Cosmopolitan Beanie
A quick & easy textured slouch
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The Pattern
The Cosmopolitan Beanie is your perfect accessory for fall and spring. The repetitive stitch pattern is relaxing and therapeutic, and you’ll be amazed by how easily you can create such a highly textured fabric. This project will not stay in your WIP stash for too long! The horizontal bands that intersect the alpine stitch sections allow the beanie to fold naturally when worn, creating a unique, asymmetric and eye-catching design.
The pattern also walks you through creating the perfect closure at the top, so the beanie looks amazing from all angles!
This chic beanie pattern is suitable for any season, but you’ll love it in particular as a transitional piece – during spring and autumn, when the weather is just hot enough to not need a super warm hat, but cold enough to be chilly without one. The folds drape beautifully at the back of the head, allowing for the beautiful alpine stitch pattern to peek through.
Photos above courtesy of my tester Yvonne @yarnandfabric
Originally released in 2021, the Cosmopolitan Beanie pattern has been completely rewritten and re-released nearly one year later, in February 2022. The new version features a slouchier hat, a sturdier rim, and a better organized and easier to follow pattern.
The printable PDF pattern includes a bunch of tips & tricks to make this beanie your perfect accessory. Like all patterns in the Cosmopolitan Crochet Collection, the beanie comes graded for 7 different sizes (Toddler, Child, Tween, Teen/ Adult Small, Adult Medium, Adult Large, Adult XL), making this hat the perfect gift idea or make for the market season.
MEASUREMENTS
Beanie circumference: 21.5 (22.75, 25, 26) (27, 28, 29) inches or 54.5 (57.75, 63.25, 66) (68.5, 71, 73.5) cm
DIFFICULTY
Intermediate
MATERIALS
• Yarn: 200 (225, 285, 340) (370, 410, 470) yds or 185 (205, 260, 310) (340, 375, 430) m of any sport or DK weight yarn you can meet gauge with. My samples use Scheepjes Stone Washed in Blue Apatite and Garnet.
• Hooks: 3.5 mm and 5.0 mm, or sizes needed to obtain gauge. I like to use my Clover Amour hooks.
• Notions: Tape measure, scissors, darning needle, stitch markers.
Make it in a solid color, mix it up with different colored sections or even style it with a pom – the possibilities are endless!
Check out the #CosmopolitanBeanie hashtag to see this design worked up in different yarns, or visit the #CosmopolitanCrochetCollection hashtag to see more pieces in this collection.
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Yarn SUBSTITUTION Ideas
Looking for yarn substitution ideas? Here’s a list of alternative yarns you can try!
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Shop the Cosmopolitan Crochet Collection
The Cosmopolitan Beanie is the first pattern to be published in the Cosmopolitan Crochet Collection, a series of crochet patterns for garments & accessories specifically designed to go perfectly together. Check out the batwing sweater, shawl, fingerless gloves, cowl, earwarmer, and legwarmers & boot cuffs!
Tester lookbook
My patterns would not be so smooth without the input of my team of talented testers. Swipe left & right for more photos of your favorite versions!
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Size 1 – Toddler
79% acrylic, 20% polyamide, 1% metallic
Size 4 – Teen / Adult Small
100% Peruvian highland wool
Size 3 – Tween / Adult XS
8% alpaca, 20% wool, 8% viscose, 64% acrylic
Size 3 – Tween / Adult XS
100% low pill acrylic
Size 6 – Adult Large
80% merino, 10% cashmere, 10% nylon
3 – Tween / Adult XS
78% cotton, 22% acrylic
Size 4 – Teen / Adult Small
70% acrylic, 30% polyamide
Size 6 – Adult Large
Swish DK - 100% fine superwash wool, Mirasol Sisa - 60% wool, 40% baby alpaca
Size 4 – Teen / Adult Small
100% acrylic
Size 6 – Adult Large
50% cotton, 50% polyester
Testers of the previous version
Take a look at these beautiful beanies my testers made back in 2021! These beanies are made following the previous version of the pattern, before the re-release, but I still love each and every one of them!
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