Sometimes you just need a basic, double crochet beanie. The simple stitches give this top down hat a classic fit and feel. With sizes ranging from baby to adult, everyone is covered—literally in a handmade hat by you! These little hats are oh so addictive to make. The double crochet stitch combined with worsted weight yarn means they fly off your hook. They make great gifts for baby showers, Christmas, or to donate to your local charity. Learn how to crochet this very basic beanie, even if you’re a new crocheters. There are step by step written instructions and a complete video tutorial too.

One pattern, eight sizes, and every person in your life covered from the nursery to the adults who keep asking when you will make them a hat. The Basic Double Crochet Beanie is a clean, no-fuss crochet pattern that works up quickly in double crochet (dc) and fits everyone from a newborn to a large adult without switching patterns mid-project-queue.

Construction and Technique

• Worked top down, starting at the crown with a magic ring and expanding outward before dropping into the straight body of the hat
• Double crochet (dc) throughout: fast to work, produces a warm, slightly stretchy fabric with good drape over the brim
• No complex shaping beyond the crown increases; once the width is established, the body is pure repetition
• Beginner-appropriate from round one; if you can chain, dc, and work in the round, this pattern is ready for you

Materials

• Yarn: Any worsted-weight yarn at gauge; the pattern is yarn-agnostic, so your stash, your choice
• Hook: US 8 / 5 mm
• Gauge: 12 dc x 8 rows over 4 inches in double crochet
• Yardage is modest per hat; one standard skein of worsted weight covers the smaller sizes comfortably

Sizing

Eight sizes included in a single purchase:

• Baby: 0 to 3 months, 3 to 6 months, 6 to 12 months
• Toddler, Preschool, Child
• Teen / Small Adult, Medium / Large Adult

Finished circumference and length measurements are provided for each size.

What’s Included

• Complete written pattern in English for all eight sizes
• Video tutorial with closed captions walking through the crown, body, and finishing

Instant PDF download on purchase.

A fast beanie in a familiar stitch is one of crocheting’s most reliable gifts. The Basic Double Crochet Beanie gives you a pattern sized for the whole family so you can stay in one rhythm and keep the hook moving.