Tunisian Crochet Hat – Beatnik Basketweave Beanie

Embrace the offbeat with the far out, beatnik basketweave beanie. This crochet hat combines Tunisian and regular crochet techniques together, for a truly unique texture. It’s everything plus, daddy-o!

Scrappy Stitchers Stash Bash Crochet Along

The Beatnik Basketweave Beanie is the second pattern in the 2020 Stash Bash Crochet Along. Each month, we will have a new, stash-busting pattern, and a giveaway prize too! See the giveaway details below, and join in the fun on the Scrappy Stitchers Facebook group. Remember to use the hashtag #ScrappyStitchersStashBash when you post about the CAL.

My stash yarn

For the this hat I used some Paintbox Simply Aran yarn that I had in my stash. The color is #234, Kingfisher Blue.

Brittany Needles and Hooks

Our prize sponsor this month is Brittany Needles and Hooks. I met them a while back at a conference, and they gave me a set of needles and a crochet hook to review.

Brittany hooks come in two different woods. The ones shown here are birch, and they are also available in black walnut. The handles come in 2 different designs (traditional and Victorian). My favorite is the more detailed Victorian style. Which one do you like best?

The crochet hook has a unique shape, with a straight shaft and no thumb grip. I’ve found this makes it the perfect hook for small sections of Tunisian crochet! I used it last year for a Tunisian entrelac cowl crochet along. It’s also handy for other stitches that require putting a lot of loops on your hook, like star stitches and puff stitches.

Enter the giveaway

Ready to try a Brittany hook? Enter the giveaway for a chance to win a birch hook with a victorian handle, just like the one I’m using! You can choose any size between D (3.25mm) and M (9mm) from this list of available sizes!

To be eligible, you must be 18 years of age or older, with a valid, US shipping address. The winner will be contacted by email, and must reply to that email and provide their selections and shipping address within 1 week in order to receive the prizes. If the winner does not reply within 1 week, a new winner will be selected. The giveaway ends on March 6th, 2020 (at 11:59pm, central time). Hurry and enter below!

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Working into the 3rd loop

The regular crochet sections on this pattern are half double crochet stitches worked into the third loop. The third loop is in the back, and just below the front and back loops that we would normally work into.

For a more detailed look at working into the third loop of hdc, see this tutorial

Beatnik Basketweave Beanie

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Materials

• Yarn: 175 yds worsted weight yarn
• Hook: Size H / 5 mm crochet hook or size needed to match gauge.
• Notions: Yarn Needle

Project Level

Complex: Combines blocks of Tunisian crochet and half double crochet in the third loop.

Size

Adult, one size fits most.

Gauge

13 hdc x 12 rows = 4 inches.

Recommended Resources

• Working into the Third Loop (tlo) of Half Double Crochet
• Tunisian Foundation Row
• Tss – Tunisian Simple Stitch
• Tks – Tunisian Knit Stitch
• Trs – Tunisian Reverse Stitch

Special Stitches

Watch me demonstrate these blocks here.

Starting TSS Block:

• FwP – (Insert hook in tlo, yo and draw up a loop) in each of next 6 sts. (7 loops on hook)
• RetP– Ch 1, (yo and pull through 2 loops on hook) 4 times, yo and pull through all 3 loops on hook.
• BO – Ch 1, sk first st, (sl st in front vertical bar of next st) 5 times

TSS Block:

• FwP – Working into the front vertical bars of the block below, (insert hook under front vertical bar, yo and draw up a loop) in each of next 6 sts. (7 loops on hook)
• RetP & BO – finish as for Starting TSS Block.

Instructions

Entire pattern is worked on the right side – do not turn your work.

Ribbing

Ch 6

Row 1 (Tunisian Foundation Row):

• FwP – Sk first ch, (insert hook, yo, and draw up a loop) in each remaining ch across. (6 loops on hook)
• RetP – Ch 1, (yo and pull through 2 loops on hook) 5 times. (6 sts)

Row 2: Tks across (6 sts)

Row 3: Trs across (6 sts)

Rows 4-72: Repeat rows 2-3 35 times, then repeat row 2 once more.