The other day, when I had my hands on another WiP, I was struck by the idea of transferring the current pattern of my WiP to a beanie. Some ideas need testing immediately – and I’m happy I did, because this is one fine beanie!
My youngest loves bling, mud and her hats. Luckily she likes this one, the Annabel Beanie, too. I haven’t been able to convince her to place the flower on either side though, she wants it right in the middle, hah! Anyway, may I present to you the Annabel Beanie pattern. Happy Hooking!
The yarn
I used a little less than two skeins of Drops Nord in color plum from Hobbygarn. There are leftovers from both skeins, that I used to crochet the flower – and then I had just enough to knit new toes onto an old and worn pair of socks. These 170m/skein go a long way. Drops Nord is a somewhat new, delicious sock yarn from Garnstudio. It contains both wool and alpaca which makes the crocheted surface slightly wooly and very soft to the touch. And it keeps you nice and warm!
ANNABEL BEANIE
The Annabel Beanie is a quick and fairly easy make, I spent an evening for the hat and about an hour the next day to make the flower. This pattern is only for the beanie size 4 yrs, The flower is freehand crochet and I didn’t write it down, instead I found a collection of free flower patterns for you to pick from. You will find them below the pattern.
YOU WILL NEED
2 skeins of Drops Nord
A 5.0 mm hook
A tapestry needle for weaving ends
Optionally a 3.0 mm hook and a pretty button for the flower
BEFORE YOU BEGIN
All dc rounds begin with a ch2, replacing and counting as the first stitch. These rounds close with a sl st to the 2nd ch. All sc rounds are crocheted from the wrongside and begin with a ch1 that DOES NOT count as a stitch. Crochet using two strands of yarn.
ABBREVIATIONS (US)
st / stitch
ch / chain
sc / single crochet
dc / double crochet
SK / skip
HOW ITS MADE
- In a magic ring. ch2, 10 dc (11)
- Ch2, 1 dc into same st, hereafter *2 dc in each st* (22)
- Ch2, 1 dc into same st, 1 dc in next st. Hereafter *2 dc in next st, 1 dc* (33)
- Ch2, 1 dc into same st, 2 dc in next st. Hereafter *2 dc in next st, 2 dc* (44)
- Ch2, 1 dc into same st, 3 dc in next st. Hereafter *2 dc in next st, 3 dc* (55)
- Ch2, 1 dc into same st, 4 dc in next st. Hereafter *2 dc in next st, 4 dc* (66)
- Ch2, 1 dc into same st, 5 dc in next st. Hereafter *2 dc in next st, 5 dc* (77)
- Ch2, 1 dc in next st, 1 dc in each st around (77)
- Ch2, 1 dc in next st, 1 dc in each st around (77)
- Ch2, 1 dc in next st, 1 dc in each st around (77)
- Ch2, SK1, 1 dc, SK1, 1 dc, 3 dc in next st. *3 dc in next st, 1 dc in next st, SK1, 1 dc, SK1, 1 dc, SK1, 1 dc, SK1, 1 dc, 3 dc in next st*, repeat 5 times and finish the round with 3 dc in next st, 1 dc in next st, SK1, 1 dc, SK1, sl st into 2nd ch (77)
- Turn work and crochet in the opposite direction on the inside of the beanie: Ch1, 1 sc around the ch2 from the previous rnd, 1 sc around each dc from rnd 11. SK the ch1 and finish with a sl st into the first stitch (77)
- Turn work again and crochet into the sc from the outside of the hat: Ch2, SK1, 1 dc, SK1, 1 dc, 3 dc into next st. *3 dc in next st, 1 dc in next st, SK1, 1 dc, SK1, 1 dc, SK1, 1 dc, SK1, 1 dc, 3 dc in next st*, repeat 5x and finish the round by crocheting 3 dc in next st, 1 dc in next st, SK1, 1 dc, sl st into 2nd ch (77)
- – 18: Repeat rounds 12 and 13 2x. Finish the beanie by crocheting one last round as 12. Cut yarn and fasten all ends.
The Annabel Beanie is finished!
FLOWER
As I mentioned before, I freestyled the flower and therefore have no pattern for it. However, I did find a lot of links for crocheted flowers, so you can make the one you like the best! My flower is crocheted using a single strand of yarn and a 3mm hook. Size is approximately 5cm across. The flower is sewn onto the beanie with a pretty button in the middle. Attach the flower between rounds 12 and 14, depending on size.
Flower from Skip to my Lou
Flower found on Craftsy
DROPS flowers:
Flower 1
Flower 2
Flower 3
There are many more crocheted flowers to be found in Garnstudios database, with both written instructions and videos, find your favourite!
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