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I recently scored a freebie in my latest yarn haul: a gorgeous, chunky chenille in mint green. It’s actually a type of yarn I’ve never worked with before, so I was excited to see what it could do!
Naturally, the first thing I did was fall down a research rabbit hole. Most of the projects I found for this yarn were amigurumi projects, which isn’t usually my thing.
I wanted something “cute and fab” to wear, so I set my heart on a rounded beanie with ruffles.
Finding a pattern was a bit of a struggle, though.
I prefer written pattern, and almost everything I found was in video format so I decided to make one instead!
I was determined to make it work, but then I hit a snag: I don’t have enough yarn.
I realized my freebie stash wouldn’t be enough to handle those ruffles (they are total yarn-eaters!). I quickly ordered a 150g ball of chunky mint chenille to match, but when it arrived… it was a different shade. 😭
But hey, you know me, I love a good plot twist!
Since the shades didn’t match, I decided to lean into the contrast and make a two-toned hat. I used the darker shade as an accent, alternating three rounds of the main color with a round of the darker accent color.
Honestly? This was a huge “trust the process” moment. While I was making it, I kept looking at it sideways, wondering if the ruffles were even forming properly. But once the ruffles were done, it turned out so cute! It actually reminds me of a little octopus plushie.
Because I don’t want anyone else to have to jump through hoops just to find a written pattern for a hat like this, I decided to write it down myself!
And it’s very simple as well!
If you can do a magic ring and single crochet, you are set!
Without further ado, here it is!
Materials:
• Chunky Chenille in two colors; Color A is the lighter mint green, Color B is the darker accent color mint green
• Yarn scissors
Pattern:
With Color A, create a magic ring
• Round 1: 7 sc in the magic ring, sl st to the first st (7 sts)
• Round 2: ch 1, 2 sc in each st sl st (14 sts)
• Round 3: ch 1, *1 sc, 2sc, repeat from * until the last st, sl st, cut off (21 sts)
• Round 4: with Color B, ch 1, *sc x 2, 2sc, repeat from * until the last st, sl st, cut off (28 sts)
• Round 5: with Color A, ch 2, * sc x 3, 2 sc, repeat from * until the last st, sl st (35 sts)
• Round 6-7: ch 1, sc in each st, sl st (35 sts)
• Cut off color at the end of Round 7
• Round 8: With color B, ch 1, sc in each st, sl st, cut off (35 sts)
• Round 9-11: repeat Round 6, cut off (35 sts)
• Round 12: with color B, repeat round 8
• Round 13-16: repeat round 9-12
Ruffles part:
• Round 14: with color A, ch 1, Front post sc in each st, sl st (35 sts)
• Round 15: ch 1, * sc x 2, 3sc, repeat from * until the last st, sl st (57 sts)
• Round 16: ch 1, sc x 3, 3sc, * sc x 4, 3sc, repeat from* until the last st, sl st, cut off (79 sts)
• Round 17: with color B, ch 1, sc in each st, cut off (79 sts)
• Weave ends
That’s it! I hope you enjoy making it as much as I ended up loving the result.
Feel free to comment for any questions about the pattern and feel free to share your finished hats as well!
Bravely carrying on
With lots of love
-My Crocheted World
