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I love the texture that can be created by combining different crochet stitches. My goal when designing this hat was to create a hat with a lot of texture and visual interest. It combines rounds of bead stitch with rounds of half double crochet and a post stitch ribbing. A faux fur pom pom on the top finishes the hat.

How to Crochet the Bead Stitch Hat

You will need:

Special Stitches: hdc in 3rd loop: work the hdc in the loop/bar behind the top of the stitch that you normally work into



VIDEO TUTORIAL available HERE work the hdc in the loop/bar behind the top of the stitch that you normally work into

bead stitch: the bead stitch is basically a puff stitch worked around the post of the dc next to it

VIDEO TUTORIAL available HERE



dc in first stitch, yo, insert hook post of dc, pull up a loop, yo, insert hook around post, pull up a loop, yo, insert hook around post, pull up loop, yo, pull through all loops on hook, skip next stitch

Round 7: ch 2, hdc in each stitch around, slip stitch to first hdc to join (60 hdc)





Round 8: ch 2, hdc in 3rd loop in each stitch around, slip stitch to first hdc to join (60 hdc)





Round 9: ch 2, hdc in 3rd loop in each stitch around, slip stitch to first hdc to join (60 hdc)





Round 10: ch 1, [2 sc in 3rd loop of first stitch, 1 sc in 3rd loop of next 14] repeat around slip stitch to first sc to join (64 sc)





Round 11: ch 2, work bead stitch all the way around following instructions above (dc in first stitch, puff stitch around post, skip next stitch), slip stitch to first dc (32 beads)





Round 12: ch 2, hdc in each stitch around, join with slip stitch (64 hdc)





Round 13: ch 2, hdc in 3rd loop in each stitch around, slip stitch to first hdc to join (64 hdc)





Round 14: ch 2, hdc in 3rd loop in each stitch around, slip stitch to first hdc to join (64 hdc)





Round 15: ch 1, sc in 3rd loop in each stitch around, slip stitch to first sc to join (64 sc)





Round 16: Work bead stitch all the way around, join with slip stitch to first dc (32 beads)





Round 17: ch 2, hdc in each stitch around, join with slip stitch (64 hdc)

Round 18: ch 2, hdc in 3rd loop in each stitch around, slip stitch to first hdc to join (64 hdc)

Round 19: ch 2, hdc in 3rd loop in each stitch around, slip stitch to first hdc to join (64 hdc)









Round 21: ch 2, [front post dc in first 2 dc, back post dc in next dc] repeat around (64 dc)



Round 22: ch 2, [front post dc in first 2 dc, back post dc in next dc] repeat around (64 dc)



Round 23: ch 2, [front post dc in first 2 dc, back post dc in next dc] repeat around (64 dc)



Finish off, cut yarn, sew pom pom to the top of the hat, weave in all ends









Round 20: ch 2, dc in 3rd loop of each stitch around, slip stitch to first dc to join (64 dc)Round 21: ch 2, [front post dc in first 2 dc, back post dc in next dc] repeat around (64 dc)Round 22: ch 2, [front post dc in first 2 dc, back post dc in next dc] repeat around (64 dc)Round 23: ch 2, [front post dc in first 2 dc, back post dc in next dc] repeat around (64 dc)Finish off, cut yarn, sew pom pom to the top of the hat, weave in all ends





The hat is an adult size and the fit is slightly slouchy. It matches the Bead Stitch Cowl pattern that can be found HERE Begin with magic ring, beginning ch 2 does not count as a stitchRound 1: in mr, ch 2, 10 dc, slip stitch to first dc to join (10 dc)Round 2: ch 2, 2 dc in each stitch, slip stitch to first dc to join (20 dc)Round 3: ch 2, [2 dc in first stitch, 1 dc in next] repeat around, slip stitch to first stitch to join (30 dc)Round 4: ch 2, [2 dc in first stitch, 1 dc in next 2] repeat around, slip stitch to first stitch to join (40 dc)Round 5: ch 2, [2 dc in first stitch, 1 dc in next 3] repeat around, slip stitch to first stitch to join (50 dc)Round 6: ch 2, [2 dc in first stitch, 1 dc in next 4] repeat around, slip stitch to first stitch to join (60 dc)