I’m sharing the first pattern in the 4th Annual International Crochet Month Blog Hop. The Toasty Beanie is a basic crochet beanie pattern available in 10 sizes. You’ll finish it fast with bulky yarn. This pattern is forever free on my blog, but the PDF version is available for free download with coupon code through 10am Eastern on March 2, 2026.
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I love crocheting hats, though I don’t wear many (I have very limp hair which easily converts to “hat head,” and I tend to overheat when my head is covered). Hats make great gifts and there are also many organizations that accept crochet hat donations. When KnitPal sent me this skein of Mohair Mimic, I knew it would make a great hat, so I stared thinking of design ideas.
When I started thinking about International Crochet Month, I remembered the Mohair Mimic and I decided to design a basic crochet beanie pattern.
I used basic stitches (like single and double crochet) to make the project easy and meditative, but I added in a few extras (like working in the back loop and adding puff stitches) to keep things interesting.
The result is a beanie that works up pretty quickly and is available in 10 sizes from newborn through adult large so you can make your version for yourself, to gift, to donate, or to sell.
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Toasty Beanie
Basic Crochet Beanie Pattern by Underground Crafter
This basic crochet beanie pattern is available in 10 sizes. It works up quickly in a bulky yarn. This is the first pattern in the 4th Annual International Crochet Month Blog Hop.
Finished Sizes
- Newborn (0-3 Months, 3-6 Months, 6-12 Months, Toddler, Child Small, Child Large, Teen/Adult Small, Adult Medium, Adult Large). Photographed sample is Teen/Adult Small size shown on a mannequin with 22.5″ (57 cm) head circumference.
- Newborn: 13” (33 cm) hat circumference x 5.5” (14 cm) length.
- 0-3 Months: 15” (38 cm) hat circumference x 6” (15.5 cm) length.
- 3-6 Months: 16” (40.5 cm) hat circumference x 6.5” (16.5 cm) length.
- 6-12 Months: 17” (43 cm) hat circumference x 6.75” (17 cm) length.
- Toddler: 18” (45.5 cm) hat circumference x 7.25” (18.5 cm) length.
- Child Small: 19” (48.5 cm) hat circumference x 7.75” (19.5 cm) length.
- Child Large: 20” (51 cm) hat circumference x 8” (20.5 cm) length.
- Teen/Adult Small: 21” (53.5 cm) hat circumference x 8.5” (21.5 cm) length.
- Adult Medium: 22” (56 cm) hat circumference x 8.75” (22 cm) length.
- Adult Large: 23” (58.5 cm) hat circumference x 9.25” (23.5 cm) length.
Materials
- KnitPal Mohair Mimic yarn (65% acrylic/35% nylon, 5.3 oz/150 g, 262 yd/240 m) – 1 skein in Brown Toffee, or approximately 65 yd (85 yd, 95 yd, 105 yd, 120 yd, 135 yd, 150 yd, 165 yd, 175 yd, 195 yd)/59.5 m (77.5 m, 87 m, 96 m, 109.5 m, 123.5 m, 137 m, 151 m, 160 m, 178.5 m) in any bulky weight yarn with fuzzy halo.
- KnitPro Waves 2.0 (available online at LoveCrafts | Amazon) US Size J-10/6 mm crochet hook, or any size needed to obtain correct gauge.
- Yarn needle.
Gauge
- 8 scBL = 2” (5 cm) across. For best fit, always check your gauge.
- 12 dc = 4” (10 cm) across. For best fit, always check your gauge.
Abbreviations Used in This Pattern
- BL – back loop only – Fiber Flux has a helpful video tutorial demonstrating how to identify the back loop in crochet here.
- ch – chain
- dc – double crochet
- pf – 2-repeat puff stitch – Yo, draw up a loop in next st, yo, insert hook in same st, yo and draw up a loop, 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 for the pf above, watch it on YouTube.
- Rnd(s) – Round(s)
- sc – single crochet
- sl st – slip stitch
- st(s) – stitch(es)
- yo – yarn over
- [] Repeat instructions within brackets as indicated.
Pattern Notes
- Ch 1 at start and sl st at end of Rounds do not count as stitches.
- A helpful video tutorial demonstrating the slip stitch seam is available below.
- If you can’t see the video above showing how to join with the slip stitch, watch it on YouTube.
- A helpful video tutorial demonstrating how to crochet around the side of your project is available below.
- If you can’t see the video above showing how to crochet around the side of your project, watch it on YouTube.
- A helpful video demonstrating how to cinch a bottom-up crochet hat closed is available below.
- If you can’t see the video above showing how to cinch at hat, watch it on YouTube.
Pattern Instructions
Beanie
Hat Band – All Sizes
- Ch 5 (5, 5, 5, 7, 7, 7, 9, 9, 9).
- Row 1: Turn, skip 1 ch, sc in next ch and each ch across. – 4 (4, 4, 4, 6, 6, 6, 8, 8, 8) sts
- Row 2: Turn 1, ch 1, scBL in first st and each st across.
- Repeat Row 2 until Hat Band measures approximately 13” (15″, 16”, 17”, 18”, 19”, 20”, 21”, 22”, 23”)/33 cm (38 cm, 40.5 cm, 43 cm, 45.5 cm, 48.5 cm, 51 cm, 53.5 cm, 56 cm, 58.5 cm) long, do not fasten off.
- Fold Hat Band so that short edges are touching, turn to short edge, ch 1, join short edges with slip stitch seam (see Pattern Notes). Do not fasten off.
Work Even – All Sizes
- Set Up Rnd: Turn to work along long edge of Hat Band, ch 1, evenly work along long edge (see Pattern Notes) to form 36 (42, 46, 48, 52, 54, 58, 60, 64, 66) sc around, join with sl st to first sc. – 36 (42, 46, 48, 52, 54, 58, 60, 64, 66) sts
- Rnd 1: Ch 1, starting in first st [pfBL in next st, scBL in next st] around, join with sl st to first pf.
- Rnd 2: Ch 1, sc in same st and in each st around, join with sl st to first sc.
- Rnd 3: Ch 1, dc in same st and in each st around, join with sl st to first dc.
- Rnd 4: Repeat Rnd 3 once.
- Rnd 5: Repeat Rnd 2 once.
- Repeat Rnds 1-5 until hat measures 5.5” (6”, 6.5”, 6.75”, 7.25”, 7.75”, 8”, 8.5”, 8.75”, 9.25”)/14 cm (15.5 cm, 16.5 cm, 17 cm, 18.5 cm, 19.5 cm, 20.5 cm, 21.5 cm, 22 cm, 23.5 cm) in length.
- Fasten off yarn with long yarn tail (approximately 24”/61 cm long) for seaming.
Finishing – All Sizes
- Thread yarn needle with long yarn tail final Rnd of hat. Weave yarn needle through each stitch on finished edge. Slowly tighten yarn tail to cinch crown of hat closed (see Pattern Notes).
- With yarn needle, weave in ends on inside of hat.