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The Arden Beanie is an easy crochet hat pattern featuring an attractive stripped design using basic crochet stitches!
Welcome to Week one of the Wonderful Hats Crochet Along 2022! If this is your first time hearing about the crochet along, don’t worry, there is lots of time to catch up and all of the details can be found here: The Wonderful Hats Crochet Along 2022! I look forward to this event every year, well since the last two years, it’s always so much fun!
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The Crochet Beanie today (and the scarf that will follow on Friday) is made using basic crochet stitches including single crochet and double crochet. If this is your first time participating in a crochet along and/or you are new to crocheting, this is a good crochet hat to get your feet wet with!
The Arden Beanie (and all of the beanies in the crochet along) is worked from the brim up. I have worked the brim extra long so that I may fold it up. You may however choose to work it half the length to have a shorter brim. The other variation you may choose fro the brim is in the stitches.
When working my crochet hats I love to use a slip stitch brim – that is a brim that is worked entirely of slip stitches worked in the back loop only. Slip Stitches, I realize, are not everyone’s favourite! So for the brim, if your are not partial to slip stitches, you may wish to swap them out for single crochet or half double crochet stitches. I can’t wait to see what you choose!
Materials:
For the Arden Beanie, I will be working with two different colours of a worsted weight yarn. In the photos and in the video tutorial I am using the Color Theory Yarn by Lion Brand Yarn. It is super soft and 100% acrylic. You will need a full ball for your colour A and only a partial for your colour B.
For this pattern you will also need a 4.5 mm crochet hook. In the video tutorial below I will be using a Birchwood Hook by Rowan Yarns.
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If you are itching for another hat pattern to try, stay tuned, there are still three more free hat patterns coming to you in this crochet along. Also feel free to check out the Elizabeth Beanie Crochet Pattern which is still one of my top hat patterns from the Wonderful Hats Crochet Along a couple of years ago!
Happy Crocheting!
Sarah
The Arden Beanie Crochet Pattern:
Skill Level: Easy
Gauge: 19 sts x 14 rows of pattern = 4 inches
Finished Size: 8 x 10 inches laid flat, 20-23 inch circumference
Hook: Size G/7 (4.5 mm) Hook. Adjust hook size if necessary to obtain correct gauge
Stitches and Abbreviations:
Blo – Back Loop Only
Ch – Chain
Dc – Double Crochet
Rpt – Repeat
Sc – Single Crochet
Sk – Skip
Sl St – Slip Stitch
Yo – Yarn Over
Pattern Notes:
- Pattern is written in American English terms.
- Brim of hat is worked in rows, body of hat is worked in rounds.
- Ch 1 at beginning of round does not count as stitch.
- Do not turn at the end of each round, unless stated otherwise.
- Weave in ends as needed.
- OPTIONAL: Brim of hat may be worked using either single crochet stitches or half double crochet stitches instead of the slip stitches. You may also wish to shorten the foundation chain to make a brim that is not folded over (i.e. ch 13)
- To change the size of your beanie, you may use any multiple of stitches
Free Crochet Pattern:
Brim (Worked in rows):
With colour A, ch 26 (For brim that is folded over).
Row 1: Sl st in the 2nd ch from hook and in each ch across. Ch 1, turn. (25 sl sts)
Row 2: Working in the blo, sl st in each st across. Ch 1, turn. (25 sl sts)
Continue to repeat row 2 until work from the beginning measures approximately 16-17 inches.
Do not fasten off, but fold brim of hat so that two shorter ends meet. Now working through both thicknesses, sl st across working through the blo on each side. Do not fasten off. If working the long brim that you intend on folding, simply turn your work to work around the edge. If you are working a short brim that you will not fold up to wear, turn work right side out (so that the right side is facing you).
Now working around the edge of the brim, continue working in rounds as follows:
Hat Body (Worked in rounds):
Rnd 1: Ch 1, evenly work 78 hdc all the way around, switch to colour B in the final st. Join with a sl st in the first st, do not turn. (78 sts)
Rnd 2: With Colour B, Ch 1, sc in each st all the way around, switch to colour A in the final st; join with a sl st in the top of the 1st st.
Rnd 3: With Colour A, Ch 3 (Counts as a dc), dc in the next st and in each st around, switch to colour B in the final st. Join with a sl st in the top of the 1st st.
Rnds 4-13: Repeat rounds 2 and 3 five more times.
Rnd 14: With Colour B, Ch 1, sc in each st all the way around, switch to colour A in the final st; join with a sl st in the top of the 1st st.
Rnd 15: With colour A ch 3 (counts as a dc), dc in each of the next 5 sts, dc2tog, *dc in each of the next 6 sts, dc2tog; Rpt from * around switch to colour B in the final st, join with a sl st in the 1st st.
Rnd 16: With Colour B, Ch 1, sc in each st all the way around, switch to colour A in the final st; join with a sl st in the top of the 1st st.
Rnd 17: With colour A ch 3 (counts as a dc), dc in each of the next 4 sts, dc2tog, *dc in each of the next 5 sts, dc2tog; Rpt from * around switch to colour B in the final st, join with a sl st in the 1st st.
Rnd 18: With Colour B, Ch 1, sc in each st all the way around, switch to colour A in the final st; join with a sl st in the top of the 1st st. Fasten off colour B.
Rnd 19: With colour A ch 3 (counts as a dc), dc in each of the next 3 sts, dc2tog, *dc in each of the next 4 sts, dc2tog; Rpt from * around, join with a sl st in the 1st st.
Rnd 20: Ch 3 (counts as a dc), dc in each of the next 2 sts, dc2tog, *dc in each of the next 3 sts, dc2tog; Rpt from * around, join with a sl st in the 1st st.
Rnd 21: Ch 3 (counts as a dc), dc the next st, dc2tog, *dc in each of the next 2 sts, dc2tog; Rpt from * around, join with a sl st in the 1st st.
Rnd 22: Ch 3 (counts as a dc), dc2tog, *dc in the next st, dc2tog; Rpt from * around switch to colour B in the final st, join with a sl st in the 1st st.
Rnd 23: Ch 2 (Does not count as a st), dc in the next st, *dc2tog; rpt from * all the way around. Join with a sl st in the first st.
Fasten off leaving a long tail. Using the long tail, sew the top of the hat closed. Fasten off and weave in your ends. Attach Pompom to the top if desired.
Video Tutorial:
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