Starry Nights Beanie

 

Hello Everyone! I hope you had a wonderful Valentine’s Day! Like I mentioned before, I have been exploring different crochet techniques lately. It has been very eye opening learning about all the different stitches. The crochet world is always changing. It doesn’t matter how long you have been crocheting, there is always something to learn! One area that fascinates me is fair isle crochet!

I love the colorwork that fair isle crochet creates. The possibilities are endless! The pattern that I have written for this beanie is a perfect pattern to introduce you to fair isle crochet. It is a very beginner friendly pattern consisting primarily of single crochet stitches.

You will need three colors of any worsted weight yarn for this pattern. I used Vanna’s Choice yarn because the color choices  are endless and it’s good quality! The beanie pattern is worked from the bottom up and then is cinched at the top! I hope you enjoy this pattern!

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Materials

3 Skeins of Lion Brand Vanna’s Choice yarn in any three colors. The colors I used in the pattern are Peacock, Navy and Silver Heather

5mm crochet hook

Scissors

Tapestry needle

Abbreviations

Chain (ch)

Stitch (st)

Yarn over (yo)

Back loop only (blo)

Single Crochet (sc)

Slip stitch (ss)

Single Crochet Decrease (sc dec)

Fair Isle Stitch (FIS)

*Note – In this pattern you will use a fair isle stitch (fis). To complete this stitch, insert hook into the next stitch, pull up gray with hook. yo with blue and pull through both loops on hook. The two loops on your hook when you pull through should be one grey and one blue. There is a great video tutorial by Sierra at SweetEverlyB explaining this stitch. It is Method #1 in her tutorial.

Also note that in Sierra’s tutorial of the fair isle stitch, she is crocheting the center singe crochet. This beanie pattern is written using the traditional single crochet to complete the stitch.

Pattern

For the band:

With Peacock

Ch. 8

Row 1 – Sc in the 2nd ch from the hook and each ch across. (7)

Row 2 – Ch.1 turn, sc blo in the first st and each remaining st. (7)

Rows 3 to 66 – repeat row 2

Note – Band should be approximately 18″ without stretching.

Slip stitch shorter ends together to form a band.

Ch.1 and sc all the way around the top (edge) of the band. Join with a ss to first sc you created. You should make 64 sc’s.

For the body:

Note: Make sure to carry the grey yarn in the back of your work when completing rounds 2 thru 9.

With Navy:

Round 1 – ch.1, sc in the same st and each remaining st around. Join with a ss to first sc of the round. (64)

Round 2 – ch.1, sc in the same st and the next two stitches, w/ grey fic in the next st. *w/navy sc in the next 3 stitches, w/grey fic st in the next. Repeat * til end of round. Join with a ss to first sc of the round. (64)

Round 3 – ch.1, sc in the same st, w/grey fic st in the next. *w/navy sc in the next three stitches, w/grey fic st in the next. Repeat * til end of round. Join with a ss to first sc of the round. (64)

Note: In round 3 you end the round with a grey fic st. Make sure to ss to the first sc of the round with navy.

Rounds 4 to 9: Repeat rows 2 and 3 respectively

Note: After completing round 9 you can go ahead and cut navy. Make sure to leave a long enough tail to weave in later.

Round 10 – Join grey, ch.1, sc in the first st and each st around. Join with a ss to first sc of round. (64)

Rounds 11 to 13 – Repeat round 10

Round 14 – ch.1, sc in the same st and in the next four stitches, sc dec in the next st. *sc in the next 5 stitches, sc dec in the next. Repeat * til there is one st left. Sc in the last st. Join with a ss to first sc of the round.(55)

Round 15 – ch.1, sc in the same st and the next three stitches, sc dec in the next st. *sc in the next four stitches, sc dec in the next. Repeat *til there is one st left. Sc in the last st. Join with a ss to first sc of the round.(46)

Round 16 – ch.1, sc in the same st and each st around. Join with a ss to first sc of the round. (46)

Round 17 – ch.1, sc in the same st and in the next two stitches, sc dec in the next. *sc in the next three stitches, sc dec in the next. Repeat *til there in one st left. Sc in the last st. Join with a ss to first sc of the round. (37)

Round 18 – ch.1, sc in the same st and the next two stitches, sc dec in the next. *sc in the next three stitches, sc dec in the next. Repeat *til there are two stitches left. Sc in the last two stitches. Join with a ss to first sc of the round. (30)

Round 19 – Repeat round 16

Bind off leaving a 12″ tail. Thread a tapestry needle and weave in and out of each sc post. When you reach the beginning again, flip the beanie upside and pull the string so the hole closes. You will then stitch the hole closed. Bind off and weave in any loose ends.

Attach pom-pom (optional)

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