Looped Rainbows Beanie Free Pattern

Hello I hope you enjoy this free pattern. It's beginner friendly and works up quickly.

Looped Rainbows Beanie

brought to you by MTP Designs

a subsidiary of Madd Tea Party Boutique

Copyright 2021

Materials: #4 worsted weight yarn, approx 230 yards

                   I / 5.5mm hook

                   Needle for sewing in ends and attaching pieces

                   pom pom/pom pom maker

Stitch Guide: sl: slip stitch

                        ch: chain

                        hdc: half double crochet

                        hdc dec: half double crochet decrease

                        hdc 3^rd loop: half double crochet in the third loop

                        fpdc: front post double crochet

                        fphdc: front post half double crochet

                        blo: back loop only

                        dec: decrease

Special Instructions: hdc 3^rd loop: like a regular hdc, but in the back 3^rd loop instead (pictures below from a different pattern, but the same stitch) in this pattern you will decrease the specialty front post and hdc in the 3^rd loop stitches, you do these stitches as normal, just two together to decrease there are no repeated patterns in this hat, so if you need to make it smaller or larger, just change the size of the brim, and do as many hdc around as you want if you want the hat to be a different size around, with more stitches, the decrease rounds are done by 10, so you would need to make sure that the amount of stitches added is increased by that amount, or your decrease rounds won't work on the decrease rounds, the stitches used are the hdc 3^rd loop and hdc 3^rd loop decrease, if you find this is too bulky, or heavy, you can use regular hdc to decrease instead, and do hdc and hdc dec in place of the 3^rd loops

Brim:

Row 1: ch 10, 1 hdc in the 3^rd ch from the hook, and the next 7, turn (8)

Row 2 – 38: (or until the brim measures 17-19” around, this is your average adult size, lay flat to measure, do not stretch) ch 1, 1 hdc blo in each st across, turn (8)

Join with a sl to the first st in the first row to join the two ends and sl in each st to close (8)

Hat Body:

Here with round 1, you will be stitching into the side of the brim to start the hat body

At the beginning of each round, start with ch 2

At the end of each round, join with a sl

Round 1: 70 hdc into the sides of the brim around (70)

Round 2: 1 hdc, repeat around around (70)

Round 3: 1 hdc 3^rd loop, repeat around around (70)

Round 4: 1 fpdc, repeat around(70)

Round 5: 1 fphdc, repeat around (70)

Round 6 – 7: 1 hdc 3^rd loop, repeat around (70)

Round 8: 1 fpdc, repeat around (70)

Round 9: 1 fphdc, repeat around (70)

Round 10 – 11: 1 hdc 3^rd loop, repeat around (70)

Round 12: 1 fpdc, repeat around (70)

Round 13: 1 fphdc, repeat around (70)

Round 14 – 15: 1 hdc 3^rd loop, repeat around (70)

Round 16: 1 fpdc, repeat around (70)

Round 17: 1 fphdc, repeat around (70)

Round 18: 1 hdc 3^rd loop, repeat around (70)

Round 19: 8 hdc 3^rd loop, 1 hdc 3^rd loop dec, repeat around (63)

Round 20: 7 fpdc, 1 fpdc dec, repeat around (56)

Round 21: 6 fphdc, 1 fphdc dec, repeat around (49)

Round 22: 5 hdc 3^rd loop, 1 hdc 3^rd loop dec, repeat (42)

Round 23: 4 hdc 3^rd loop, 1 hdc 3^rd loop dec, repeat around (35)

Round 24: 3 hdc 3^rd loop, 1 hdc 3^rd loop dec, repeat around (28)

Round 25: 2 hdc 3^rd loop, 1 hdc 3^rd loop dec, repeat around (21)

Round 26: 1 hdc 3^rd loop, 1 hdc 3^rd loop dec, repeat around (14)

Round 27: 1 hdc 3^rd loop dec, repeat around (7)

Finish off and weave in ends

**If you want to make the hat slouchier, just do more repeats of rows 6-9 before starting on the decreases

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