Elvee Dickinson
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eBook :
5 patterns
Inspired by the Seventies, this collection of five patterns contains three Juliet caps, a boho slouchy, a floppy-brimmed cloche, and a granny-stitch kerchief.
eBook :
5 patterns
In five separate patterns, the Self-Centered Collection showcases self-patterning and self-striping yarns -- from wild acrylic prints to gorgeous hand-dyed luxury yarns.
eBook :
5 patterns
Simply, for Men is a collection of 5 advanced beginner and intermediate hat patterns, especially designed for men.
Patterns available as Ravelry Downloads
Crochet: Beanie, Toque
Quick to make in chunky yarn, The Friendship Beanie is perfect for gifting to your favorite people.
Crochet: Brimmed Hat, Cloche Hat
Super Snazzy is the big-sister version of my Snazzy hat pattern. It’s made in super chunky yarn for a fast and fun project.
Crochet: Beanie, Toque
I recently read that at the Beanie Festival in Alice Springs, Australia, you can buy hats ranging from a sculptural felted masterpiece to a “boring bloke’s beanie.” I loved this description of a plain vanilla hat. So clever, and alliterative!
Crochet: Beanie, Toque
Worked from the top down in aran-weight yarn, this easy-to-make beanie has plenty of texture and warmth. Stars of the show are the three rows of little “bobbles,” simply made with treble stitch.
Crochet: Beanie, Toque
A basic pattern for the perfect guy hat, this beanie shines with its clean lines and subtle texture. It’s crocheted in DK or worsted yarn in spiral hdc, and a narrow welt band gives a handsome finish.
Crochet: Beanie, Toque, Pixie Hat
This sweet take on a pixie cap features a simple variation of single crochet stitch, a swirl pattern crown and a chunky rolled brim. You can make it in any length you choose – an adorable kufi-style shortie, an ear-grazing cap, or a cover-your-ears cozy beanie.
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
The Chunky Purl Ridge Beanie is a textural beauty with that lovely, twisted ribbing and, yes, those upstanding purl ridges. Quick, easy, and handsome – it’s a hat to make for your favorite person. Maybe you?
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
The Welty Chunky Beanie is a handsome, unisex hat that’s quick and easy to make. It’s a super hat for last-minute gifting or movie-night knitting.
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
The Chunky Spiral beanie and slouchy use knit and purl stitches to create tons of texture. Worked up from the brim, this unisex hat finishes with an exuberant (and easy!) gathered crown of soft pleats.
Crochet: Beanie, Toque
Using DK instead of chunky yarn, The Not-So-Chunky Guy Beanie is a lighter weight version of my Chunky Guy Beanie.
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
The Circles Basketweave Beanie updates the classic basketweave pattern with purl-stitch circles. Worked up from the brim, this handsome, unisex beanie is quick to make in chunky yarn.
Crochet: Beret, Tam
Frankie is a DK-weight beret with two distinct sides – one with rounded double crochet stitches and the other one with narrow lines of texture. It’s your choice of how to wear it!
Crochet: Beanie, Toque
The Furrows Slouchy and Beanie is a textural beauty, starting with its beefy ribbed brim. Horizontal texture stripes – which create the furrows in the hat body – are crocheted in joined-and-turned rounds.
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
You’ve Got to Be Ribbin’ is, as its name suggests, for knitters who just love ribbing. This handsome, unisex beanie has two different kinds of ribbing, and it’s easy and quick to make in chunky yarn.
Crochet: Cowl
The Spiriferous Cowl – named for its spiral construction – takes striping to a new level and then adds a whimsical bobble edging. The fun-to-make pattern may easily be adjusted to create a wider/narrower or shorter/taller cowl.
Crochet: Beanie, Toque
This unisex, super bulky and super textured beanie is reversible, with two subtly different sides.
Crochet: Beanie, Toque
Super (Bulky) Wyder features a wide ribbed cuff that can be turned up a little for a slouchy hat, or a lot for a beanie length. For a more ribby appearance, the edge of the cuff has a slightly wavy edge.
Crochet: Beanie, Toque
Chunky Wyder features a wide ribbed cuff that can be turned up a little for a slouchy hat, or a lot for a beanie length.
Crochet: Hats - Other
Inspired by the iconic pillbox, these hats offer a welcome pop of color in shades of the Sixties. Worked from the top down in spiral rounds, the hats are quick to crochet in super bulky yarn.
Crochet: Beanie, Toque
Two colors of yarn trade places in wide and narrow stripes in this beanie hat, which also has a slouchy option. The counterchange striping pattern uses combinations of basic crochet stitches to achieve stripes in varying widths.
Crochet: Beanie, Toque
A variation of the spike stitch adds a chain-look stripe detail to this classic beanie. The design for intermediate crocheters is finished with chunky ribbing created by post stitches.
Crochet: Beanie, Toque
Any man might appreciate the Perfect Guy 2.0 beanie with its distinctive wide band. It’s quick to crochet in super-bulky yarn or two strands of heavy-worsted or aran-weight yarn held together.
Crochet: Beanie, Toque
These beanie and slouchy hats give glimpses of color between rounds of applied contrast stitching. Dotted with tiny blips of the main color, the raised contrasting stripes add plenty of texture and style to a classic winter warmer.
Crochet: Containers
Retro-inspired flowers adorn four small nesting baskets measuring from 3 to 8 inches across. All are crocheted in worsted-weight yarn -- using one to four strands -- to create the graduated sizes.
Crochet: Beanie, Toque
Thanks to variegated yarns with gradual or frequent color changes, those aren’t run-of-the-mill concentric stripes on this slouchy beanie. A chunky, head-hugging ribbing – with optional trim in self-striping or self-patterning yarn – provides a colorful finishing touch.
Crochet: Beanie, Toque
Pisa takes advantage of crochet’s tendency to slant when worked in the round. Parallelograms – resembling the famous leaning tower in Italy – begin to appear as this slouchy hat is crocheted in a self-striping yarn combined with a lighter/darker solid-color yarn.
Crochet: Beanie, Toque
A beanie or slouchy called Spiriferous – for its spiral construction – showcases variegated yarns, from wild acrylic prints to gorgeous hand-dyed luxury yarns.
Crochet: Beanie, Toque
It’s the yarn that’s chunky – and not necessarily the guy – in this perfectly proportioned classic beanie.
Crochet: Beanie, Toque, Hats - Other
Sock yarn creates a lighter weight version of my Ribby Slouchy. This design looks good in self-patterning and tonal variegated sock yarn, as well as solid colors for a simply classic, no-frills slouchy.
Crochet: Beanie, Toque
Providing ultimate winter warmth for men and women, the ribby slouchy beanie takes a dramatic turn in super-bulky yarn.
Crochet: Beanie, Toque
This ribbed slouchy beanie hat in chunky-weight yarn is stylish on both men and women. Post stitches create a stretchy ribbed edging that hugs your head.
Crochet: Beanie, Toque
Those diagonal bobbles may not be “real” bobbles, but they sure are cute. They also add a lovely texture to a simple beanie sized for the whole family, from babies all the way up to adults with large heads.
Crochet: Kerchief
This sassy, little bandanna has a boho vibe when you tie it in back, and a 1950s retro look when you tie it under your chin. Best of all, you can use any yarn -- from lightweight to super bulky.
Crochet: Cloche Hat
This cloche features an airy stitch pattern, a floppy brim and a big, retro flower.
Crochet: Beanie, Toque
This is the update of The Fishnet Beanie, which has now become The Fishnet Slouchy. (You can use this new pattern to make a beanie -- just work fewer rounds.)
Crochet: Beanie, Toque
The Tiny-Crown Juliet Cap and Boho Slouchy are inspired by romantic styles from the ’70s.
Crochet: Beanie, Toque
Crocheted in chunky-weight yarn, this classic, unisex slouchy hat features a refined shape and a subtle, raised welt edging. It’s worked from the top down in joined rounds.
Crochet: Beanie, Toque
Crocheted hats with classic stripes show your love for your favorite colors, favorite team, your school or your country. They’re great “couple” hats, too.
Crochet: Beanie, Toque
A dramatic beanie with built-in Starflower earmuffs adds the wow factor to warm winter woolies. And -- if you don’t live in the Snowbelt and aren’t in need of a super warm hat -- just one Starflower makes a lovely adornment.
Crochet: Beanie, Toque
UPDATE August 2024: Since I published The Big Unseamly Beanie about 10 years ago, many, many makers have come up with methods of making the crochet joining seam less visible. Check out videos on YouTube to find ones that you might like. They’ll all work with this very basic, classic roll-brim hat.
Crochet: Beanie, Toque
That marvelous muffin-top shape elevates the simple beanie to a stylish accessory. Perfect proportions are this beanie’s recipe for success. The hat can be worn with the muffin-top fullness straight up or draped to the side like a beret.