12 Days of Christmas Hats: Day 9 - Simple Striped 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.

A simple striped beanie in someone's favorite colors makes for an awesome personalized gift. This hat it worked in alternating dc and sc rows. Change hook sizes for each sc row to keep the beanie from getting too tight. This hat is sized for 20"-22" heads. You can use this post to resize the pattern.

Simple Striped Beanie

 

Materials:

• 2 colors of worsted weight yarn
• I hook
• J hook
• yarn needle

Directions:
Round 1: With I hook, 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 *  (60 stitches), join

Round 6-7: ch 2, dc in each stitch around (60), join

Round 8: Change to J hook and change colors, ch 1 (does not count as a stitch), sc in same stitch as ch, sc in each stitch around (60 stitches), join to the first sc not the ch 1

Round 9: Change to I hook and change colors, ch 2, dc in each stitch around (60), join

Round 10-19: Repeat rounds 8 and 9

Round 20: Change to J hook but do not change colors, ch 1 (does not count as a stitch), sc in same stitch as ch, sc in each stitch around (60 stitches), join, fasten off and weave in all ends

*I do not fasten off after each color change, I just put the color up to the next row*