I made this slouchy beanie for my daughters and it really touches my heart how fast my design has become such a success, especially on Facebook (in crocheting forums), Pinterest and Instagram! I have received many hopeful wishes for an English translation so I finally caved in! 😉 Länk till mitt svenska mönster.
Important!
You are very welcome to crochet your own beanie from my pattern BUT if you publish photos of your work on the net, regardless of social media, I ask of you to post a link to my blog (preferable to this pattern) and mention that it is a Design by BautaWitch.
The design is made in, Catania which is my favorite yarn of all times! It is made of 100 % cotton and absolutely do not itch. I sell this beautiful yarn in my web shop but so far I only deliver within Sweden.
My beanie is modelled by my youngest daughter, the lovely D and our Coton de tulear puppy Woofie. ❤
Slouchy Beanie by BautaWitch
YOU WILL NEED:
– approx 6 balls of Catania – crochet hook 2,5, 3 och 3,5 mm.
The stiches are a mixture of clusters and chain spaces which makes the beanie nice and tight but it also ”eats” quite a lot of yarn. Chose one color for your base and pick 2 balls of that color. I have used Dark Olive (387) as my base and all together 12 different colors – a mixture of very bright and happy colors with earth tones.
HOW TO MAKE IT:
RESÅRKANT = RIB
If you have not crochet rib before, I strongly recommend you to view a very good instruction video made by Drops!
To the Drops video!
Chain as many stiches as you need with hook 3 mm, for the beanie to fit quite tight around your head. You should be able to divide the number with both 2 and 3. For my beanie, I chained 120.
Crochet rib:
Ch 120, finish with 1 sl st in 1st ch.
Round 1: Ch 2 = 1st dc, *work 1 dc in every chain* = 120 dc. Finish round with 1 sl st in 1st dc on round.
Round 2-5: Ch 2, *1 dc in the next dc from the front, 1 dc in the next dc from the back* Repeat between the *s. Finish round with 1 sl st in 1st dc on round. You will continue with the same color after making the lacy edging of the rib so do not cut your yarn.
Uddkant = Lacy edging:
Use your second ball of the base color for the lacy edging. You now use crochet hook 2,5 mm (to give the beanie a nice shape):
Ch 1 in one of the stitches in front of one of the dc’s you made on the back of your work (as in the photo) *1 sc in the next dc’s you made on the front of your work, ch 2 and 1 sc in your last sc*. Repeat between the *s and finish with 1 sl st where it appears the least. Fasten off.
THE BEANIE
Change to crochet hook 3,5 mm. Continue with your base color. Round 6: 1 sc, *ch 2, skip 2 sts, 1 sc*. Repeat between *s. If you started with chaining 120 you now should have to now have 40 chain spaces. Time to change color (but do not cut the base color, let it run on the inside of the beanie by picking it up on every other round). Round 7: 1 sl st and ch 2 = 1st dc and 2 more dc in the first ch sp. Continue with 3 dc in each ch sp. Finish round with 1 sl st in 1st dc on round. Fasten off.
Round 8: Pick up your base color again and crochet 1 sc between the clusters, *ch 2, skip 3 dcs (= 1 cluster), 1 sc*. Repeat between the *s and finish the round with 1 sl st. Change color but do not cut the yarn. Repeat round 7-8 until you have got 24 rounds with clusters.
Minsking = Decreasing:
Continue with your base color and crochet a round of clusters while decreasing. This is shown in detail on the photo above with the beautiful color Dark Coal (252). (On my beanie this round is in reality made with the base color Dark Olive.)
A decrease is made by crocheting 2 dcs together. The last dc of a ch sp with the first dc in the next ch sp!
Start with 1 dc in the closest ch sp. *Make a decrease as explained above, 1 dc*. Repeat between the *s and finish round with 1 sl st in the 1st dc.
The slouchy end:
– 1 sc, *skip the cluster, 1 sc*. Repeat between the *s and finish round with a sl st. Fasten off but leave a long tail.
– Sew ”downhill” along the opening in the stitches that are left. Pull it tight.
– Save a loop and a long tail. Sew with the tail to the opposite side. Tie several times.
– Attach your yarn ends.
Good Luck!
Please remember that English is my second language and that it is not easy for a Swede to always get the difference in UK and US English crochet terms, so if my translation sucks or needs improvements,
please let me know! 😉
And please, do not forget to link to my blog if you share your beanie with the world anywhere on the net!
BautaWitch 
28 tankar om “DIY – My Slouchy Beanie, translated to English (US)”
Gabi
Such a great beanie. The pattern is easy to follow.
Your English is great!
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Linda Mårtensson
Hej. Varför kan jag inte få fram mönster på Svenska? Med vänlig hälsning Lnda Mårtensson
GillaGilla
BautaWitch
Du har valt att gå in på det engelska mönstret. 😉 I slutet av första stycket har du en länk till det svenska! Men jag bifogar den även här: https://bautawitch.se/2014/09/21/diy-virkad-mossa-med-hang-slouchy-beanie/
Den finns även i en förenklad variant sedan 2015. Det mönstret hittar du här: https://bautawitch.se/2015/11/14/diy-2015-ars-modell-av-min-mossa-med-hang-slouchy-beanie/ Lycka till! 🍀
GillaGilla
Saydee
About how much yarn did you use I’m buyin two skins of black for my main at 147 total yardage and only 1 skien each of yarn for my four colors also at 147 yardage.
I’m making it less slouchy so I’m wondering if that amount would do
GillaGilla
BautaWitch
Sorry, but I’m not familiar with yardage. And you do not tell what kind of yarn you are using. If it is a cotton yarn to be used with a 3,5 hook, you need 2 skeins of 50 gr for the base color and 3-4 skeins of other colors. If less slouchy, you will do fine with 3. 👍
GillaGilla
Jana
Hello!! I LOVE this pattern!!! I am very eager to make it…and am interested in using the same yarn and colors as you…i see that you do not ship outside sweden….so i found a way to order the yarn from another site. I was wondering if you could tell me what the names of the colors you used and how much of each? Thank you!!!
GillaGilla
BautaWitch
I’m really happy you like it Jana! You find the colors with numbers here: http://bautawitch.com/garn-materialkit/klader/catania-garnpack-13-nystan-till-mossa-med-hang.html
GillaGilla
Linda
Thank you so much for the lovely beanie hat pattern. I have just completed one for my daughter. The instructions were very easy to follow. Thank you, Linda
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Laura
Love this pattern! It’s so cute. I do have one question: why do you not wait until the very end to add the lacy edge? It’s a little confusing to me to sort of plonk it right in the middle of the instructions.
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BautaWitch
You are free to do it whenever you want to! 😉 I wrote the pattern and took the photos in the same order as I crocheted the beanie.
GillaGilla
MyBatzi
Dear Bautawitch
My english is very Bad. I hope you will unterstand my words. I’m the one who sells the pattern in germany. I just wanted to say that i really, really, really haven’ t had any knowledge of your pattern as i wrote mine. I also have a Kleid (sorry i don’t know the english word) in the same design. I think you will not belive me but it is very important for me that people don’t get the wrong impression from me and it is very important for me that you know that there was no copying from my side. I wrote Crazypatterns a E-Mail whit the wish to delete my pattern. I hope they do this as soon as possible. Also i deleted the pattern from my other sides. It is very hard for me that people get such a impression from me.
I am very sorry all of this happened but i didn’t knew of your pattern. The comments with the link was the first time i saw it. Please contact me to tell je what will be the right way to handle this.
Mybatzi
GillaGilla
Michaela
Jemand verkauft Deine Anleitung in Deutsch 😦
Hier der link: https://www.crazypatterns.net/de/items/8247/haekelanleitung-ebook-muetze-maedels-no4-haekeln
GillaGilla
BautaWitch
I just got feedback from another reader about this! I feel so hurt! It is not the first time either that someone else take credit for my patterns! Last year an English crocheting magazine published this pattern… Now this German site sell it for 2,90 Euro.
My Daisy square pattern and my Rainbow bag is out on every Russian crocheting site. They have stolen my photo tutorial and even put their name as designers on them! Frankly, I do not know what to do about it!? It drains me of my creative energy and it is so unrespectful and hurtful!
GillaGilla
Sandra
Greetings from Germany and many thanks for the translated pattern. Love it!
Sandra
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Annelies vd Meerschaut
Hello from Holland! Nice beanie, it was lovely to made it 👍😃
GillaGilla
BautaWitch
Thank You, Annelies! 🙂
GillaGilla
Claudia Moreno
Love your hat. Thank you!!!
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Caroline
Får man beställa en såndär mössa? Och vad skulle den kosta?
GillaGilla
BautaWitch
Tanken är att jag inspirerar o du virkar! 🙂 Garnet till mössan får du mer än gärna beställa i min webbshop men virka får man göra själv… eller be någon virkande vän!
GillaGilla
sarah london
Hi
I’m launching a new eMag on the 1st of December, you can read more about it at,
http://sarahlondon.wordpress.com/2014/11/07/new-emag-spread-the-word/
I’d love to include your fabulous Slouchy Beanie pattern. Please let me know if you’d be happy to have your pattern included in this eMag.
Best
Sarah
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BautaWitch
Sarah, I have sent you an e-mail regarding your question and the eMag. All the best 🙂
GillaGilla
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Bummelle
Hello! I am in love with this Pattern! Can you do this to download on as pdf? that would be great *0*!
greedings from Germany
GillaGilla
BautaWitch
I’m happy you like it! But as it is a free pattern you will have to do with the format it is in – my blog post.
GillaGilla
Nichole
Your translation is great, and I appreciate you taking the time to put this lovely pattern into English for all of us non-Swedish-speakers. Gorgeous color choices! Tack så mycket 🙂
GillaGilla
BautaWitch
Thank you Nichole for your positive feedback! 🙂
GillaGilla
Sanderella's Crochet
What a nice beanie, and a lovely post! Nice website too! Thank you for sharing! I shared to my FB Fan Page, Sanderellas http://www.facebook.com/Sanderellas
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