Single Crochet Beanie

Child 3yrs-5yrs Hook H (5.0 mm) Hook G (4.0 mm) for ribbing Yarn: Worsted Weight Acrylic Yarn

Round 1: Ch2, 8 sc in 2nd ch from hook. (8) Round 2: 2sc in ea sc (16) Round 3: *(1 sc, 2 sc in next st) Rep fr* (24) Round 4: 1 sc in ea sc (24) Round 5: *(2sc, 2sc in next st) Rep fr* (32) Round 6: 1 sc in ea sc (32) Round 7: *(3sc, 2sc in next st) Rep fr * (40) Round 8: 1sc in ea sc (40) Round 9: *(4sc, 2 sc in next st) Rep fr * (48) Round 10: 1sc in ea sc (48) Round 11: *(5sc, 2 sc in next st) (56) Rounds 12-24: 1 sc in each sc. Skip 1 and join with a sl st. Continue making the ribbing:

Abbreviations used:
Ch chain sc single crochet sl st slip stitch fr from Rep repeat

Make the Ribbing

Switch to smaller crochet hook and begin ribbing.

[1]Aura Main January 2012

Ch5, work 1sc in 2nd ch fr hook, work 2sc, work 1 sc decrease on last sc, *(ch1, turn working through the back loop, work 4 sc, ch1, turn, work 3sc through the back loop work a sc decrease through the back loop, skip the closest stitch on the hat border and join on the following stitch. Rep from *

Single Crochet decrease:

Insert hook through back loop, yarn over and draw 1 loop, two loops on the hook, insert hook in the stitch on the edge of the hat under 2 loops, yarn over and draw 1 loop, three stitches on the hook, yarn over and draw through three loops (sc decrease completed)

[2]Aura Main January 2012