-free PDF copy of this pattern? You can purchase one in my shop HERE!

Supplies
Size D-3 / 3.25 mm crochet hook

Medium weight yarn in Red – about 75 yds; yarn used in photos is Big Twist Twinkle in Red

Medium weight yarn in White – about 60 yds needed for Headband, Candy Cane and Marshmallows; yarn used in photos is Red Heart Super Saver in White

Medium weight yarn in light brown for Cocoa – about 30 yds; yarn used in photos is Red Heart Super Saver in Cafe Latte

Fiberfill stuffing

Scissors

Yarn Needle

Plastic Craft Headband

Abbreviations
Beg = beginning
BLO = back loop only
Ch = chain
FLO = front loop only
Rem = remaining
Rep = repeat
Rnd(s) = round(s)
Sc = single crochet
Sc2tog = single crochet 2 together
Sk = skip
Sl st = slip stitch
St(s) = stitch(es)

Gauge
Exact gauge is not essential to this project

Size
Cocoa mug measures about 4 – 5 inches in height (not including candy cane)

How to Make This

Instructions
Mug/Hat Base
This piece is worked in continuous rnds; do not join. You may wish to use a stitch marker and move it up at the beg of each new rnd.
Rnd 1 – with Red, make a magic ring. 6 sc in ring. (6 sc)
Rnd 2 – 2 sc in each st around. (12 sc)
Rnd 3 – 2 sc in next st, sc in next st; rep around. (18 sc)
Rnd 4 – 2 sc in next st, sc in next 2 sts; rep around. (24 sc)
Rnd 5 – 2 sc in next st, sc in next 3 sts; rep around. (30 sc)
Rnd 6 – 2 sc in next st, sc in next 4 sts; rep around. (36 sc)
Rnd 7 – working in BLO (first photo below), 2 sc in next st, sc in next 5 sts; rep around. (42 sc)
Rnd 8 – 2 sc in next st, sc in next 6 sts; rep around. (48 sc)
Rnd 9 – 2 sc in next st, sc in next 7 sts; rep around. (54 sc)
Rnd 10 – 2 sc in next st, sc in next 8 sts; rep around. (60 sc)
Rnd 11 – 2 sc in next st, sc in next 9 sts; rep around. (66 sc)
Rnd 12 – 2 sc in next st, sc in next 10 sts; rep around. (72 sc)
Fasten off. (Second photo below shows finished piece.)

Mug
This piece is worked in continuous rnds; do not join. You may wish to use a stitch marker and move it up at the beg of each new rnd.
Rnd 1 – In rem loops of Rnd 7 (first photo below), attach Red and ch 1. Sc in each st around. (36 sc)
Rnds 2 – 14 – sc in each st around. (36 sc)
Rnd 15 – working in FLO, sc in each st around. (36 sc)
Fasten off. Begin stuffing. (Second photo below shows finished piece.)

Handle
Starting 4 rnds down from top of Mug, attach Red on side of Mug (first photo below) and ch 10 (second photo). Sk 5 rnds down Mug and sl st around a sc on the next rnd (third photo). Fasten off. (Fourth photo below shows finished piece.)

Cocoa
This piece is worked in continuous rnds; do not join. You may wish to use a stitch marker and move it up at the beg of each new rnd.
Rnd 1 – In rem sts of Rnd 15 of Mug, attach Cafe Latte and ch 1 (first photo below). Sc2tog over next 2 sts, sc in next 4 sts; rep around. (30 sc)
Rnd 2 – sc2tog over next 2 sts, sc in next 3 sts; rep around. (24 sc)
Rnd 3 – sc2tog over next 2 sts, sc in next 2 sts; rep around. (18 sc)
Rnd 4 – sc2tog over next 2 sts, sc in next st; rep around. Finish stuffing (do not overstuff). (12 sc)
Rnd 5 – sc2tog around. (6 sc)
Rnd 6 – sc2tog over next 2 sts. Leave rem sts unworked. (5 sc)
Fasten off, leaving long tail for sewing closed rem gap from Rnd 5. (Second photo below shows finished piece.)

Candy Cane
This piece is worked in continuous rnds; do not join. You may wish to use a stitch marker and move it up at the beg of each new rnd.
Rnd 1 – with White, make a magic ring. 6 sc in ring. (6 sc)
Rnd 2 – sc in each st around. In last st, change to Red. (6 sc)
Rnds 3 – 4 – sc in each st around. Change to White in last st. (6 sc)
Rnds 5 – 6 – sc in each st around. Change to Red in last st. (6 sc)
Rnds 7 – 18 – rep Rnds 3 – 6 three times. Do not change to Red at end of Rnd 18. (First photo below shows piece at this stage.)
Fasten off, leaving long tail for sewing. Form into cane shape but pulling on beg tail tightly and pressing tip down to make “u” shape. (Second photo below.)

Marshmallow (make 5 or as many as desired)
This piece is worked in continuous rnds; do not join. You may wish to use a stitch marker and move it up at the beg of each new rnd.
Rnd 1 – with White, make a magic ring. 6 sc in ring. (6 sc)
Rnd 2 – working in BLO, sc in each st around. (6 sc)
Rnd 3 – sc in each st around. 6 sc)
Fasten off, leaving long tail for sewing. Use beg tail to stuff piece.

Headband
Starting at one end of plastic crafts headband, place a small section of desired yarn color on inside of headband.

Begin wrapping around this section, and continue wrapping around rest of headband. Wrap tightly, pushing yarn down occasionally to keep work tight.

When only about a half a centimeter of the headband remains on the other end, fasten off, leaving a long tail. Holding wrapped yarn in place, thread needle with tail and weave it through 1-2 centimeters of wrapped yarn at the edge of the headband.

Finishing
Sew Candy Cane and Marshmallows to Cocoa (first photo below). Sew Cocoa piece to side of Headband.  Weave in all ends.

Here is the finished headband!

I hope you enjoyed crocheting this headband along with me today! If you love fun, free patterns like this one, then please be sure to subscribe to my email list to stay up to date with my latest designs:

Also, please be sure to follow me on social media, and tag me in photos of your projects made from my patterns, so I can see your lovely work!

Don’t forget to pin it for later HERE!

And that ad-free PDF can be found HERE!

COPYRIGHT:  This pattern is owned by Crafty Kitty Crochet (Melissa Moore). Any reselling or distribution of this pattern is prohibited. Sale of items made using this pattern is welcomed, but I do ask that credit/a link be provided back to my site, craftykittycrochet.com.