Friday, December 5, 2014

12 Days of Christmas Hats: Day 8 - Double Crossed Beanie

All of my 12 Days of Christmas Hats were created as Christmas gifts for less fortunate students at my best friend's school in Nashville who do not have adequate winter wear. These patterns are available free of charge, but please consider making a donation here to help brighten a child's Christmas.

This hat has two rows worked in crossed double crochet. You skip a stitch, dc in the next stitch, and then work a dc back in the skipped stitch. You could do more rounds or even the whole hat in crossed double crochet, but I just wanted to add a couple of accent rounds for this one.

This hat is sized for 20"-22" heads. You can use this post to resize the pattern, but you will want to make sure your last increase round ends in an odd number (counting the beginning ch 2). To do this, simply add in an extra stitch on the last increase round.

Double Crossed Beanie

 

Materials:
  • less than 1 skein worsted weight yarn - multiple colors
  • I hook
  • J hook
  • yarn needle
Directions:
Round 1: In magic circle, 12dc, join to first dc

Round 2: ch 2 (counts as stitch throughout), dc in same stitch, 2dc in every stitch (24 stitches), join to beginning ch

Round 3: ch 2, dc in same stitch, *dc in next stitch, 2dc in following stitch, repeat from * (36 stitches), join

Round 4: ch 2, dc in same stitch, *dc in next 2 stitches, 2dc in following stitch, repeat from * (48 stitches), join

Round 5: ch 2, dc in same stitch, *dc in next  3 stitches, 2dc in following stitch, repeat from *  add an extra stitch into the last stitch (61 stitches), join (The extra stitch is because the pattern needs 60 stitches, but the ch 2 is not part of that count)

Round 6-9: ch 2, dc in each stitch around (61), join

Round 10: change color, ch 2, *skip 1 stitch, dc in next stitch, dc in the skipped stitch, repeat from * around (61)


Round 11: ch 2, dc in each stitch around (61), join

Round 12: change color, repeat round 10

Round 13-15: ch 2, dc in each stitch around (61), join

Round 16: change to J hook, ch 1, sc in each stitch around (61), join, fasten off and weave in ends

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