Easy Kids Crochet Beanie Hats

In a previous post, 'Easy Crochet Beanie Hat', I mentioned that I was crocheting not only a hat for myself, but also for my girls, Seren & Carys. 

Here are their New Beanie Hats

How cute are these. They only change I made to the Original pattern was the loop edges, and changing up the double crochet stitches and using single crochets too. Also adding a spiral tassel on two of the hats. I will post the pattern for them too. You can also add, a cute crochet flower and button to pretty them up :)

Just remember to measure first, as you may have to drop a couple of stitches past row 6, depending on your child's head circumference

The options are endless, it just takes a little imagination :)

My Original Pattern for the Beanie Hat - HERE

Pattern for tassels:

ch = chain

sc= single crochet

Long Tassel: Ch 31 loosely. 3sc in 2nd ch from hook, 3sc in each ch to end of row-- 90 sc. Fasten off, weave ends into the top of your beanie.

Medium Tassel: ch 26 loosely, 3sc in 2nd ch from hook, 3sc in each ch to end of row -- 75 sc. Fasten off, weave ends into the top of your beanie.

Small Tassel: ch 21 loosely, 3sc in 2nd ch from hook, 3sc in each ch to end of row -- 75 sc. Fasten off, weave ends into the top of your beanie.

1920's style Girls Beanie Hat

Fits ages 1 - 2 yr old.

I threaded a skein of yarn through every other double crochet stitch. I added a crochet flower with loops and a button, and a looped edge.

This hat fits a 1 - 2 (maybe a 3 yr old. At a stretch)

On this Beanie, I added some extra small rows towards the front/side of hat, then you lift that flap of extra stitches up and attach a crochet flower with a button to hold in place. Crochet some tassels and add to top of hat!!! Adorable

Tassel Beanie.

This hat fits my Nearly 4 yr old, with room to grow. I kept this simple, as Seren doesn't like too much  fuss on her head at the moment as you will see in a picture further down LOL

Easy detachable flower

And here are my girls modeling their hats!!

Seren is not impressed!! While Carys kept saying, 'Cheese' in every picture!!

Carys kept pushing her beanie back- they normally sit a little lower on her forehead!

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Easy Crochet Beanie Hat

What's a girl to do when the weather is SO cold outside, too cold to want to do anything, other than do the weekly grocery shop and attend our Sunday Church meeting.

What do I do? - I crochet warm Beanie Hats for myself and my girls - While watching a British Period Drama :) of course!

I love this Beanie pattern, it is really easy and you can make it pretty if it's for yourself or family member/ girl or make it masculine for a guy.

I also mix it up with the pattern, by using different stitches past RND 8 as I did for my Beanie hat featured in this post.

I added a crochet flower & a jeweled pin to it.

Here you can see my pattern, the stitches I used were 2 double crochets in every other stitch and finishing with a single round of double crochet and single crochet stitches.

Easy Crocheted Beanie Hat

Finished Circumference 21”

Materials to fit 22-23” head

Crochet hook US I-9

Yarn Needle

Gauge; 11 double crochet = 4”; 7 rows = 4” in double crochet. Check your gauge. Use any size hook to obtain the spec gauge.

NOTE: I have used this pattern numerous times, and if I make a hat for a child, all I do is crochet a couple of less stitches, depending on how big the child's head is – I try every couple of rows to see it fits (My little girls are my tester outers:) And I once I mastered this pattern – after RND 8 I started making up my own pattern. Also, I use Hook H.

Ch – Chain

slSlip St – Slip stitch

DC – double crochet

St – stitch

* - repeat

Hat

Chain 4, join with a slip stitch to form ring.

RND 1: Chain 3 (counts as a double crochet throughout) Work 11 double crochet into the ring, slip stitch to first DC to join - You should have in total 12 DC stitches.

RND 2: Ch 3 -DC in the same suit, 2 DC in each DC around, slip St to first DC to join – You should have in total 24 DC stitches. (2dc, 2dc, 2dc etc. All the way around)

RND 3: Ch 3 – 2 DC in the next DC. * DC in next DC, 2 DC in next DC; repeat from *. Slip St to first DC to join. You should have in total 36 stitches (looks like, 2dc, 1dc, 2dc, 1dc, 2dc etc. All around)

RND 4: Ch 3 – DC in next DC, 2 DC in next DC, * DC in next 2 DC, 2 DC in next DC; repeat from *. Slip St to first DC to join – You should have in total 48 DC stitches (looks like 2dc, 1dc, 1dc, 2dc all around)

RND 5: Ch 3 – DC in next 4 DC, 2 DC in the next DC, *dc in the next 5 DC, 2 DC in the next DC; repeat from *. Slip St to first DC to join – You should have in total 56 DC sts. (From * it looks like 5dc, 2dc, 5dc, 2dc, etc. All around)

RND 6 – 14: Ch 3. DC in each DC around, slip St to first DC to join. Fasten off & weave in ends.

After Rnd 8 you can always change the stitches up to make your own pattern, like I did.

Note this pattern was given to me by a friend, I don't know where she originally got it. I have no legal claim to the original pattern.

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Girl & Boy Baby Booties

  How Cute are these Baby Booties!

Girls Headband & Booties 

Scroll down to see how I made these.

Girl Booties 

Boy Booties

Quite a few years ago, I decided to start to crochet with the intentions of making baby items for my future grand babies - Then when I got remarried and we got pregnant -- then my crocheting skills kicked in :)

I searched the internet to look for patterns I could learn and make cute baby items.

I came across this pattern on Bev's country cottage - click HERE

I can make two sets of booties in one evening, that's how easy they are. You can follow the main crochet page, and use my pictures to follow along too. As I am not the best at "crochet terms writing' LOL

Here are my pictures.

Now I changed my bootie pattern from the original and I Crotched Using Front Post & Back Post technique  

  

For the top I increased it to make Peter Pan like Booties.

To make your bootie, whip stitch together, all the way around the bootie. I started from the straight path. Not the top ruffle/ peter pan.

Fold the top over to make sure you like the way it looks.

Next take ribbon and thread through, every other stitch. Make a bow. Next, stitch on your cute little boy buttons.

Cute, but still boyish enough for a baby boy.

Girls Flower Headband

Chain 4 stitches

Slip Stitch to the 1st stitch, to make a ring.

DC 12 stitches into the center of the ring of 4

On the 12th slip stitch in the 1st DC stitch

 Chain 5 & slip stitch into the 1st hole

Chain 5 again & repeat previous step

Until you have gone all the way around. Slip stitch to finish off.

Next chain 30, turn and HDC all the way around both sides of the chain.

When you get to the edges, HDC 5 in the one hole

Whip stitch to close

Next I took some ribbon I bought from Walmart  for 97c & looped till it looked like a flower. Stitch in place under the crocheted flower. Add you cute girl/boy button.

Now stitch the flower in place onto the headband, using whip stitch. 

And Voila!

The perfect Welcome for a New Baby 

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