Cocoon: 18 1/2 inches long, 22-inch chest

Hat circumference: 16 inches

Materials

Red Heart Moon & Stars medium (worsted) weight yarn (1 3/4 oz/110 yds/50g per skein) (4): 4 skeins #3805 blue frosting

Size H/8/5mm crochet hook or size needed to obtain gauge

Yarn needle

Gauge

3 dc rnds = 2 inches; 6 dc = 1 1/2 inches;

2 shells = 2 inches

Pattern Notes

Weave in loose ends as work progresses.

Join with slip stitch as indicated unless otherwise stated.

Chain-3 at beginning of round counts as first double crochet unless otherwise stated.

Special Stitch

Shell: (Sc, ch 3, 3 dc) in indicated st or sp.

Cocoon & Hat

Cocoon

Rnd 1: Beg at bottom, ch 4, join (See Pattern Notes) in first ch to form a ring, ch 3 (see Pattern Notes) 11 dc in ring, join in 3rd ch of beg ch-3. (12 dc)

Rnd 2: Ch 3, dc in same st as beg ch-3, 2 dc in each dc around, join 3rd ch of beg ch-3. (24 dc)

Rnd 3: Ch 3, dc in same st as beg ch-3, 2 dc in next dc, dc in each of next 2 dc, [2 dc in each of next 2 dc, dc in each of next 2 dc] around, join in 3rd ch of beg ch-3. (36 dc)

Rnd 4: Ch 3, dc in same st as beg ch-3, 2 dc in next dc, dc in next dc, [2 dc in each of next 2 dc, dc in next dc] around, join in 3rd ch of beg ch-3. (60 dc)

Rnd 5: Ch 3, [dc in next dc, 2 dc in next dc] twice, [dc in each of next 2 dc, 2 dc in next dc, dc in next dc, 2 dc in next dc] 11 times, join in 3rd ch of beg ch-3. (84 dc)

Rnd 6: Ch 1, shell (see Special Stitch) in same dc as beg ch-1, sk next 3 dc, [shell in next dc, sk next 3 dc] around, join in beg sc. (21 shells)

Rnds 7-28: Sl st into ch-3 sp, ch 1, shell in same ch-3 sp, shell in each ch-3 sp around, join in beg sc.

Row 29: Now working in rows, sl st into ch-3 sp, ch 1, shell in same ch-3 sp, shell in each ch-3 sp across, turn, do not join. (21 shells)

Rows 30-32: Sl st into ch-3 sp, ch 1, shell in same ch-3 sp as beg ch-1, shell in each ch-3 sp across, turn.

At the end of row 32, fasten off.

Hat

Rnds 1-3: Rep rnds 1-3 of Cocoon. (36 dc)

Rnd 4: Ch 3, dc in next dc, 2 dc in next dc, [dc in each of next 2 dc, 2 dc in next dc] 11 times, join in 3rd ch of beg ch-3. (48 dc)

Rnd 5: Ch 1, shell in same dc as beg ch-1, sk next 3 dc, [shell in next dc, sk next 3 dc] around, join in beg sc. (12 shells)

Rnds 6-9: Sl st into ch-3 sp, ch 1, shell in same ch-3 sp, shell in each ch-3 sp around, join in beg sc.

At the end of rnd 9, fasten off.