Ok, so winter is kind of here already but I’ve got Game of Thrones on my mind.
I’ve been doing serious closet cleanup sessions lately, taking out all those garment and accessories that no longer work for me for different reasons. That has also included letting go of pieces made from animal fibres. While layering is an alternative for wool, I’ve struggled to find replacements for some of my beanies. It seems that everything on the market is either wool or acrylic. The few beanies that are made from cotton are made for people with much smaller heads than mine. I’ve been reluctant to crochet a beanie since the last time I did it, I ended up with a heavy and weird shaped beanie that I rarely used. Tired of googling ethically produced cotton beanies I decided to give a crocheted version another go. This time I would try to find a pattern and make sure I got the fit right.
Thank goodness for Pinterest because it didn’t take long before I found this simple way of crocheting a beanie, that even beginners can do. You don’t have to worry about decreasing stitches, only how big of a fold (or is it a brim on beanies too?) you want or how loose you want the beanie to be. You basically crochet a rectangle that you then stitch or crochet the sides to make a tube and then you gather and stitch together one opening of that tube and you have a beanie! I made mine very big because I want to be able to wear it even when I have box braids. So the top of the beanie is maybe not the prettiest but I can always cover it with a pom pom or something else.
Because I was going to use cotton and not wool, I figured it would be good to use a thicker yarn. I was glad to finally have a use for the knitted tube yarn that I got from a friend a while back. I ran out of yarn half way through so I had to order more to finish the beanie.
I’m so happy with this beanie, that I’m probably going to crochet another one. I would like to try one with a different rib stitch and maybe with a heathered yarn.
