NORTHCOTE COTTON CROCHET DIAMOND PATTERN BEANIE
Level: Intermediate
WHAT YOU'LL NEED:
- "Moda Vera" Northcote Cotton 50g x 2 balls.
- A 4.50mm and a 5.50mm crochet hook or size required to give correct tension.
- A stitch marker.
- Scissors, yarn needle, tape measure
Size
To Fit Head (approx): 56 cm
Tension
16 sts x 14 rows to 10cm over patt, using 5.50mm hook.
SPECIAL ABBREVIATION
1dcb = Insert hook into base of st 2 rows below, yoh, draw loop through, yoh and draw through rem 2 loops on hook.
INSTRUCTIONS
BRIM
Using 4.50mm hook, make 13ch, leaving a long end.
1st row - 1dc in 2nd ch from hook, 1dc in each ch to end, turn ... 12dc.
2nd row - 1ch, 1dc in back loop only in each st to end, turn.
Rep 2nd row until work measures 50cm (slightly stretched), from beg.
Do not fasten off. Slip last st onto a stitch marker.
Using a flat seam and long end, join first and last rows tog to form a ring.
MAIN PIECE
Slip st left on stitch marker onto a 5.50mm hook.
Note - Main Piece is worked in continuous rounds, place stitch marker at beg of each round as worked.
1st round - 1ch (does not count as a stitch here and throughout), work 72dc along side edge of brim ... 72dc.
2nd round - 1dc in back loop only in each dc to end.
3rd round - As 2nd round.
4th round - 1dc in back loop only in each of next 4 sts, 1dcb in next st, 1dc in back loop only of next 3 sts, rep from to end.
5th round - 1dc in back loop only in each of next 3 sts, 1dcb in next st, 1dc in back loop only of next st, 1dcb in next st, 1dc in back loop only in each of next 2 sts, rep from to end.
6th round - 1dc in back loop only in each of next 2 sts, 1dcb in next st, 1dc in back loop only in each of next 3 sts, 1dcb in next st, 1dc in back loop only of nxt st, rp from to end.
7th round - 1dc in back loop only in next st, 1dcb in next st, 1dc in back loop only in each of next 5 sts, 1dcb in next st, rep from to end.
8th round - 1dcb in next st, 1dc in back loop only in each of next 7 sts, rep from to end.
9th round - As 7th round.
10th round - As 6th round.
11th round - As 5th round.
12th round - As 4th round.
Rep rounds 5 to 12 incl once.
Cont working in rounds of dc in back loop only until Beanie measures 20cm from beg, ending with a complete round.
Shape Crown -
1st round - Dc2tog, 1dc in back loop only in each of next 6 sts, rep from to end ... 63 sts.
2nd round - Dc2tog, 1dc in back loop only in each of next 5 sts, rep from to end ... 54 sts.
3rd round - Dc2tog, 1dc in back loop only in each of next 4 sts, rep from to end ... 45 sts.
4th round - Dc2tog, 1dc in back loop only in each of next 3 sts, rep from to end ... 36 sts.
5th round - Dc2tog, 1dc in back loop only in each of next 2 sts, rep from to end ... 27 sts.
6th round - Dc2tog, 1dc in back loop only in next st, rep from to end ... 18 sts.
Break off yarn leaving a long end. Thread yarn through last round worked, draw up tightly and fasten off securely.
FINISHING
DO NOT PRESS. Sew in ends.
