If you love quick crochet projects, this easy super bulky crochet hat pattern is sure to become a favorite. Worked from the top down in single crochet in the back loop and moss stitch, this beginner-friendly beanie combines beautiful texture with a fast finish. Whether you’re making handmade gifts, stocking your craft fair booth, or crocheting a cozy accessory for yourself, this hat can be completed in just a few hours using super bulky yarn.

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Materials:

Yarn: Any super bulky weight #6 yarn. I used Lion Brand Wool Ease Thick & Quick in Fossil. This yarn is 80% acrylic, 20% wool, 87 yds/80 m per ball for the prints.

I used just over one ball to get the length I wanted (8.75 inches), about 100 yds total. You can absolutely make this hat with just one ball, but it will be a shorter beanie.

Hooks: 9.0 mm for crown and 10.0 mm for body of hat.

Locking stitch marker, scissors, yarn needle

Optional rivet tag and pom pom. I like the large, 6-inch pom poms for adult hats. You can find the ones I use here (paid link) in a multicolored pack.

Stitches and Abbreviations:

• This pattern is written using US crochet terms.
• magic ring
• chain (ch)
• single crochet (sc)
• single crochet in the back loop only (scblo)
• stitch (st)
• skip (sk)
• slip stitch (slip st)
• rnd (round)
• right side (RS)
• wrong side (WS)

Size and Gauge:

Notes on Sizing: This hat is designed to fit medium-large adult head size, 21-23 inches. The hat as written covers the ear with a length of 8.75 inches. Pattern rounds can easily be omitted for a shorter hat.

Gauge for reference: 11.5 stitches x 12 rounds is 4 inches in moss stitch in turned rounds with 10.0 mm hook.

Notes:

• ch 1 turning chain does NOT count as a stitch.
• The hat is crocheted from the top down, starting with the crown crocheted with the 9.0 mm hook in single crochet in the back loop only, and then switching to the 10.0 mm hook to work the body of the hat in moss stitch.
• The crown (scblo) is worked in regular rounds joined with a slip stitch. The body of the hat is worked in moss stitch in turned rounds, which means that you will join with a slip stitch at the end of each round but then turn your work, so you will be working on the “wrong side” of the beanie for Round 2 in the body, the right side for Round 3, and so on.
• To make a shorter or longer hat, you can add or omit moss stitch rounds in the body of the hat.

Pattern:

Crown Increases (single crochet in the back loop only)

With 9.0 mm hook,

Rnd 1: Make a magic ring, ch1 (does NOT count as st here and throughout), then sc 8 into the magic ring. Slip st to first sc to join. Do not turn. (8 sc)

Rnd 2: ch1, 2scblo in first sc and every sc around. Slip st to first scblo to join. Do not turn. (16 scblo)

Rnd 3: ch1, *2scblo in first st, scblo1 in next st*, repeat from *…* around. Slip st to first scblo to join. Do not turn. (24 scblo)

Rnd 4: ch1, *2scblo in first st, scblo1 in each of the next 2 st*, repeat from *…* around. Slip st to first scblo to join. Do not turn. (32 scblo)

Rnd 5: ch1, *2scblo in first st, scblo1 in each of the next 3 st*, repeat from *…* around. Slip st to first scblo to join. Do not turn. (40 scblo)

Rnd 6: ch1, *2scblo in first st, scblo1 in each of the next 4 st*, repeat from *…* around. Slip st to first scblo to join. Do not turn. (48 scblo)

Rnd 7: ch1, *2scblo in first st, scblo1 in each of the next 5 st*, repeat from *…* around. Slip st to first scblo to join. Do not turn. (56 scblo)

Main Body of Hat (moss stitch in turned rounds)

Switch to 10.0 mm hook.

Rnd 1 (RS): ch1, *sc in first st, ch1, sk 1 st*. Repeat from *…* all the way around, ending with a ch1, sk 1. Slip st to first sc to join. Turn. (56 st, 28 sc and 28 ch1)

Rnd 2 (WS): ch1, *sc in first st (ch-1 space from previous rnd), ch1, sk 1 st*. Repeat from *…* all the way around, ending with a ch1, sk 1. Slip st to first sc to join. Turn. (56 st)

Rnd 3 (RS): ch1, *sc in first st (ch-1 space from previous rnd), ch1, sk 1 st*. Repeat from *…* all the way around, ending with a ch1, sk 1. Slip st to first sc to join. Turn. (56 st)

Rnds 4-19: Repeat Rounds 2-3 eight more times, ending with a RS round (Rnd 3), or until desired length is reached. Fasten off and weave in ends. Add optional tag and pom pom!

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