The Bellwether beanie is a super squishy, super comfy, uniquely textured hat that you’re going to love wearing even more than you love making it.

The band is worked first then the hat is is built upon that, with decrease rounds forming a five-pointed star pattern to close.

It’s designed with color changing yarn in mind to break up stripes of color and minimize pooling. Though, it does work up well in a solid color too. It looks great with or without a pompom.

Details
Crochet Terms: US
Skill Level: Intermediate
Sizes: Preemie (head size 11-12”), newborn (13-14”), baby (15-17”), toddler/sm child (18-20”), adult sm/teen (20-22”), adult lg (22-24”)
Gauge: with smaller hook, 26 sts and 22 rows is about 4” in sc in BLO
Yarn: Stylecraft Regatta DK, 1 ball; or, about 60 (75; 100; 130; 170; 205) yards of DK weight yarn
Hook Size: 3.5mm & 4mm or size needed to obtain gauge & a size up from that
Additional Materials: yarn needle to weave ends, fur pompom (optional)
Stitches and techniques used: ch, sc, BLO, working along the side of crochet rows, working in rounds, working into different rounds than the previous round, dc2tog.

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