The Gruene Beanie is a gorgeous textured beanie that is bulky and warm but not super heavy. I loved this beanie when I first created it many years ago, but I fell in love with this beanie again after giving it a makeover. I was so excited to remake the Gruene Beanie in my hand dyed avocado yarn. This avocado green color has so many different shades of green in it and it works up beautifully with all the texture that is in the Gruene Beanie. I will enjoy wearing this beanie on ALL the cold days!
The Gruene Beanie was named after Gruene, Texas. Which is a beautiful historic town in the district of New Braunfels which is about a 40-minute drive from me. This place is a quaint little town full of small shops, delicious food and gorgeous water fronts. During the warm months you can go tubing down the Guadalupe River. I enjoy visiting small towns on cool days where you can enjoy being bundled up (without being too cold or overheat) and enjoy finding unique finds at antique shops, listening to music around the town and enjoying a bite to eat on the water
When my husband and I first started dating, we would go to this small town and visit their little shops, one of them was a music shop that had CD's you could only find there. I remember walking around on chilly days and I wished I had a squishy warm beanie to wear. Now I will be prepared with a gorgeous and quick to make beanie like the Gruene Beanie.
Materials
· Yarn: Bulky, Weight 5; Leither Co. Avocado
· Yardage: 125 yards
· Hook: L (8mm)
· Tapestry Needle, Scissors, Measuring Tape and Stitch Marker
Sizing
· Gauge: 10 Stitches and 8 Rows = 4”x4” (hdc)
· Adult Size: 20” Circumference and 9” long.
Pattern Key
· St/Sts: Stitch(es)
· Sl St: Slip Stitch
· Ch: Chain
· Sc: Single Crochet
· Hdc: Half Double Crochet
· Dc: Double Crochet
Special Stitches
· Hdc2tog: Half Double Crochet 2 Together – Yarn over, insert hook into next stitch, yarn over and pull up a loop, yarn over and inset hook into next st, then pull through all 5 loops.
Notes
· Chain 1 will NOT count as a stitch.
· The beanie is worked from the bottom up, starting with the brim which is worked in rows and then the rest of the beanie is worked in rounds.
· The beanie is worked in continuous rounds.
Gruene Beanie
Brim
Chain 6
Row 1: 1 hdc in 2nd ch from hook, 1 hdc in next ch and each ch across. – 5
Row 2-39: Ch 1 and turn, 1 hdc in next st and each st across (working back loops only). - 5
Row 40: Ch 1 and turn, fold up and line up with the beginning of the rows to join, sl st 5 times across.
You will now be working in rounds! I recommend using a stitch marker to mark the 1st stitch of each round.
$4.00 The Gruene Beanie Crochet Pattern is a gorgeous textured beanie that works up super quick and creates beautiful texture and it has been released for our Leither Collection Vault and into the store. Materials Yarn: Bulky, Weight 5; Leither Co.… read moreGruene Beanie Crochet Pattern
Beanie
Round 1: 1 hdc in next st and each st around, do not join. 9 hdc
Round 2: 2 dc in next st, *skip next st, 2 dc in next st; repeat from*, do not join. – 40 dc
Rounds 3-10: Skip 1st st, 2 dc between the next two dc, skip next 2 sts; repeat from*, until the last st, skip last st. - 40
Round 11: *hdc2tog, 1 hdc in next 3 sts; repeat from*, do not join. - 32
Round 12: *hdc2tog, 1 hdc in next 2 sts; repeat from*, do not join. - 24
Round 13: *hdc2tog, 1 hdc in next 1 sts; repeat from*, do not join. - 16
Round 14: *hdc2tog; repeat from*, join. - 8
Fasten off and leave a long tail to sew the top shut. Weave in any loose ends.
~Ashley
