Top Down Unisex Beanie Free Crochet Pattern

Another October is finally here. I am excited to share this top down crochet beanie pattern with you!

This October is the 9th year for a crochet charity event called the Crochet Cancer Challenge. This event is hosted by Sweet Potato 3 and I created this hat just for this event.

This event runs through the entire month of October. Each day a new hat pattern will be available for 48 hours to be downloaded for free. This download is a pledge to make a minimum of 1 hat to donate from that pattern.

You must visit the main Crochet Cancer Challenge post each day in October to find the next hat pattern that is available. I hope you are able to participate and donate some hats this year to a cancer patient or cancer center.

Beanie Details:

I knew right away this year what type of beanie pattern I wanted to write for this challenge.

I wanted this pattern to be my very first top down crochet beanie pattern! After working some other hat patterns from other designers to donate the hats to Hat Not Hate I realized even more how much I love a top down beanie!

I had already used this stitch combination in my Eternal Dawn Advent Scarf & Cowl design but I needed to figure out how to use the same stitch combination but in a hat design. Specifically a top down beanie.

This beanie uses chain stitches, single crochet stitches, half double crochet stitches and a special stitch called the mini bean stitch. A stitch explanation for the mini bean stitch is below in the Stitches/Abbreviations section.

This top down beanie can also be made in 3 sizes. Those sizes are Child (20″ head circumference), Adult Regular (21-22″ head circumference) and Adult Large (23″ head circumference).

Why orange? I chose the color orange for this hat to bring awareness to Kidney Cancer for this challenge.

I hope you enjoy making this crochet hat!

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Materials:

• Yarn: 125 Yards of a thicker worsted weight yarn, orange sample uses 1 strand DK weight held with 2 strands of mohair, or suitable substitute
• Hook: US Size (I/9) 5.5 mm crochet hook or size to meet gauge
• Other Tools: yarn needle, scissors, stitch marker

Difficulty:

• Easy

Gauge:

• 13 hdc sts x 10 rows of pattern = 4”/10 cm

Size:

• (fits head circumference): Child – 20”; Adult Regular – 21-22”; Adult Large – 23”

Stitches/Abbreviations: US Terms

• ch – chain
• st(s) – stitch(es)
• yo – yarn over
• sk – skip
• blo – back loop only
• sc single crochet
• hdc – half double crochet
• Special Stitch: mb (mini bean stitch) = (insert hook in st, yo, pull through, yo, insert hook in st, yo, pull through, yo, pull through all 4 loops on hook, ch 1 to finish)

Notes:

• This is worked from the top down.
• Beginning chain does not count as a stitch.
• When joining to complete a round join to the first st in that round.
• Be sure to follow the appropriate size instructions within the pattern.
• Color Change: If you would like to include color changes, use a second color for the Mini Bean stitch rounds and carry the unused color up the join seam of the hat.
• When sharing on social media use the hashtags: #simplyhookedbyjanet & #eternaldawnbeanie

If you like this beanie you may also like the Better Together Unisex Slouchy. That hat pattern is also free to view on my blog.

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Instructions:

All Sizes:

Create magic ring.

Round 1: Ch 1, 10 hdc in ring, join – 10 sts.

Round 2: Ch 1, 2 hdc in each around, join – 20 sts.

Round 3: Ch 1, 2 blo hdc in first, blo hdc in next, *2 blo hdc in next, blo hdc in next; repeat from * around, join – 30 sts.

Round 4: Ch 1, *sk 1, mb in next; repeat from * around, join – 15 mb sts.

(Work in the mb st and the ch 1 sp of the mb st for each round that is worked after a mb st round).

Round 5: Ch 1, 2 hdc in first, hdc in next 2, *2 hdc in next, hdc in next 2; repeat from * around, join – 40 sts.

Round 6: Ch 1, 2 blo hdc in first, blo hdc in next 3, *2 blo hdc in next, blo hdc in next 3; repeat from * around, join – 50 sts.

Round 7: Ch 1, *sk 1, mb in next; repeat from * around, join – 25 mb sts.

Continue to appropriate size:

Child

Round 8: Ch 1, 2 hdc in first,hdc in next7, *2 hdc in next, hdc in next 7; repeat from * around, hdc in remaining 2 sts, join – 56 sts.

Round 9: Ch 1, blo hdc in each around, join – 56 sts.

Round 10: Ch 1, *sk 1, mb in next; repeat from * around, join – 28 mb sts.

Round 11: Ch 1, hdc in each around, join – 56 sts.

Rounds 12-17: Repeat Rounds 9-11. For more height, add as many repeats of Rounds 9-11 as needed or add more repeats of the next rounds.

Rounds 18-20: Ch 1, blo sc in each around, join – 56 sts.

Fasten off and weave in ends.

Regular

Round 8: Ch 1, 2 hdc in first, hdc in next 4, *2 hdc in next, hdc in next 4; repeat from * around, join – 60 sts.

Round 9: Ch 1, blo hdc in each around, join – 60 sts.

Round 10: Ch 1, *sk 1, mb in next; repeat from * around, join – 30 mb sts.

Round 11: Ch 1, hdc in each around, join – 60 sts.

Rounds 12-20: Repeat Rounds 9-11. For more height, add as many repeats of Rounds 9-11 as needed or add more repeats of the next rounds.

Rounds 21-23: Ch 1, blo sc in each around, join – 60 sts.

Fasten off and weave in ends.

Large

Round 8: Ch 1, 2 hdc in first, hdc in next 4, *2 hdc in next, hdc in next 4; repeat from * around, join – 60 sts.

Round 9: Ch 1, 2 blo hdc in first, blo hdc in next 9, *2 blo hdc in next, blo hdc in next 9; repeat from * around, join – 66 sts.

Round 10: Ch 1, *sk 1, mb in next; repeat from * around, join – 33 mb sts.

Round 11: Ch 1, hdc in each around, join – 66 sts.

Round 12: Ch 1, blo hdc in each around, join – 66 sts.

Rounds 13–20: Repeat Rounds 10-12 ending on a Round 11 repeat. For more height, add as many repeats of Rounds 10-12 as needed or add more repeats of the next rounds.

Rounds 21-23: Ch 1, blo sc in each around, join – 66 sts.

Fasten off and weave in ends.

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