Cluster stitches add texture and warmth to this unisex beanie.

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Skills Used
Basic crochet stitches: chain, double crochet, single crochet, slip stitch
Crocheting in the round
Skipping stitches and crocheting in chain spaces
Decreasing
Special stitch patterns: beg-cl, cl, cl2tog, sc2tog (with written instructions in pattern)

Skill Level
Intermediate

Finished Sizes
Newborn (3-6 months, 6-12 months, 12 months – 2 years, 2-3 years, 3-5 years, 6-10 years, Teen/Adult Small, Adult Medium, Adult Large). Photographed sample is Adult Medium.

Newborn: 5” (13 cm) height x 12.5” (32 cm) hat circumference.

3-6 months: 5.5” (14 cm) height x 15” (38 cm) hat circumference.

6-12 months: 5.5” (14 cm) height x 16” (40.5 cm) hat circumference.

12 months – 2 years: 6” (15 cm) height x 17” (43 cm) hat circumference.

2-3 years: 6.25” (16 cm) height x 18” (45.5 cm) hat circumference.

3-5 years: 6.75” (17 cm) height x 19” (48.5 cm) hat circumference.

6-10 years: 7.25” (18.5 cm) height x 20” (51 cm) hat circumference.

Teen/Adult Small: 7.5” (19 cm) height x 21” (53.5 cm) hat circumference.

Adult Medium: 8” (20.5 cm) height x 22” (56 cm) hat circumference.

Adult Large: 8.25” (21 cm) height x 23” (58.5 cm) hat circumference.

Materials
Sprightly Acrylic Worsted yarn (100% acrylic, 3.5 oz/100 g/201 yd/184 m) – 1 (1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2) skein(s) in 501-009 Misty Blue, or approximately 75 yd (95 yd, 100 yd, 120 yd, 130 yd, 150 yd, 170 yd, 180 yd, 200 yd, 220 yd)/68.5 m (87 m, 91.5 m, 110 m, 119 m, 137 m, 155.5 m, 164.5 m, 183 m, 201 m) in any medium weight yarn.

US Size I-9/5.5 mm crochet hook, or size needed to obtain gauge.

Yarn needle.

Gauge
14 sts x 8.5 rows = 4” (10 cm) in pattern. For best fit, always check your gauge.