This beanie is made with rows of skinny puff V stitches in the body of the hat. Skinny puff stitches work better for bulky yarns than the traditional puff stitch.
Stitches used:
ch- chain
sc – single crochet
dc – double crochet
Skinny Puff stitch – YO and insert hook into the space below, pull loop through space, pull through 2 loops on hook, YO and insert hook in the the space below again, pull loop through space, YO and pull through 2 loops on hook, then YO again and pull through last 2 loops on hook
Skinny Puff V-stitch – Skinny Puff stitch, ch 1, Skinny Puff stitch into the same space
sk st – skip stitch
sl st – slip stitch
st – stitch
YO – yarn over
Using size 6 yarn (super bulky) with a N-15 (10 mm) needle to make a large beanie (20 inch circumference and 9 inch high)
Ch 4 and loop to make a magic ring.
Row 1 – ch 2 (this counts as your first dc of this row) and then 8 dc into the ring. Join with sl st to first dc (9 dc)
Row 2 – ch 2 (this counts as your first dc of this row), dc in the same st as joining, and then 2 dc in each stitch all the way around to end. Join with sl st to first dc. (18 dc)
Row 3 – ch 2 (this counts as your first dc of this row), dc in same st as joining, dc in the next st, then repeat {2 dc in the next st, dc in the next st} to the end. Join with sl st to first dc. (27 dc)
Row 4 – ch 2 (this counts as your first dc of this row), dc in same st as joining, dc in the next 2 st, then repeat {2 dc in the next st, dc in the next 2 st} to the end. Join with sl st to first dc (36 dc)
Row 5 – ch 2 (this counts as your first dc of this row), dc in each stitch of the row below to the end. Join with sl st to the first dc. (36 dc)
Row 6 – ch 2 (this counts as your first dc of this row), dc in next st, Puffed V stitch over the next 3 stitches, then repeat {dc in the next 3 stitches, Puffed V stitch over the next three stitches} all the way to the end. Join with sl st to first dc. (36 stitches)
Row 7 – ch 2 (this counts as your first dc of this row), dc in the next st, Puffed V stitch into the ch 1 space of the Puffed V stitch below, and repeat {dc in the next 3 st, Puffed V stitch into the ch 1 space of the Puffed V stitch below} all the way around (36 stiitches)
Row 8-9 – repeat Row 7 (36 stitches)
Row 10 – ch 2 (this counts as your first dc of this row), dc in same st as joining, dc in each st all the way around. Join with sl st to first dc (36 dc)
Row 11 – ch 1 (this counts as your first sc of the row), sc in each stitch all the way around to the end. Join with sl st to first sc and fasten off (36 sc)
TIP: Have extra spaces due to sizing? Fill them with dc in each space. Just make sure you keep the total number of stitches consistent for each round to maintain sizing.
Happy Crocheting! Wear with HOPE and be warmed by LOVE.
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