Easy Luxurious Half Double Crochet Beanie Pattern Free

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Who could resist a Luxurious Half Double Crochet Beanie Pattern to go with the Lady of Luxury Crochet Infinity Scarf? This HDC beanie is soft, comfy and best of all it’s an easy project!

This simple beanie is a great way to make a warm accessory to keep you warm during cold weather.

You’ll find basic stitches and construction making this a perfect project for beginners. Keep reading for all the details and the free crochet pattern or you can purchase the ad-free PDF pattern here.

Are you a top down or a bottom up hat person? I’ve come to realize that I am a bottom up person. Working from the bottom in the round or sewing together a rectangle just seems so much simpler than working a top down hat.

This hdc hat is made using basic crochet stitches and by working in the round and adding a couple of rounds of simple decreases in. It is nice and easy!

As I was planning the pattern, I couldn’t decide if I wanted the majority of the basic beanie to be indigo or pearl, but I did know that I wanted the top to be indigo.  I had enough yarn that I didn’t have to decide where to put the color changes so I just made both of them and wrote down both patterns!

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If you only buy one skein in each color, you’ll have enough to make one of each version, but you will not have enough yarn to make the same version twice.

You may even have enough left over to make a fun blue yarn pom pom if you don’t want to buy them. I’ve been really impressed with the faux fur pom poms I purchased on Amazon. A navy blue faux fur pom would look great as well.

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Stitches Used in the Half Double Crochet Beanie Pattern

Since this hat is worked from the bottom up, you are first going make a chain, join that chain into a circle and then work the rest of the stitches for the body of the hat are worked in joined rounds.

For the majority of the hat, you will just be working basic half double crochet stitches and slip stitches and the end of each round.

Since you aren’t working in continuous rounds, it isn’t as necessary to use a stitch marker at the beginning of each round, but you might find it helpful to mark the first stitch of each round.

Once you get to the last two rounds, you’ll work half double crochets two together so the top of the hat is slightly tapered and easier to cinch closed.

If you don’t want to work the hdc2tog, you don’t have to! You can just do those last two rounds with hdcs and cinch the hat when you are done. The top will have slightly more bulk to it, but that’s the normal method I use when making a hat from a rectangle and it still works just fine.

Yarn Used in the Half Double Crochet Hat Pattern

For this easy hat pattern, I used Hygge Yarn by Red Heart. It is a category 5, Bulky Weight yarn that is 70% acrylic and 30% nylon. It’s a brushed acrylic so it’s fuzzy, cozy and incredibly soft.

Honestly, I was skeptical about this yarn until I felt it. It is the softest and coziest yarn. Many fuzzy yarns are a pain to work with, but I was pleasantly surprised how easy Hygge crocheted up.

If you can’t find Red Heart’s Hygge, the closet substitution I could find it Purely Soft by Mary Maxim. I haven’t worked with Purely Soft but the size and composition look to be the same as Hygge.

Since this hat pattern is basic, you could use pretty much any bulky yarn you’d like and you’ll end up with a great hat!

More Indigo – HDC beanie pattern (Version 1)

The beanie which has more indigo still has a wide pearl brim area which allows you to fold the brim up and make a wide or narrow brim.

If you’d like to wear this as a half double crochet slouchy beanie, then the more indigo version works the best and looks super cute.

More Pearl – HDC beanie (Version 2)

The crochet beanie with more pearl actually turned out to be my favorite. (I think – I can’t decide – I keep going back and forth!)

Folding the brim under to create a thick double brim while still maintaining a smooth hat looked even better than I expected. I don’t mind the bulky brim when it is folded up, but being able to fold it under and still get a great color block effect is wonderful!

Ok, to summarize all of that: Both hats look great with the brim folded up, but the more indigo hat looks great as a slouchy beanie and the more pearl hat looks great with the brim folded under.

Luxurious Half Double Crochet Beanie Pattern

Skill Level: Beginner

Gauge: 4″x4″ = 11 hdcs by 10 rounds

Finished Size: 21″ in circumference and 11″ tall with the brim unfolded

Materials:

Size K, 6.5 mm Crochet Hook

2 skeins of #5 Bulky Yarn (5oz/132 yds)

• Samples used one skein of Red Heart Hygge in Indigo and Pearl

Tapestry needle

Faux Fur Pom Pom (optional)

Abbreviations:

ch: chain
sl st: slip stitch
hdc: half double crochet
st: stitch
hdc2tog: half double crochet two together

Notes:

The hat is worked from the bottom up with 2 rows of simple decreases at the end to help with shaping.

Working in the back bump of the starting chain gives the best bottom edge which won’t pull or roll for the hat pattern.

Version 1 and 2 are basically the same hat pattern with the color change in a different spot. To make both half double crochet hats, you’ll use almost the entire skein of both colors.

To adjust the size, add or subtract an even number from the starting chain. You can use the ear warmer size chart to get an idea of sizes for adjusting for a different head circumference.

Stitch Instructions:

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Version 1 Luxurious HDC Beanie Pattern with more Indigo

Ch 52 with Pearl, join with a sl st to form a circle being sure not to twist the chain.

R1: ch 1, hdc in each ch, join with a sl st to the first hdc of the round. (52)

R2: ch 1, hdc in each st, join with sl st to the first hdc of the round. (52)

R3-10: Repeat row 2.

R11: change color to Indigo, repeat row 2

R12- 23: Repeat row 2

R24: hdc2tog around, join with sl st to the first hdc of the round. (26)

R25: hdc2tog around, join with sl st to the first hdc of the round. (13)

Fasten off leaving a long tail. Using a large eye needle, weave the tail through the top of the stitches in the last row and pull gently to cinch closed. Weave in ends.

Version 2 Luxurious Half Double Crochet Beanie Pattern with more Pearl

Ch 52 with Pearl, join with a sl st to form a circle being sure not to twist the chain.

R1: ch 1, hdc in each ch, join with a sl st to the first hdc of the round. (52)

R2: ch 1, hdc in each st, join with sl st to the first hdc of the round. (52)

R3-15: Repeat row 2.

R16: change color to Indigo, repeat row 2

R17- 23: Repeat row 2

R24: hdc2tog around, join with sl st to the first hdc of the round. (26)

R25: hdc2tog around, join with sl st to the first hdc of the round. (13)

Fasten off leaving a long yarn tail. Using a large eye needle, weave the tail through the top of the stitches in the last row at the top of the beanie and pull gently to cinch closed. Weave in ends.

What are you waiting for? Grab your yarn and get started!

You’ll have enough to make one version of the Luxurious Half Double Crochet Beanie for you and the other version for a friend, they make great gifts! (It looks even more adorable on kiddos.)

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