Happiest of Tuesday wishes to you, friends! Now that it’s February, are you ready for Valentine’s Day patterns? I only have 2 for you this year and the first up is the Love Struck Beanie pattern, it’s a fun beanie that combines tapestry and texture to really make something fun.

Last month I released the Dancing Snowflake Beanie and I really loved the combination of tapestry and traditional crochet to create a fun and textured design. Of course, I knew immediately I wanted to do it again and when I started brainstorming for February I brought out my Tapestry Heart Basket for inspiration. Thus the Love Struck Beanie was born.

This design actually uses both tapestry, where I’m carrying the yarn, and intarsia, where I’m using bobbins (this is the arrow), to create the graphing section. Both techniques have great benefits and I like to used them pretty much interchangeably, because sometimes I don’t want to carry 3 strands of yarn through a beanie. Ya know?

And I know I say this every week but, this isn’t a hard pattern. It’s a lot of fun and you have so much opportunity to make lots of pretty pretty color combinations. I hope you give it a shot and wear it any time of the year, not just during February. We could all use more love, right?

Please note: this pattern was created in agreement with WeCrochet, who provided yarn support and payment.

This post is linked to Hookin’ on Hump Day 208

Materials

• US G (4.00 mm) crochet hook (I used this hook set)
• Size #4/ worsted/ medium weight yarn
  • 3 colors
  • I used Knit Picks Comfy worsted
• Notions: needle, measuring tape, scissors

Gauge

• 18 sc BLO x 18 rows = 4”
  

  

Terms/ Stitches used

• RS: right side
• Ch: chain
• St: stitch
• Rnd: round
• BLO: back loop only
• Join: join with a slip st into the first st
• Slip st: slip stitch
• Sc: single crochet
• Sc2tog: single crochet 2 sts together
• Hdc: half double crochet

Notes

• This pattern is worked in 3 sections: the Graphing, Slouch, and Brim and all are worked in the round with a slip st into the first st of the rnd.
• Every stitch in rnds 2 – 17 is a single crochet. The directions will only tell you what color (ie: Color A, Color B, etc…) and the number in the parentheses tells you how many scs to make.
• The ch-1 at the beginning of the rnds does not count as a stitch.
• In the photo: Color A is off-white (Knit Picks Comfy Worsted in Silver Sage), color B is gray (Comfy Worsted in Hawk), and color C is pink (Comfy Worsted in Zinnia).

Finished product dimensions (measurements may vary by gauge and yarn used)

Graphing
Sizing as follows 20″ (22″)
Rnd 1: A: Ch 92 (100) to and slip st to form a ring *DO NOT TWIST THIS RING*
Rnd 2: Ch 1, sc into the next 92 (100) chs, join – 92 (100) sc

Note:

• The following directions will only tell you what color (ie: Color A, Color B, etc…) and the number in the parentheses tells you how many stitches to make.
• The rnds 3 – 17 are worked into the BLO. Slip st into both loops on the join to help keep your seam straight.
• The first st is always worked into the same st as the join.

Rnd 3: A: Ch 1, 15 (13), B: 1 (1), *A: 22 (19), B: 1 (1),* repeat from * to * 2 (3) more times, A: 7 (6), join — 92 (100) sc
Rnd 4: A: Ch 1, 11 (9), C: 1 (1), A: 3 (3), B: 1 (1), *A: 18 (15), C: 1 (1), A: 3 (3), B: 1 (1),* repeat from * to * 2 (3) more times, A: 7 (6), join — 92 (100) sc
Rnd 5: A: Ch 1, 10 (8), C: 3 (3), A: 2 (2), B: 3 (3), *A: 15 (12), C: 3 (3), A: 2 (2), B: 3 (3),* repeat from * to * 2 (3) more times, A: 5 (4), join — 92 (100) sc
Rnd 6: A: Ch 1, 9 (7), C: 5 (5), B: 1 (1), * A: 17 (14), C: 5 (5), B: 1 (1),* repeat from * to * 2 (3) more times, A: 8 (7), join — 92 (100) sc
Fasten off color B.
Rnd 7: A: Ch 1, 8 (6), C: 7 (7), *A: 16 (13), C: 7 (7),* repeat from * to * 2 (3) more times, A: 8 (7), join — 92 (100) sc
Rnd 8: A: Ch 1, 7 (5), C: 9 (9), *A: 14 (11), C: 9 (9),* repeat from * to * 2 (3) more times, A: 7 (6), join — 92 (100) sc
Rnd 9: A: Ch 1, 6 (4), C: 5 (5), B: 1 (1), A: 5 (5), *A: 12 (9), C: 5 (5), B: 1 (1), A: 5 (5),* repeat from * to * 2 (3) more times, A: 6 (5), join — 92 (100) sc
Rnd 10: A: Ch 1, 5 (3), C: 5 (5), B: 1 (1), A: 7 (7), *A: 10 (7), C: 5 (5), B: 1 (1), A: 7 (7),* repeat from * to * 2 (3) more times, A: 5 (4), join — 92 (100) sc
Rnd 11: A: Ch 1, 4 (2), C: 5 (5), B: 1 (1), A: 9 (9), *A: 8 (5), C: 5 (5), B: 1 (1), A: 9 (9),* repeat from * to * 2 (3) more times, A: 4 (3), join — 92 (100) sc
Fasten off color B.
Rnd 12: A: Ch 1, 4 (2), C: 15 (15), *A: 8 (5), C: 15 (15),* repeat from * to * 2 (3) more times, A: 4 (3), join — 92 (100) sc
Rnd 13: A: Ch 1, 4 (2), C: 7 (7), A: 1 (1), C: 7 (7), *A: 8 (5), C: 7 (7), A: 1 (1), C: 7 (7),* repeat from * to * 2 (3) more times, A: 4 (3), join — 92 (100) sc
Rnd 14: A: Ch 1, 5 (3), C: 5 (5), A: 3 (3), C: 5 (5), *A: 10 (7), C: 5 (5), A: 3 (3), C: 5 (5), * repeat from * to * 2 (3) more times, A: 5 (4), join — 92 (100) sc
Rnd 15: A: Ch 1, 3 (1), B: 1 (1), A: 1 (1), B: 1 (1), C: 3 (3), A: 5 (5), C: 3 (3), *A: 9 (6), B: 1 (1), A: 1 (1), B: 1 (1), C: 3 (3), A: 5 (5), C: 3 (3), * repeat from * to * 2 (3) more times, A: 6 (5), join — 92 (100) sc
Fasten off color C.
Rnd 16: A: Ch 1, 3 (1), B: 2 (2), *A: 21 (18), B: 2 (2),* repeat from * to * 2 (3), more times, A: 18 (17), join — 92 (100)
Fasten off color B.
Rnd 17: A: Ch 1, 92 (100), join — 92 (100)
Fasten off color A.

Brim

Flip your hat around so you’re working along the other side of Rnd 1.

Row 1: With color B, pull up a loop in the first st to the left of your seam, ch 5, sc into the second st from the hook and into the next 3 sts – 5 sc
Row 2: Slip st into the next 2 sts on Rnd 1 (of the Graphing section), turn, sc into the BLO of the next 4 sc – 4 sc
Row 3: Ch 1, turn, sc into the BLO of the next 4 sc – 4 sc
Row 4: Slip st into the next 2 sts on Rnd 1 (of the Graphing section), turn, sc into the BLO of the next 4 sc – 4 sc
Rows 5 – 92 (100): repeat rows 3 – 4, 44 (48) times
Fasten off, secure row 92 (100) to row 1 in your preferred method of seaming. Weave in your ends.