Today we're making a ribbed beanie that has very minimal bunching at the crown and the free written pattern is linked in the description and I really hope you enjoy this tutorial and if you could please leave a like if you do it would really help out my channel. Thank you so much and let's get started! For this project I'm using upcycle alpaca blend in the color grass and it's in worsted weight.
I used about 90 grams of yarn and that could change depending on how small or how big you want your beanie to be. And for this pattern, you can use any yarn you want. I'll let you know in the pattern and in the tutorial what you need to change to get the perfect sized beanie. And I'll be using a five and a half millimeter hook, some scissors, a yarn needle, and a stitch marker.
And the stitch marker isn't absolutely necessary, it's just to help make sure that you don't miss any stitches. And if you don't have a stitch marker, you can use a bobby pin or safety pin instead. To start, we're going to make a slip knot. And to make a slip knot, place the yarn over your hand with the tail end at the bottom.
Then grab the yarn with your thumb and then make sure that this tail end is about this long, so we can weave it in later. Then grab the top, wrap it around two fingers to form an X. And you can hold it with your pinky, then with your hook go under one side of the X, then over and grab the other side and pull it through. Then remove your fingers and tighten the knot. Now we're going to chain.
And to chain, yarn over, and pull through. Again, yarn over, pull through and we're going to keep chaining until we have the height of the beanie we want. So this is going to be the length from the crown of your head down to your eyebrows plus the width of the brim that you want. So here I've done 50 chains and it's about 26 centimeters which is how long I want my beanie to be. So again, this isn't the circumference of your head, this is the vertical length of the beanie and part of it will be the brim that's folded up.
So if you want a brim about this wide, then this will be the crown of your head and this will be where your eyebrows are. Then we're going to do one more chain. So now I have a total of 51 chains. And we're going to start with a half double crochet in the second chain from the hook.
So here's the first chain from the hook, the one we just made. This is the second chain from the hook and it's sort of like a sideways v this way. And to do a half double crochet, we're going to yarn over, insert our hook into the v, and you can just go under the top loop. So under just one loop. Then yarn over, pull through.
Now we should have three loops on our hook. Yarn over, pull through all three loops. Then in the next chain, we'll do another half double crochet.
So this one we just worked into. We'll move on to the next chain. Again, yarn over, insert your hook into this chain, yarn over, pull through. Yarn over, pull through all three loops, and again we'll move on to the next chain and we'll do a half double crochet. So we're going to half double crochet across, but we're going to stop about an inch from the end.
So I've gone across and I've done 45 half double crochets and I have five chains left. And if you do have a stitch marker and you want to mark your stitches so you don't have to count the five every single row, then you can mark this last stitch that we just did. So just go under that v at the top of this last stitch and we can mark it.
But if you don't have a stitch marker or you just want to count, then I'll also teach you how to count the 5 stitches at the end. So we have 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 chains left and we're going to do single crochets into these chains instead of half double crochets. And this is what'll keep the crown of your beanie less bulky.
So in the next chain, we're going to do a single crochet and to do single crochet, insert your hook into the chain, then yarn over, pull through, and we should have two loops on our hook, yarn over, pull through the two loops. Again, in the next chain, insert your hook, yarn over, pull through, yarn over, pull through the two loops. Then we'll do that in the last three chains.
And now our first row is done and we can start the second row. And to start every new row, we're going to chain one and then turn. And from now on, we're going to be working into the back loop of these stitches. So if you look at the stitches from the top, You can see the V's at the top and just like with the chains, we're only going to go under the top loop of the V. And we're going to work single crochets on top of the single crochets from the last row and half double crochets on top of the half double crochets from the last row. So first we have five single crochets, so we'll do five single crochets in the back loop only.
So here's the chain we just made, the V here, and then the next V is the first stitch. We're going to go through that V and just under the back loop, then yarn over, pull through, yarn over, pull through two to complete our single crochet. Then we'll move on to our next stitch. Again, go in from the top, in the middle of the V, and under just the back loop.
yarn over, pull through, yarn over, pull through two. Then we'll do that three more times. So now we reached the stitch with our stitch marker, so that means we're going to stop doing single crochets. And if you don't have a stitch marker, you can count the v's.
starting all the way at the right side. You can see the V here. There's 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. So after we do our 5 single crochets, we're going to pause and do half double crochets. So we're going to take out our stitch marker and we're going to do half double crochet in the back loop only.
Again, that's yarn over. Going from the top through the V. and under just the back loop. Yarn over, pull through, yarn over, pull through all three loops.
And then you can mark that stitch we just made and that'll tell you that that's the last half double crochet before we start single crochets for next row. Then we'll move on to the next stitch and do a half double crochet in the back loop only. and we're going to do a half double crochet in the back loop only all the way across. So we're coming up on the end of our second row and make sure that you don't miss the very last stitch. So it looks like I finished the row but we still have one more stitch here at the very end.
Make sure you don't miss it or your beanie will start to get shorter. And if you do tend to miss it, then you can put a stitch marker in your very last stitch so you make sure that you get it every single time. So now row two is done and this next row is going to be the same concept. We're going to do half double crochets on top of these half double crochets and single crochets on top of these single crochets.
So 45 half double crochets and five single crochets. And again, every time you start a new row, we're going to chain one and turn. And again, this first V is our chain one and our first stitch is going to be the next V right here. And we'll do a half double crochet in the back loop only of our first stitch.
And we'll continue doing half double crochets in the back loop only until we reach our stitch marker. So I've reached my stitch marker and that means this stitch is going to be our last half double crochet before we start our single crochets. So let's take out the stitch marker, do our last half double crochet, and then put our stitch marker back in.
Now we have our last five stitches and we're going to do a single crochet into each of these stitches. And remember to go into the back loop only and remember not to miss the very last stitch, which can be a little hard to see. And again, to start every new row, we chain 1, turn, and do single crochets on top of the 5 single crochets, then 45 half double crochets on top of the half double crochets from the row before.
Chain 1, turn, do our 45 half double crochets, and then 5 single crochets. So this end will always have 5 single crochets and this end will always have 45 half double crochets. and we're going to keep adding rows until this can wrap around our head. And you have to end on an even row. So here I've done 54 rows and it measures at the very bottom, the widest part, it's about 34.5 centimeters and then at the top with my single crochets it's about 25 centimeters and then vertically it's about 25 centimeters.
Depending on the yarn you use and your hook size, your tension, You might want to end earlier or do more rows because the stretchiness will help the beanie fit over your head. So how I would measure if this would fit my head is I fold up the brim like this and then wrap this around your head. You can stretch it because beanies will usually stretch when you put them on and then make sure it can wrap around your head like this.
So if you have to stretch it really far, then you might want to add a few more rows because it might end up being too tight on your head. And we also don't want it to be so loose that it falls off, so you can remove some rows if it is. And again, make sure that you're adding or removing an even number of rows. And now I'm ready to connect the ends together.
So we're going to insert our hook back into our last row and we're going to chain one. and turn like we've been doing. And then we're going to grab from the middle and flip like this to lay the ends together. And we're going to be slip stitching across to connect the two ends together. And we're going to start with the very first stitch.
We're going to be working into the front loops only this time. So instead of going in from the top and through the V and out the back. We're going in from the front and then up through that V and then we'll go over to the other side.
In this very first row we did, we can sort of pull these stitches apart and you can see the gaps between the stitches and we're going to do a slip stitch at the top of every one of these stitches. So we're going to look for the very first which is all the way on the right here and at the top of it we're going to insert our hook into this space above this first stitch like that and then we're going to yarn over and pull through everything and the loop on our hook and that's our first slip stitch. Then we'll move on to the next stitches.
So first we'll go into the front loop of this next stitch. So in from the front and then up through that V. Then over to the other side, we're going to pull this first row apart and you can see we've already done this stitch, so now we'll do a slip stitch into this stitch. So go into the top of this stitch, yarn over, pull through, and pull through the loop on our hook.
And we're going to continue to do that all the way across. So front loop of the next stitch and then next stitch on this side and then we'll slip stitch. And make sure you don't miss any stitches or it won't line up all the way at the end. And if this slip stitching part is a little difficult for you, then you can try sewing instead. In my last three tutorials, I show how I like to sew my crochet pieces so you can look at those for reference.
Here is the seam and we use the front loop only so that the seam can blend in with the rest of the ribbing. And if you are unsure of the fit of the beanie, you can roll up this side and then try it on now. So once you're happy with the fit of the beanie, we can fasten off. To fasten off, we're going to chain one and then we're going to cut our yarn but we're going to leave it long enough so we can sew up the top of the beanie. and I'll leave it about 10 inches or 25 centimeters long.
And then we can cut our yarn and pull through with our hook and then tighten the knot. Now we're going to grab our yarn needle and thread this extra long loose end into our yarn needle. And now we're going to sew up the top of the beanie. So we're going to work to the left. and go around this opening and gather up the top.
And to do that, we're just going to go into each of these ridges and by ridges I mean these bumps, like the peaks of the ribbing. And we're going to go into a loop at the peak and pull our yarn through. Then we'll go to the next one and we'll go into a loop. and pull our yarn through.
And then the next one and you can do a couple at a time and we'll continue working around the top. And you can see we started at this loose end here and we've gone about halfway around and we can tighten it. So just hold the beanie and then pull on your loose end.
to tighten the top on one side and then we can continue going around gathering the top. So we're back at this loose end. So this is where our seam was and we can go into this final peak.
So we've gone all the way around and now we can just pull on this loose end to gather up the top. And everything should cinch in together like that. Make sure you pull it tight so there aren't any holes and then we can use this loose end that we left in the very beginning to tie a double knot to our loose end here.
So make sure you pull tight on the first knot then make a second knot. And now it should look like that. And if you're having trouble getting the hole to completely close or if you're scared your yarn will rip and then it'll open up, you can secure it even more by sewing the hole closed. So I have my long loose end in my yarn needle and I'm going to go over to one side of the hole and go down so my yarn is poking down through the inside of the hat and then I'll go over across to the other side. and poke my needle out the other side and then pull the yarn through and tighten it.
And then I'll go over to a different side and do the same thing. So let's go here and down and then over to the opposite side of the hole and out. Pull the yarn through and tighten it and you can continue doing that for as long as you have your loose end. So let's do it one more time.
And for my last one, I'm going to pop out where my loose end is attached. This loose end. And that's so I can tie a double knot with the two loose ends. So now the hole at the top of the hat is fully secure and we can weave in our loose ends. And I prefer to weave in my loose ends on the inside of the hat so that if any piece comes loose then it'll come loose on the inside of the hat and it won't be visible.
So I'm going to thread the two loose ends into my yarn needle and then go straight down the center of the hat and down to the inside and then I'll flip my hat inside out and we'll take one of the loose ends, thread it into our yarn needle, And we can start weaving it in to hide it. So I have one hand on the inside of the beanie to support the beanie while I weave in my loose ends. And to weave in our loose ends, we're just going into loops to try and hide the loose end.
And I also like to go under the loops in a row of stitches. So these are my single crochets and I'm going under the loops. and then pull the yarn through but not too tight and then we can go up to a different row, pull our yarn through, and then we're going to go back towards the right and under the stitches in this row and we're going to try to use up all of our loose end.
Pull our yarn through and then we can sort of loosen it. Make sure it's not pulled too tight and whatever is left we can snip off. And the loose end is hidden and we'll do that one more time for our second loose end. And once our ends are woven in we can turn the hat back inside out.
and fold up the brim and our beanie is finished. That's all for this video, I hope you enjoyed this tutorial and if you did please leave a like, comment, and subscribe and let me know if you have any questions in the comments below. Thank you so much for watching, I'll see you next time!