LaLaLeopard Beret by Maria Teresa Trujillo

LaLaLeopard Beret

Crochet
June 2023
Aran (8 wpi) ?
6 stitches and 7 rows = 4 inches
in of waistcoat st
5.0 mm (H)
150 - 180 yards (137 - 165 m)
OSFA
US
English
This pattern is available as a free Ravelry download

This beret is made with the waistcoat st giving it a knitted look. It will be a stiffer beret that will hold its shape making it easy to wear the way you want!!

Size: OSFA(one size fits all)
10” across for an 18” -24” head circumference

Stitches&Abbreviations Used:
CH-chain
Sl st- slip stitch
SCW(Waistcoat st)- insert our hook directly through the center of the crochet stitch from the row below, pull up a loop, YO, pull through both loops
INC- 2 SCW in same st
HDC- half double crochet
HDC in 3rd loop- HDC in back of the HDC st and in the 3rd loop behind
Duplicate st-sewing a st in a contrasting color over existing st

Abbreviations:
Bor- beginning of round
CC-contrasting color

Materials:
#4 yarn I used Love This Yarn
180 yards main color
100 yards of contrasting color

Hook:
5 mm/ US 8 /H

Gauge:
6sts x 7rows = 2” using SCW stitch