Crochet Brick Town Beanie

Supplies

Worsted (4) yarn

US J-10 / 6.0 mm hook

Tapestry needle

Scissors

Yarn

Hobby Lobby I Love This Yarn weight (4) worsted, 100% acrylic, 355 yds per skein

2 or more colors needed. Less than 200 yards total

Main Color will be used for the Rows of the beanie. Accent Color will be used for the LSC Rows. This will create the “brick” effect.

Brim of the Beanie can be worked in either Main Color or Accent Color

Gauge

4 stitches and 2 rows = 1” in brim of hat.

Difficulty

Intermediate

Sizes

Pattern is written for size 1, with all other sizes in parenthesis as follows:

1 (2, 3, 4) (5, 6, 7, 8)

Abbreviations (US Terms)

• ch: chain
• FO: Finish Off
• hdc: half double crochet
• lsc: long single crochet (see special stitches)
• sc: single crochet
• scblo: single crochet in the back loop only
• sk: skip
• sl st: slip stitch
• st: stitch

Special Stitches

Long Single Crochet (lsc): For this stitch, you will be inserting your hook into the SC row below the Row you are working into, yarn over, pull up a loop to the same level as the current stitches, keeping stitch loose, finish SC as normal. LSC stitches will be worked between the 2 regular SC stitches of the previous LSC Row to create the staggered effect. If your stitches get off-center you can fix it by removing one of the SC stitches at the beginning of the row and adding it to the end of the row.

Notes

• Each Repeat is ¾” in height. To increase the height of your beanie, add rows before decreasing.
• Changing colors at every lsc row will create a totally different look. See photo below.
• Change colors in the last yarn over of the last st of the row before the color change.
• If you want a folded brim, double the length of the starting ch plus 2 sts.

Free Crochet Pattern: Brick Town Beanie

Beanie Brim

Sizes 1 (2, 3, 4) (5, 6) only

Row 1: Leaving a 5” starting tail, ch 6, sc in 2nd ch and across. (5)

Row 2: Ch1, turn, scblo across.

Rows 3 – 38 (41, 44, 47) (50, 53): Ch1, turn, repeat Row 2

Next Row: Ch 1, turn, scblo across.

Ch 1, turn to work across the top of the rows Work 1 sc in the top of each row across, sl st in first st of the row to join the brim in the round. (39 (42, 45, 48) (51, 54) sts)

Brim of the Hat will be sewn together after the hat is finished.

Sizes (7, 8) only

Row 1: Leaving a 5” starting tail, ch 8, sc in 2nd ch and across. (7)

Row 2: Ch1, turn, scblo across.

Rows 3 – (56, 59): Ch1, turn, repeat Row 2

Next Row: Ch 1, turn, scblo across.

Ch 1, turn to work across the top of the rows Work 1 sc in the top of each row across, sl st in first st of the row to join the brim in the round. ((57, 60) sts)

Brim of the Hat will be sewn together after hat is finished.

Body of Hat

With Main Color

Round 1: ch 1, sc around, sl st. (39 (42, 45, 48) (51, 54, 57, 60) sts)

Round 2: ch 1, hdc around, sl st.

Change to Accent Color

Round 3: ch 1, [sc 2, lsc] around, sl st.

Change to Main Color

Round 4: ch 1, sc around, sl st.

Round 5: ch 1, hdc around, sl st.

Change to Accent Color

Round 6: ch 1, [sc 2, lsc] around, sl st.

Rounds 7 – 12 (12, 15, 15) (18, 21, 21, 24): Repeat Rows 4 – 6.

Decrease Rounds

Continue with Accent Color

Round 1: ch 1, sc in first st, [sk 1, sc] around, sl st. (20 (21, 23, 24) (26, 27, 29, 30) sts)

Round 2: ch 1, sc in first st, [sk 1, sc] around, sl st. (10 (11, 12, 12) (13, 14, 15, 15) sts)

*For messy bun style beanie stop here; sl st in each st around, FO.

Round 3: ch 1, sc in first st, [sk 1, sc] around, sl st. (5 (6, 6, 6) (7, 7, 8, 8) sts)

Round 4: ch 1, sc in first st, [sk 1, sc] around, sl st, FO (3 (3, 3, 3) (4, 4, 4, 4) sts)

Finishing Your Beanie

Using the starting tail, sew the ends of the brim together with a whip stitch, weave in all ends and enjoy!