I designed this in the early winter of 2019 but didn’t have a chance to write up the pattern until a year later!

This X-treme Winter Beanie pattern will create a cozy beanie with a slight slouch, and features double-lined X’s around the band using the cabling technique, as well as little X’s & puff’s in the upper section.

This works well for both men & women and can be customized by adding a pom pom on top and faux fur or eyelash yarn to the rim as in the blue hat shown.

You can also alternate the color of the yarn so the puff rows are different from the X rows, as in the pink & grey hat shown.

It has written row-by-row instructions as well as photos of finished hats for reference.

Pattern is in US crochet terms.