Mode Bespoke

Here’s a quick project you can crochet in a weekend. To make the colorful version of this hat, you’ll need 4 skeins of lightweight yarn. To economize a little on the yarn, you can crochet the ghost in a single color.

Yarn and hook: I purchased 4 skeins of Essential, by Knit and Crochet yarn to crochet this project. I Used up nearly the entire skein of the main color (grey), but was left with enough of the accent colors to make an additional 2 hats (yellow, orange, white). 

Yarn Specs:

Essential, by Knit and Crochet

100% cotton

180 yd / 3.5 oz

165 m / 100 g

Hook: 4.25 mm

Construction: Your initial chain determines the circumference of your hat, and each row adds to the length.

Note: This is a slouchy beanie. You can adjust the height to create a more fitted style by reducing the number of rows you crochet. 

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Abbreviations:

CH- Chain

SC – Single Crochet

HDC- Half Double Crochet

SLST – Slip Stitch

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SC: Insert hook into the stitch, yarn over and pull up a loop. Yarn over and pull through the two loops on your hook. 

HDC – Yarn over and insert your hook into the stitch, pulling up a loop. Yarn over and pull through all three loops on your hook.

GDC – HDC in Grey

YDC – HDC in Yellow

ODC – HDC in Orange

WDC – HDC in White

SLST: Insert hook into the stitch. Yarn over and pull up a loop, then pull that loop through the bottom loop on your hook. 

Pattern:  Hat                                                                                                                                                                   

In grey, crochet a chainless foundation of 83 stitches.

 

*Chainless foundation: CH 2, insert your hook into the first chain and pull up a loop. Yarn over and pull through the first loop, then yarn over and pull through the remaining 2 loops on your hook. 

Row 1: Insert your hook into the second stitch from your hook, yarn over and pull up a loop. Yarn over and pull through the first loop on your hook, then yarn over and pull through the two remaining loops on the hook. 

Repeat Row 1 as many times as you need to complete your required row count for your desired hat size. 

Row 1: CH 2, turn your work around. HDC into the second stitch from your hook, and into every stitch of the row. 

Row 2 /Row 1 of the chart: you will need your chart, included with your pattern, as a separate PDF.

CH 2, GDC 32, then begin stitching the HDC color changes as dictated by the chart. The row will break down like this:

CH 2, GDC 32, *chart*, GDC 1, YDC 3, GDC 4, YDC 3, GDC 4, YDC 3, GDC 33 to the end of the row.

Row 3/ Row 2 of the chart:

CH 2, GDC 32, *chart*, YDC 5,  GDC 2, YDC 5, GDC 3, YDC 4, GDC 32 to the end of the row. 

Note: For left handed crocheters, Row 3 will be read from right-to-left, so your stitch counts are as follows: CH 2, GDC 32 *chart*, YDC 4, GDC 3, YDC 5, GDC 2, YDC 5, GDC 32. 

Rows 3-5 of the chart: CH 2, GDC 32, YDC 19, GDC 32. 

Rows 6-9 of the chart: CH 2, GDC 32, ODC 19, GDC 32.

Row 10 of the chart: CH 2, GDC 32, WDC 19, GDC 32.

Row 11 of the chart:  CH 2, GDC 32, WDC 4, GDC 3, WDC 5, GDC 3, WDC 3, GDC 33. 

For lefties: CH 2, GDC 33, WDC 3, GDC 3, WDC 5, GDC 3, WDC 4, GDC 32.

Row 12 & 13: CH 2, GDC 33, WDC 2, GDC 5, WDC 3, GDC 5, WDC 2, GDC 33. 

Row 14: CH 2, GDC 34, WDC 1, GDC 5, WDC 3, GDC 5, WDC 1, GDC 34.

Row 15: CH 2, GDC 34, WDC 2, GDC 3, WDC 5, GDC 3, WDC 2, GDC 34. 

Row 16: CH 2, GDC 35, WDC 13, GDC 35. 

Row 17: CH 2, GDC 36, WDC 12, GDC 35. 

For lefties: CH 2, GDC 35, WDC 12, GDC 36.beanie

Row 18: CH 2. GDC 36, WDC 11, GDC 36.

Row 19: CH 2, GDC 38, WDC 7, GDC 38. 

Rows 20 – 29 (or 30 if you have enough yarn): CH 2, GDC 83. 

If you don’t want a slouchy beanie, crochet just 5 rows of GDC instead of 9-10. 

Weave in all the tail ends, then sew along the narrow ends of the fabric to turn the fabric into a tube (close the beanie). 

Brim                   

Chain 10 (regular chain) – for both sizes. Crochet the chain so it comes off the bottom of the hat. 

Cast-on:

To cast on, stitch into the second chain from your hook. Yarn over, and pull up a loop (you should have 2 loops on your hook). 

Insert your hook into the next stitch and pull up a loop, leaving it on the hook (you should have 3 loops now). Repeat until you have cast on one loop on your hook for every stitch of the chain. 

SLST into the stitch next to your chain, along the base of the hat. 

Crochet a Return Pass (RP): Yarn over, pull through 2, repeating until you are left with 1 loop on your hook.

Row 1: Knit Stitch (KS*) into the second stitch from your hook, and into every stitch of the row. SLST into the next available stitch along the base of the hat.

*KS – Insert your hook between the front and back leg of the vertical stitch, yarn over and pull up a loop.

Complete a RP between rows. 

Row 2-3: Beginning in the second stitch of the row, Purl Stitch (PS*) into every stitch of the row. 

*PS: reverse yarn over (pull the yarn in front of your hook, instead of behind like you do in a traditional yarn over). Yarn over (regular) and pull up a loop. 

Repeat with every stitch of the row. 

Complete a RP between rows.

For the rest of the Brim, crochet 2 rows of KS, followed by 2 rows of PS. 

Bind-off: Depending on where you left off (a KS row or a PS row), cast on either a KS or a PS so that you have 2 loops on your hook, then SC (yarn over and pull through the two loops). 

Repeat with the remaining stitches of the row. 

Cut a long thread of yarn and sew along the short ends of the brim to close the round.  

Cinch the top of the hat closed, and weave in any remaining tail ends. 

If you want to make a faux fur pom pom, you can find a tutorial by scanning the QR code. It’ll direct you to the YouTube Tutorial on the Mode Bespoke Channel. 

“DIY Faux Fur PomPom” – Mode Bespoke Youtube

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For questions or comments on this pattern, please contact Atenas at: atenas@modebespoke.com

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