This textured beanie is just a little slouchy. It works up quickly in a bulky yarn and uses slightly open stitches, making it ideal for mild winters.

This pattern is available for FREE on my blog HERE.

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Skills Used
Basic crochet stitches: chain, half double crochet, single crochet, slip stitch
Crocheting flat in rows, crocheting in the round, increasing
Crocheting in chain spaces, crocheting in the third loop, working single crochet around the side of your project (includes video tutorials in pattern)
Crocheting in the back loop (includes links to video tutorials)
Cinching a bottom up hat closed (includes link to photo tutorial)
Special stitch pattern: hd2tog, pf (includes written descriptions and videos in pattern)

Skill Level
Easy

Finished Size
Adult Medium: 21” (53.5 cm) hat circumference x 8” (20.5 cm) height (shown on a mannequin with 22.5” (57 cm) head circumference).

Materials
KnitPal Merino Moments yarn (40% Merino wool/10% silk/30% modal/20% cotton, 3.5 oz/100 g, 114 yd/104 m) – 1 skein in Pink Blush (CA) and 2 skeins in Sapphire Blue (CB), or approximately 75 yd (68.5 m) in CA and 140 yd (128 m) in CB in any wool blend, bulky weight yarn.

US Size J-10/6 mm crochet hook, or any size needed to obtain correct gauge.

7 mm crochet hook, or any size needed to obtain correct gauge.

Yarn needle.

Gauge
10 sts = 2.5” (6 cm) across in pattern for Hat Band with smaller hook. For best fit, always check your gauge.

12 sts = 4” (10 cm) across in pattern for Work Even with larger hook. For best fit, always check your gauge.