The beanie is constructed by seaming and cinching at the top of the beanie. Photo tutorials of this are located on page 9
The majority of this pattern uses the crossed double crochet stitch and the corded ridge stitch. Because the corded ridge stitch must be worked in the front loop only, the crossed double crochets must be worked into the back loops of the corded ridge stitch rows. For a picture tutorial on this, head to page 4.
If you want to use a different yarn besides Yarn Bee’s Soft and Sleek, I suggest either Premier’s Everyday Yarn or Loops and Threads Impeccable, these both are great substitutes and can be found at your local Michael’s and/or Joann’s.
This pattern is formatted with parenthesis (). When you come across instructions with parenthesis in them, that means they will have to be done more than once. After the last parenthesis, you will be told how many times to do that instruction. For example: (CH 1. SK NEXT HDC. DC IN NEXT HDC.) 6 times. You would do the instructions in the parenthesis 6 times before moving on to the next instruction!
Sizes are color coded within the pattern to make it easier to locate your correct stitch counts. Check page 6 under “Sizes” for the color key!
Sizes will also be listed in order from smallest to largest like so:
Preemie 0-6, 6-12, toddler, child, teen, adult
Front post double crochets are used for the ribbing only. For this reason I haven’t added this as one of my special stitches. If you need a tutorial on how to crochet this stitch, please try Google and/or YouTube.