the crochet toque

Tag me on Instagram @jennaphipps with your toque.. i mean beanie

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all the nitty-gritty:
ABOUT
This crochet beanie comes in two sizes and easily adjustable to be made larger or smaller. You
can increase the length and width just by adding more rows and stitches.

SKILL LEVEL
This pattern is geared towards beginners and confident beginners in crochet.

M AT E R I A L S
The suggested yarn is whatever you have left over in your stash, but if you have a lot like me
and can be fussy, i used a mixture of the following: Malabrigo Rios/Worsted, WATG Feeling
good yarn, and Drops Air.

100g of assorted DK/Worsted yarn (the weights can vary slightly in weight)
3.5mm Crochet Hook

SIZING A B B R E V I AT I O N S
Sizing Chart: ch: chain
This pattern comes in two sizes which can be sc: single crochet
easily altered to make smaller or larger. hdc: half double crochet
blo: back loops only
S/M (L/XL) st(s): stitch(s)

Gauge:
**gauge is not super important for
this project as you will be measuring
it as you go.

23 st x 12 rows
10cm x 10cm (4”x 4”)

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let’s begin!
THE BASE
We will be crocheting the beanie flat and then putting it together with in a tube at the
end. I don’t explicitly say where to change colours as I find that’s what makes this beanie
so unique, is having your own spin of the colour work.

pro tip: If you want an abstract colour work for your beanie, be sure to not repeat the
same amount of colour to the next colour when changing colours For example, if you do
one row of pink, don’t do one row of green next, do 2 or 3 or 4! You can see the image
of my colour work below.

S/M & L/XL

1. ch 60
2. ch 1 and then hdc the row of ch sts until there is 10 left. Put a st marker and sc the last
10. You now will always sc the 10 st and hdc the rest for the entirety of the beanie.
3. ch 1 then sc blo to the st marker and hdc blo the rest of the row. Crocheting the blo
will give the beanie the ribbing effect and add a little extra elasticity to the it.
4. ch 1 then hdc blo to the stitch marker and the sc blo the rest.
5. Repeat step 3 and 4 until the rectangle measures 18 inches for a S/M and 21 inches for
L/XL. I recommend wrapping the rectangle around your head, if you can stretch it around your
head and both sides touch, you’re done! If it’s too loose or it doesn’t touch both sides, you’ll have
to keep crocheting or take away rows until it fits. See image below for reference.

After the completion of step 5.

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 Joining the sides of the beanie together.

MAKING THE TOQUE

Now we are going to work turning this rectangle into a tube and then a beanie!

S/M & L/XL

1. start by ch 1 then hdc blo or sc blo depending on which side of the stitch marker you
are starting on. While you crochet this next row, you’ll also feed the crochet hook into the
other side before you yarn over, connecting the two sides together as you crochet this
last row. See my video here for help: https://youtu.be/WCF9WszOcgA?t=733
2. When you get to the end, knot your work and trim the yarn.
3. Take any colour of yarn and thread it with a yarn needle. Now the end with the sc, take
the yarn needle and make long running stitches along the top edge of the hat. Pull the
yarn string tight to gather the top edge of the hat, and close it off. I just tied a knot and
then weaved in the ends.
4. Now actually weave in all the ends.

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C’est Fini!
aka, YOU’RE DONE!

What a journey! It’s now time to go show off what you made. Let everyone that you
made it with OWN TWO HANDS (and your hook), cause you’re incredible.

Anyways, I truly hope you love your toque or beanie, whatever you call it. It means
the world to me to see you all are recreating my designs. Thank you all from the bot-
tom of my heart.

If you post on Insta, I’m sure you will, be sure to tag me on Instagram @jennaphipps,
with your crochet beanie. I can’t wait to see what you made!

- Jenna <3

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