DIY: Crochet Knit Stitch Beanie with Ribbing and Free Pattern

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This crochet knit stitch beanie is made with a fingering weight wool and made to look like knitting. I bought two beautiful colours of Schachenmayr Merino Extrafine 170 from the nearby  Ewe Knit shop and decided to make a finely crocheted hat. Since the hat is made of single crochet knit stitches, the hat fabric is quite dense and thus quite warm. I used extra Schachenmayr Merino Extrafine 170 in colour A to make a pompom to top it all off.

The hat has a back seam which gets pulled out of place when the hat is made up, so make sure you block the hat before you add the pompom. The crochet knit stitch beanie has a slightly stretchy ribbing which helps keep the hat nicely fitted to my head.

Crochet Knit Stitch Beanie with Ribbing and Free Pattern

Supplies

1.5 skein fingering yarn in colour A (I used Schachenmayr Merino Extrafine 170 in navy)

1 skein fingering yarn in colour B (I used Schachenmayr Merino Extrafine 170 in burgundy)

3.0 mm crochet hook

 

Directions

For the ribbing:

With A, Ch 11 (10 + 1);sc in second ch from hook, sc to end, turn.

Row 2-80) Ch 1, *hdc in back loops to end, turn, ch1, repeat from* until the ribbing has reached 80 rows (and will fit snugly around your head). Match up your two ends and sl st together, do not fasten off ends;

 

For the body:

Round 1) Continuing with A, sl st in each st around (80 sts)

Round 2) Switch to B. Ch 1. Sc st 1 in first sl st, then 2 sc st in next sl st. Repeat around. (127 sts).

Round 3) Ch 1. *With B, knit stitch 5; switch to A, knit stitch 1. Switch to B. Repeat from * all the way around ending on knit stitch 4; join with sl st to ch 1.

Round 4-5) With B, ch 1. knit stitch all the way around. Join with sl st to ch 1.

Round 6)  With B, ch 1. knit stitch 2; switch to A, knit stitch 1. Switch to B. *Knit stitch 5; switch to A and knit stitch 1. Repeat from * all the way around ending on knit stitch 1 with B; join with sl st to ch 1.

Round 7-8) With B, ch 1. knit stitch all the way around. Join with sl st to ch 1.

Rounds 9- 20) Repeat rounds 3-8.

Rounds 21-23)  Repeat rounds 3-5. The body of the hat should be about 8 cm / 3 in wide (or 12 cm / 4.5 in wide including brim).

Round 24) With B, knit stitch 2; *switch to A, knit stitch 1. Switch to B, knit stitch 1, knit stitch 2 together, knit stitch 2. Repeat from * all the way around. (106  sts).

Rounds 25-26) With B, ch 1. knit stitch all the way around. Join with sl st to ch 1.

Round 27) With B, ch 1. Knit stitch 1, knit stitch 2 together, knit stitch 1. *Switch to A, knit stitch 1. Switch to B, knit stitch 1, knit stitch 2 together, knit stitch 1. Repeat from * all the way around, ending with A. Join with sl st to ch 1. (85 sts)

Round 28-29) Switch to B and ch 1. Knit stitch all the way around. Join with sl st to ch 1.

Round 30) With B, ch 1. Knit stitch 1. *Switch to A, knit stitch 1. Switch to B, knit stitch 3. Repeat from * all the way around. Join with sl st to ch 1.

Round 31-32) Switch to B and ch 1. Knit stitch all the way around. Join with sl st to ch 1.

Round 33) With B, ch 1. Knit stitch 3. *Switch to A and knit stitch 1. Switch to B and knit stitch 3. Repeat from * all the way around. Join with sl st to ch 1.

Round 34) With B, ch 1. Knit stitch 1. *Knit stitch 2 together. Knit stitch 3. Repeat from * all the way around. Join with sl st to ch 1.

Round 35) With B, ch 1. Knit stitch all the way around. Join with sl st to ch 1.

Round 36) With B, ch 1. Knit stitch 1. *(Switch to A and knit stitch 1. Switch to B and knit stitch 2) five times.  Switch to A and knit stitch 1. Switch to B and knit stitch 3. Repeat from * all the way around. Join with sl st to ch 1.

Round 37) With B, ch 1. Knit stitch 1. * Knit stitch 2 together. Knit stitch 3. Repeat from * all the way around. Join with sl st to ch 1.

Round 38) With B, ch 1. Knit stitch all the way around. Join with sl st to ch 1 (54 sts).

Round 39) With B, ch 1. *Knit stitch 2. Switch to A and knit stitch 1. Switch to B and knit stitch 1. Switch to A and knit stitch 1. Repeat from * all the way around. Join with sl st to ch 1.

Round 40) With B, ch 1. Knit stitch 1. * Knit stitch 2 together. Knit stitch 3. Repeat from * all the way around. Join with sl st to ch 1 (43 sts).

Round 41) With B, ch 1. Knit stitch all the way around. Join with sl st to ch 1.

Round 42) With B, ch 1. *Switch to A and knit stitch 1. Switch to B and knit stitch 1. Repeat from * all the way around. Join with sl st to ch 1.

Round 43) With B, ch 1. Knit stitch 1. * Knit stitch 2 together. Knit stitch 3. Repeat from * all the way around. Join with sl st to ch 1 (34 sts).

Round 44) With B, ch 1. Knit stitch all the way around. Join with sl st to ch 1.

Round 45) With B, ch 1. Knit stitch 1. *Switch to A and knit stitch 1. Switch to B and knit stitch 1. Repeat from * all the way around. Join with sl st to ch 1.

Round 46) With B, ch 1. Knit stitch 1. * Knit stitch 2 together. Knit stitch 3. Repeat from * all the way around. Join with sl st to ch 1 (27  sts)

Round 47) With B, ch 1. Knit stitch all the way around. Join with sl st to ch 1.

Round 48) With B, ch 1. *Switch to A and knit stitch 1. Switch to B and knit stitch 1. Repeat from * all the way around. Join with sl st to ch 1.

Round 49) With B, ch 1. *Knit stitch 1, knit stitch 2 together. Repeat from * all the way around. Join with sl st to ch 1 (18 sts).

Round 50) With B, ch 1. *Knit stitch 1, knit stitch 2 together. Repeat from * all the way around. Join with sl st to ch 1 (12  sts).

Gather the remaining stitches with the a 6-inch tail of B.

Finishing) Block. Use the ends to tie on a pom pom made with leftover yarn B. Weave in ends.

 

Terms

Knit stitch: insert hook into v of the stitch below; yarn over and pull through and complete as a single crochet stitch

Knit stitch 2 together: insert hook into stitch; yarn over and pull through; insert hook into second stitch, yarn over and pull through again. Yarn over and pull through three loops.

Switching colours: one yarn is worked in sc, while another is carried along behind the work. To switch colours, work last yo of st in the next colour. To carry yarn, lay yarn over top of sts being worked into, then sc as usual, encasing carried yarn inside sts.

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