Every Which Way Beanie

The Every Which Way Beanie is the ultimate stash buster. Make it in any yarn weight your heart desires – the texture will look beautiful either way.

The pattern works up quickly, featuring your new favorite stitch: the linked double crochet. This modified stitch is a fun spin on the regular double crochet, and you will be surprised by how easy, fast, and beautifully textured it is!

In order to make this pattern work for any yarn weight, there is no fixed gauge provided. You are instructed to use any yarn weight and a suitable hook size - the pattern guides you through picking an appropriate hook size.

Stitch counts are not provided at the end of each round. Rather, the pattern guides you to crochet until you reach a certain amount of inches/cm corresponding to your size. I call this a “graded to measure” pattern, and it’s what allows you to use any yarn weight to make this beanie.

Like all CrochetHighway designs, this upper beginner pattern has you covered with step-by-step instructions, tutorial photos and videos for the trickier parts of the pattern. You’ll be whipping up this beanie on repeat!

This pattern is available in English only and uses standard US crochet terminology.

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
Beanie circumference: 16.5 (17.5, 19, 20) (21, 22, 23) inches or 42 (44, 48, 51) (53, 56, 58) cm

The pattern is written for 7 sizes as follows: 1 (2, 3, 4) (5, 6, 7), corresponding to Toddler, Child/Adult XXS, Tween/Adult XS, Teen/Adult Small, Adult Medium, Adult Large, Adult Extra Large. This beanie is designed to be worn with approx. 1 to 2 inches or 2 to 5 cm of negative ease at the ribbed brim.

DIFFICULTY
Advanced beginner

MATERIALS
• Yarn: This gaugeless pattern is designed to work with any yarn weight. It has been tested for sport, DK, worsted, aran, and bulky weight yarn. The gray beanie is shown in Scheepjes Stone Washed XL (aran), the striped beanie is shown in Schachenmayr Boston (bulky), and the denim blue beanie is shown in Scheepjes Stone Washed (sport).
• Hooks: The pattern guides you on picking the appropriate hook size. I like to use my Clover Amours.
• Notions: Tape measure, scissors, darning needle, stitch markers

Check out more photos, yarn substitution ideas, as well as the tester lookbook with exact yardages from my testers on the blog post.

DOES THIS PATTERN COME WITH A STITCH CHART?
No.

HOW DO I DOWNLOAD MY PATTERN?
After completing the payment, check your inbox for an email containing a download link button for the PDF pattern. You will need a PDF reader installed to open the pattern.

PATTERN SUPPORT
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