I’m joining the Gifts Galore Blog Hop and Crochet Pattern Bundle with the Milagros Beanie, a slightly slouchy chunky crochet hat pattern. The slightly open stitch pattern makes the Milagros Beanie a perfect gift for someone living in an area with mild winters. The Milagros Beanie is forever free on my blog, but the PDF version is available for free with a coupon code through 8am Pacific on November 9, 2024, so read on for details.
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Like most crocheters, I love to make handmade gifts for my friends and family. If you feel the same, you’ll love the Gifts Galore Blog Hop and Crochet Pattern Bundle with Carroway Crochet! Each day from November 1 through November 28, 2024, there is a featured pattern PDF that you can download for free. You can also grab all 28 patterns from the blog hop for less than 40¢ each in the Gifts Galore Crochet Pattern Bundle!
For my contribution to this blog hop and crochet pattern bundle, I designed the Milagros Beanie! I was thinking of all the folks I love that don’t live in the northeastern United States like me, and want gifts they can wear during milder winters. I used KnitPal Merino Moments yarn in Pink Blush and Sapphire Blue for my version.
Scroll down for the free Milagros Beanie chunky crochet hat pattern. The Milagros Beanie is free on the blog and is the featured PDF freebie for November 8, 2024. There are two ways you can join the Gifts Galore Blog Hop and Crochet Pattern Bundle with Carroway Crochet.
You can buy the Gifts Galore Crochet Pattern Bundle for less than 40¢ a pattern through 11:59pm Pacific on December 7, 2024. The bundle includes all 28 patterns from the blog hop.
Every day, the PDF version of the featured pattern is available for free. The Milagros Beanie is the featured pattern in the Gifts Galore Blog Hop for November 8, 2024. You can download the PDF version for free on Ravelry using the coupon code you’ll find on the Gifts Galore Blog Hop page through 8am Pacific time on November 9. 2024, or use the Gifts Galore Download Free PDF button below to add the pattern with coupon code to your cart. Check that your cart is set to zero before checking out as there will be no refunds for accidental purchases. Don’t forget to head back to the Gifts Galore Roundup blog post on Carroway Crochet to get the rest of the free patterns in the blog hop.
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Milagros Beanie
Chunky Crochet Hat Pattern by Underground Crafter
This chunky crochet hat pattern is just a little slouchy. It works up quickly in a bulky yarn and uses a slightly open stitch combination, making it ideal for mild winters.
Finished Size
- Adult Medium: 21” (53.5 cm) hat circumference x 8” (20.5 cm) height (shown on a mannequin with 22.5” (57 cm) head circumference).
Materials
- KnitPal Merino Moments yarn (40% Merino wool/10% silk/30% modal/20% cotton, 3.5 oz/100 g, 114 yd/104 m) – 1 skein in Pink Blush (CA) and 2 skeins in Sapphire Blue (CB), or approximately 75 yd (68.5 m) in CA and 140 yd (128 m) in CB in any wool blend, bulky weight yarn.
- US Size J-10/6 mm crochet hook, or any size needed to obtain correct gauge.
- 7 mm crochet hook, or any size needed to obtain correct gauge.
- Yarn needle.
Gauge
- 10 sts = 2.5” (6 cm) across in pattern for Hat Band with smaller hook. For best fit, always check your gauge.
- 12 sts = 4” (10 cm) across in pattern for Work Even with larger hook. For best fit, always check your gauge.
Abbreviations Used in This Pattern
- 3L – third loop only – A helpful video tutorial demonstrating how to identify the third loop in crochet is available below.
- If you can’t see the video above identifying the third loop, click HERE to watch it on YouTube.
- BL – back loop only – Rich Textures Crochet has a helpful video demonstrating how to identify the back loop in crochet here.
- CA – Color A
- CB – Color B
- ch – chain
- hdc – half double crochet
- hdc2tog – half double crochet 2 stitches together (decrease) – [Yo, insert hook in next st, yo and draw up a loop] twice, yo and draw through all 5 loops on hook. A helpful video tutorial for this decrease is available below.
- If you can’t see the video tutorial above demonstrating the hdc2tog, click HERE to watch it on YouTube.
- pf – 2-repeat puff stitch – [Insert hook in st, yo and draw up a loop] twice in same st, yo and draw through all 5 loops on hook. A helpful video tutorial for this stitch is available below.
- If you can’t see the video tutorial above demonstrating the pf, click HERE to watch it on YouTube.
- rep – repeat
- Rnd(s) – Round(s)
- sc – single crochet
- sl st – slip stitch
- sp – space
- st(s) – stitch(es)
- yo – yarn over
- [] Repeat instructions between brackets as indicated.
Pattern Notes
- Ch 1 at start of Rows and Rounds DOES NOT count as a stitch.
- There are several ways to crochet into chain spaces. This pattern uses the first method shown in the video below.
- If you can’t see the video above demonstrating how to crochet into chain spaces, click HERE to watch it on YouTube.
- A helpful tutorial demonstrating how to cinch a bottom-up slouchy hat closed is available here.
- Like my mannequin? It’s from CanvasHead/WELLDONE on Etsy.
Pattern Instructions
Beanie
Hat Band
- With smaller hook and CA, ch 11.
- Row 1: Turn, skip 1 ch, [hdc in next ch, sl st in next ch] across. (10 sts)
- Row 2: Turn, ch 1, starting in first st [hdcBL in next st, slst3L in next st] across.
- Repeat Row 2 until piece measures approximately 21” (53.5 cm) long.
- Do not fasten off.
- Fold Hat Band so that short edges are together, being careful not to twist. Ch 1, join with sl st seam (see video below) across short edge. Do not fasten off.
- If you can’t see the video above demonstrating the slip stitch seam, click HERE to watch it on YouTube.
Work Even
- Set Up Rnd: Working along long edge, ch 1, evenly work 76 sc around the edge (see video below), join with sl st to first sc. – 76 sts
- If you can’t see the video above demonstrating how to single crochet around the edge of your project, click HERE to watch it on YouTube.
- Rnd 1: Switch to larger hook, ch 1, starting in first st [sc in next st, ch 1, skip 1 st] around, join with sl st to first sc.
- Rnd 2: Ch 1, sc in first st, [pf in next ch-1 sp, ch 1, skip 1 st] around to last ch-1 sp, pf in next ch-1 sp, join with sl st to first sc.
- Rnd 3: Ch 1, sc in first st, [ch 1, skip next pf, sc in ch-1 sp] aroundto last st, ch 1, skip next pf, join with sl st to first sc..
- Rep Rnds 2-3 until hat measures approximately 7.5” (19 cm) height.
- Do not fasten off.
Decrease to Crown
- Decrease Rnd 1: Ch 1, skip first st, *[(hdc2tog in next 2 ch-1 sp, skipping sc between),** ch 1, skip 1 st] around to last 2 ch-1 sp; rep from * to ** once, join with sl st to first hdc2tog. (38 sts)
- Decrease Rnd 2: Ch 1, sc in first st, [skip next st, sc in ch-1 sp] around to last st, skip next st. (19 sts)
- Fasten off with long yarn tail (approximately 18”/45.5 cm long) for cinching.
Finishing
- With yarn needle, cinch hat crown closed (see Pattern Notes).
- With yarn needle, weave in ends on inside of hat.