Crochet Blocks Toddler Beanie, Free Pattern

The little fellow in the pictures is my younger son Niko, and he is wearing a beanie hat that I made for him. What’s cool about this hat is that it’s entirely recycled!

Over a year ago I bought a skein of Country yarn by Naturally Caron (75% acrylic, 25% merino wool), and I used it to make my son a Bear Beanie shown below. But my son grew out of it, so I unraveled it and made a new hat.

Here in California winters are warm (especially this year), so the open block stitch worked well for this project. If you use a girly color yarn and add a flower (see free flower patterns here), you’ll have a cute beanie hat for a toddler girl.

 

Country yarn by NaturallyCaron.com; color Deep Taupe (#15), 1 skein (185 yards)

Crochet hook US size G (4.25 mm)

Ch 6, join in ring.

Round 1: ch 3, 15 dc in ring; join with sl st into 3^rd ch of beginning ch-3.

Round 2: ch 1, sc in same space, ch 3, *skip next dc, sc in next dc, ch 3* around; join with sl st to beginning sc.

Round 3: sl st in next ch-3 space, ch 3, (dc, ch 1, 2 dc) all in same space, ch 1, *(2dc, ch 1, 2 dc) all in next ch-3 space, ch 1* around; join with sl st into 3^rd ch of beginning ch-3.

Round 4: sl st to next ch-1 space, ch 1, sc in same space, ch 3, *sc in next ch-1 space, ch 3* around; join with sl st to beginning sc.

Round 5: sl st in next ch-3 space, ch 3, 2 dc in same space, ch 1, *3 dc in next ch-3 space, ch 1* around; join with sl st into 3^rd ch of beginning ch-3.

Round 6: sl st to next ch-1 space, ch 1, sc in same space, ch 3, *sc in next ch-1 space, ch 3* around; around; join with sl st to beginning sc.

Round 7: sl st in next ch-3 space, ch 3, 3 dc in same space, ch 1, *4 dc in next ch-3 space, ch 1* around; join with sl st into 3^rd ch of beginning ch-3.

Round 8: sl st to next ch-1 space, ch 1, sc in same space, ch 4, *sc in next ch-1 space, ch 4* around; around; join with sl st to beginning sc.

Round 9: sl st in next ch-4 space, ch 3, 4 dc in same space, ch 1, *5 dc in next ch-4 space, ch 1* around; join with sl st into 3^rd ch of beginning ch-3.

Repeat Rounds 8-9.

Fasten off.