Crochet beanie hats are the perfect all-purpose gift: Babies need hats, elderly people wear hats, and almost everyone in between loves a cute hat; beanies are great for keeping heads warm in cold weather and they make a stylish accessory.
A handmade beanie hat is special because it's made with love for someone in particular, or in hopes whoever wears it will enjoy it. DIY crochet beanies can also serve an important purpose, such as those made for charity to assist people undergoing chemo.
Beanie hats are easy to make, so they're a great simple project for crocheters with limited skills, supplies, or time. But, even though they're simple to create, they don't have to look boring. There are many ways to dress up hand-crocheted beanies so they appear better than store-bought versions. You can change the crochet stitches, play with colors, and add details to make a basic beanie a bit more special.
Below are seven crochet beanie patterns to get started with now.
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Chunky Pom Beanie Hat
Malloo/Etsy
Elevate the basic crochet beanie by making it with chunky yarn. There are a few other things that make this particular hat extra special:
- Big bobbles bring bold texture to this winter accessory.
- Unique knit-like stitches on the bottom create a nice ribbing for close-to-the-head wear.
- A big pom on top makes this a statement piece.
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Reversible Crochet Beanie Hat
Made with a Twist
This beanie pattern might look like a crochet slouch hat, but that's part of what makes it unique. It can easily be turned into a regular crochet beanie just by turning up the bottom to create a tighter fit with a brim.
That's not all of the change that you can expect with this hat, though. This is a double-thick hat crocheted with one color on the inside and another on the outside so that it's reversible. You get double the wear plus that extra cozy thickness to keep your head warm.
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Two-Tone Crochet Beanie
The Unraveled Mitten
This is a fairly basic crochet beanie pattern available in three child and two adult sizes. It's worked in the round using single crochet and double crochet.
So what makes this beanie special? It's the two-tone coloring that gives it a dip-dye effect, for starters.
The stitch pattern on top is different than the one on the bottom, an effect achieved by the strategic placement of front-loop-only and back-loop-only stitches.
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Lace Crochet Beanie for Messy Buns
ItWasYarn/Etsy
The messy bun hat is a fun variation on the beanie. There's a hole in the top to put your ponytail or bun through, so you can have an updo and wear a beanie at the same time.
This crochet beanie pattern is a particularly lacy design. It's intended as a summer hat, more for decoration than to keep you warm.
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Diagonal Raised Beanie
Dana Marie Moreno/Ravelry
This crochet beanie hat for adults is special for several reasons:
- Front post and back post crochet stitches create a thick eye-catching texture.
- The unique placement of stitches creates a design that looks like diagonal lines swirling up the hat.
- It's a one-skein crochet hat pattern designed in a bold mustard color.
- This is a unisex crochet hat pattern. Anyone can wear it!
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Plaid Crochet Beanie Hat
Cera Atchison/Ravelry
If you're new to crochet, then you might be surprised to learn that you can recreate the look of plaid using special techniques. This particular crochet beanie pattern can be made using either tapestry crochet or a graphghan approach to color work. The result is an original beanie with a bold design, especially when topped off with a pom pom.
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Moss Stitch Baby Beanie With Matching Crochet Sweater
Allison McDonough/Ravelry
There are advanced techniques like tapestry crochet to create bold colorwork designs. However, there also are really easy stitch patterns that use two colors and still have that graphic appeal. That's the case with this crochet baby beanie worked in an easy crochet moss stitch. For added cuteness, there is a matching crochet sweater pattern sold separately.