Introduction

After making a pattern with mosaic zebra stripes I wanted to add on some accessories with my existing charts.
The first one is this beanie, with a very natural looking Zebra pattern without the constant color changes you’d have in intarsia - this is worked in mosaic and yarn only gets changed once a row (unless you chose to use more than 2 colors).

Making a beanie, which naturally has decreases towards the top and combining it with mosaic crochet has been a good challenge and visualizing it has been another. I would not recommend this pattern if you are an absolute beginner at crochet or if you just want to switch your brain off completely; you will have to often check the chart, count and pay attention to decreases.

This pattern pdf contains instructions with pictures for everything: -* The Zebra chart

• How to do mosaic crochet
• How to decrease

Basics

• Hook used: Ribbing: 5.5mm Hat part: 5mm
• Yarn: White: 50g (Color A) Gray: 30-40g (Color B)
• Gauge: 10cm width * 10cm height = 17dc * 10dc (when worked flat)

Terms and stitches needed
This pattern uses American terms and is best suited for non-beginners.

ch = chain
sl st = slip stitch
bl sc = single crochet into back loop
bl sc decr = single crochet back loop with decrease (crochet 2 single crochets together)
fl dc = double crochet into front loop
fl dc decr = double crochet front loop with decrease (crochet 2 double crochets together)