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I crocheted this cable beret for Tomiko using turquoise 100% wool. I have a wool felt turquoise beret from Lilliput Hats, a traditional millinery here in Toronto. Tomiko ‘borrowed’ that hat for a while this winter, and I only got it back after I promised to crochet a similar hat for her.
The free pattern works up quickly with less than a skein of medium weight DK yarn. The hat uses front post double crochet stitch to create the cables, interspersed in the increases and decreases of the double crochet stitches that shape the beret. I have a large noggin, so I made sure it was super tight for me in order for it to fit Tomiko’s head. If you’re making it for own head, you can alter the decreases in the row 18, and continue with that number of stitches in rows 19 and 20.
Cable Crochet Beret and Free Pattern
Supplies
1 skein medium weight DK yarn (I used a 100% wool)
5.50 mm crochet hook
Directions
Chain 5. Join first chain with a slip stitch to form a loop.
Row 1) ch2 (counts as first dc), 7 dc in ring. Join with sl st in top of 1st dc. (8 dc)
Row 2) ch 2 (counts as first dc), dc in same stitch. 2 dc in each remaining st. Join with sl st in top of 1st dc. (16dc)
Row 3) ch 2 (counts as first dc), dc in same stitch. 2dc in each st. Join with sl st in top of 1st dc. (32dc)
Row 4) ch2, (counts as first dc). dc in same stitch. (dc, 2dc in next st) around. Join with sl st in top of 1st dc (48dc)
Row 5) ch2 (counts as dc), (FPdc, dc in same stitch as FPdc, dc in next 3 stitches) 16 times. When working the FPdcs, work them in the last of the 3 dc stitches worked. Join with sl st in top of dc. (16 FPdc with 4 dc between them).
Row 6) ch 2 (counts as dc), (FPdc, dc in same stitch as FPdc, dc in next 4 stitches) 16 times. Join with sl st in top of dc. (16 FPdc with 5 dc between them).
Row 7) ch 2 (counts as dc), FPdc, dc in next 5 stitches. Join with sl st in top of dc. (16 FPdc with 5 dc between them).
Row 8) ch 2 (counts as dc), (FPdc, dc in same stitch as FPdc, dc in next 5 stitches) 16 times. Join with sl st in top of dc. (16 FPdc with 6 dc between them).
Row 9) ch 2 (counts as dc), FPdc, dc in next 6 stitches. Join with sl st in top of dc. (16 FPdc with 6 dc between them).
Row 10) ch 2 (counts as dc), (FPdc, dc in same stitch as FPdc, dc in next 6 stitches) 16 times. Join with sl st in top of dc. (16 FPdc with 7 dc between them).
Rows 11-12) : ch 2 (counts as dc), (FPdc, dc in next 7 stitches) 16 times. Join with sl st in top of dc. (16 FPdc with 7 dc between them).
Row 13) ch2 (counts as dc), (FPdc, dc2tog, dc in next 5dc) 16 times. Join with sl st in top of dc. (16FPdc, with 6dc between them)
Row 14) ch2 (counts as dc), (FPdc, dc2tog, dc in next 4 dc) 16 times. Join with sl st in top of dc. (16FPdc, with 5dc between them)
Row 15) ch 2 (counts as dc), (FPdc, dc2tog, dec in next 3 dc) 16 times. Join with sl st in top of dc. (16 FPdc, with 4dc between them)
Row 16) ch2 (counts as dc), (FPdc, dc2tog, dc in next 2 dc) 16 times. Join with sl st in top of dc. (16FPdc, with 3dc between them)
Row 17) ch 1, (sc2tog, sc in next 5 st), 9 times, (9 sets of 6 sts, 54 sts.)
Row 18) ch 1, (sc2tog, sc in next 5 st), 8 times (8 sets of 6 sts, 48 sts)
Rows 19-20) ch 1, sc 48.
Finish off and weave in end.
Terms
ch – chain
dc – double crochet
dc2tog – double crochet 2 stitches together. Yarn over (YO) hook, insert hook in stitch(st) , pull up a loop, 3 loops on hook. YO hook, pull through 2 loops. YO hook insert in next st, pull up a loop, 4 loops on hook. YO, pull through 2 loops, 3 loops on hook. YO pull through last 3 loops. One dc2tog made.
fpdc – front post double crochet. Yarn over (YO), place hook around the front of the post of the st you are working, YO and pull up loop, YO, pull through 2 loops, YO, pull through 2 loops.
sc – single crochet
sc2tog – single crochet 2 stitches together. Insert hook in first stitch (st). Yarn over (YO), draw up a loop (lp), 2 lps on hook. Insert hook in next st, YO, draw up a lp. 3 lps on hook. YO, draw yarn through all three lps on hook.
sl st – slip stitch
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This is adorable!
I love this beret! It’s so cute, I just may have to give this pattern a try! Thanks so much for sharing this with us at Totally Terrific Tuesday this week!
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Thanks everyone for the support! If you make one too, let us know how it goes!
Such a perfect spring color and style…super cute.
Love this beret! Pinning for later. Would make a great Spring accessory!
Would love if you shared this at our Yarn Fanatic Link Party – http://eyeloveknots.blogspot.com/2015/02/yarn-fanatic-linky-party-25-buttons-and.html.
Beautiful !!!
Anna
That is beautiful!! I so wish that I could learn to crochet!!
So adorable! I love your beret and the color is so neat. This is a nice spring hat – I would love to wear one. Thank you for sharing your pattern!
Thank you so much for sharing, and partying with us! I’ve chosen this Beret as one of my Yarn Favorites Features in the newest Yarn Fanatic Link Party!
Hope you’ll stop by to party with us again 🙂
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Lovely pattern and even lovelier model 🙂 Appreciate your sharing the free pattern with us!
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oooh! I just started croqueting. I will have to save the project. Thanks for sharing with us at The Creative Circle
Thank you everyone for the kind words!
Adorable! And what a beautiful model! 🙂
It’s one of my features at The Yarn Fanatic Party! Thanks for linking up, I hope to see you there again this week!
Hi,
Lovely beret, thanks for posting!
But, I am stuck! I’m at the end of row 4 with 45 stitches, and have tried row 5 several times, but how do you end up with 14 FPDC and 13 x 4 DC in between from 45 stitches? Wouldn’t that be 14 plus 13 x the 3 DC in between which aren’t on the same stitch as the FPDC, which adds up to 53 stitches?
Thanks in advance for any help 🙂
Hetty
We misplaced the beret, so as soon as we find it I will try to see if I can fix the instructions!
Hi Hetty,
At row 5, I’ve got 14 FPDC, and 13×4 DC. The last and 14th ‘section’ in between the FPDC has a fifth DC that snuck in from the ch2 that started the row. Does that help? The total row has 71 stitches. Hope this helps!
I have the same problem, instructions and counts don’t compute and around which stitch is the FPDC to be executed. Following the pattern as written, there are now 3 dc in the first stitch. Totally confusing!
Hi! The FPdc in row 5 should be in the first stitch after the ch 2, so that there is only one dc and the FPdc in that stitch. Hope this helps 🙂
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Sorry I can’t figure out row 5 either. At the end of row 4 I have 48 stitches, and when I finish row 5 I only have 12 ‘cables’, with 4 dc in between. How do you get from only 48 sets to 16 cables?
I know it’s a few years since this pattern was posted, but I’ve only just discovered it.
I’d be interested to know if Hetty managed to figure it out and actually complete this!
Sorry it’s taking me so long to reply (busy with work!). I’ll take a look and see if I can clarify (or fix!).
I am having the same problem as Anne. Row 5 does not come out to 16 cables as it is written. Something is missing.
Sorry, I should have written this more clearly. You do the FPdc then a dc in the same stitch. This creates 2 stitches where one used to be. Then you dc in the next 3 dc. Then this is where I think it wasn’t clear: FPDC in the last of the 3 DC and continue. This creates a FPdc with 4 dcs in between them. Please let me know if this fixes the problem!
Yes this works. You work the FPdc, then into the same SPACE as the FPdc, you do one more dc. The first of the 3 next dc is worked into the very squashed stitch next to the last dc.
Thanks
Excellent! Thanks for pointing out the error. I’ve edited the pattern with the new instructions.
Sorry, I should have written this more clearly. You do the FPdc then a dc in the same stitch. This creates 2 stitches where one used to be. Then you dc in the next 3 dc. Then this is where I think it wasn’t clear: FPDC in the last of the 3 DC and continue. This creates a FPdc with 4 dcs in between them. Please let me know if this fixes the problem!
Thanks, I’ll try that – busy with work right now, too. But sounds like it will work. ?
Just want to thank you for this pattern! I’ve been making red berets for people in the US in support of Medicare for All. Been using both of your patterns for berets, though changed it up a bit for sizing – but I’ve been a crocheter for 40+ years.
Thanks again!
Thank Sue!
I’m glad to hear our pattern is being used for such a good cause!
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I foumd your pattern for the Cable crochet beret on Pinterest and am making it now. Thank you! But Row 15 is MISSING in the instructions ! Can you help? I am already at row 11. Thanks…
Peggy
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Thanks for pointing that out! It must have gotten deleted accidentally. I’ve added it back in so you can continue!
Absolutely impossible. Executing this pattern as written either requires ignoring stitches or adding stitches where there are none. The very first stitch of row 5 has 3 dc, counting the chain 2 as a dc, the fpdc and another dc in the same stitch. Then, at the end of row 5, there’s an extra stitch, if ignored, the same ch2 counted as a dc at the beginning of the row makes 5 dc in the last set between fpdc.
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