The ONLY crochet beanie tutorial you should know

Hi and welcome to this beginner friendly beanie crochet tutorial. I will show you how to make this knit look beanie that doesn't bunch and lays flat on top of your head. Very easy stitch and just up to 100 grams of yarn needed for it. So let's get started. The yarn I am using for this project is Drops Nepal yarn which has 50 grams and 75 meters and it's wool and alpaca mix. So for the beanie we will need around 100 grams, so two balls and any worsted yarn size similar to this should be perfect for it. And the hook is 6 millimeters, a bit thicker one and of course a darning needle, foundation chain. So the project we are starting as usual, just doing a slip knot, wrapping around the fingers and pulling a loop to make a knot, just like that. And now we're gonna insert the hook into the loop, tighten it and we will begin to chain. So it's very easy, we're just gonna yarn over and pull a loop, yarn over and pull a loop, yarn over and pull a loop. So we will be doing like this until we have 44 chains. So let's go. So here it is how our chain is looking. It's a pretty long chain but don't be afraid because after a couple of rows it will shrink. At this point we need to do one extra chain, so we chain one more. Now we have 45 chains and it will be as a turning chain. So for row one we are starting into second stitch and insert the hook, yarn over and pull through all loops. And this is a slip stitch. And now just keep going in one slip stitch in each of the stitch. So just insert, yarn over and pull through all loops, like that. So one more time slowly, just insert the hook, yarn over, pull through two loops, insert, yarn over and pull through all loops, like that. And we will meet you at the end of the row. This is how the end of row one is looking. So just finishing off with the last stitches. And the last one, just insert, grab the yarn and pull a loop through all loops, like that. And now we should have 44 slip stitches in total. To begin the next row we should chain one and turn the project. Row two. So for the second row we are doing again the same. We are skipping the chain one we just made and starting working into the second stitch from the hook. So now we will be doing slip stitches but just in the back loops only. So just go in the middle of the stitch through the back loop and make a slip stitch. Again, just through one of the loops and make a slip stitch. One more time, just insert in half of the stitch, basically just one loop, the back loop, and make a slip stitch, like that. Now just keep going until you have 42 slip stitches in the back loops. Let's finish the second row. So just a few stitches left, just insert and make a slip stitch. And here we have total of 42 stitches. So now we are leaving those two stitches undone and starting a new row. So just chain one and turn the project. So for row three we are again skipping the chain one and starting into the second stitch. And the same, we are doing 42 slip stitches in the back loops only. So we are going all the way back to the front. So just insert and make a slip stitch. Insert into back loop only and make a slip stitch. So here we are at the end of the row. So finishing the last stitches and one more. And here it is, row three done. So here how it is looking so far. And now again we are doing chain one and turning the project. So for row four, the process is the same, just two stitches less. So now we should do 40 slip stitches in the back loops only. So again, we are inserting the hook through back loop only and making a slip stitch. Insert the hook and make a slip stitch. And let's meet at the end of the row. So here we are, just the last stitches and one more. And now we are again leaving two stitches undone from previous row. And this means we are done for this row. We are chaining one and turning the project again. Row five. This is just going back again and making 40 slip stitches in the back loops only. So just insert the hook and make a slip stitch. Insert the hook and make a slip stitch. And let's go back all the way to the end. Row five is done. So we are ready to do a chain of one and turning the project. Row six. Again we are starting in the second stitch from the hook and making 38 slip stitches in the back loops only. We are at the back of row six, just finishing the stitches. And of course, two stitches is leaving undone. This is what we have so far. And to begin the next row, we are again just chaining one and turning the project. For row seven, we are doing again 38 stitches in the back loops only. So we need to go back again to the front. So we are chaining one and turning the project to start row number eight. For this row, we are doing the same process, starting from the second stitch from the hook and doing 36 slip stitches in the back loops only. Here we are finishing the row, just one more, and leaving two stitches undone. Chain one and turn the project. For row nine, we are going back again and making 36 slip stitches in the back loops only. This is what we have so far. We will chain one and turn around. Row ten. Again the same process, just two stitches less. So now at the end of the row we should have 34 slip stitches in the back loops only. Here I am finishing the row, the last stitches, and leaving two stitches undone. So to begin the next row, we are repeating the same process. We are chaining one and turning. Row 11. We are doing 34 slip stitches in the back loops only. This is how the project should look like after 11 rows. Row 12. We're gonna chain one and turn and for this row we should have 44 slip stitches in the back loops only. So to do that, we will need to connect all the previous rows. So make the slip stitches until the end of row 11 and I will meet you there to explain more. So here we are. We are ready to connect the rows and as you can see, I finished until row 11 and here we have another loop, like this very tiny loop. So we're gonna insert there and immediately we will go into the stitch below. 35th stitch. We're gonna insert and we're gonna make a slip stitch through all the loops, like that. So we connected the first stitch. Now we're gonna go into the next one. 36th stitch. Just a simple slip stitch in the back loop and now again to create this seamless connection, we're gonna catch this loop like that and immediately we are going into the stitch below. The 37th stitch and making slip stitch through all three loops. Now again into the next one. Just a simple slip stitch and two rows are connected. Now again, we are catching the loop and going into the next stitch immediately and finishing the slip stitch through all three loops. And now again into the next one through the back loop. Just a simple slip stitch and here we have. We are connecting the rows. So just repeat the same process. Just catch the loop and go into the next one. Finish a slip stitch and now just into the next. Finish a slip stitch and the last one. Catch the loop and go in to the next stitch and now the last, the 44th stitch also just in the back loop only. Just insert and finish it off. Here we just created the first part of the beanie. So like a first block of the beanie. So to continue forward, we're just repeating the same process. We are chaining one and gonna turn the project and we'll go all the way back as same as row one until you have 44 slip stitches. So as I mentioned before, after row 12 we are just repeating row 1 to 12 again for a total of seven times. So we should have seven of those blocks to finish a beanie. So just keep going until you have needed amount. So this is what the beanie is looking at the moment after these seven repeats and we have a very stretchy material, a very nice curved top which will be at the top of the head. And now we will be working on connecting all the parts together. For connection you can use the same hook you just crocheted or a bit smaller. I'm choosing the smaller, it's just easier to pick up the loops. Fold the beanie in half the same way I have it here and before connecting I will explain the stitches we will be connecting. So on the last row we have this very nice chain of braid and we have a front loop and the back loop. And on the foundation chain we have as well a little chain which is a bit harder to see but it's there so we will need the loops on top. So basically the back loops as well. So here it is and here's like two loops so we are going through the first one like that. And one more time I will show you. So we have this braid and we will be going on the top loop and just through the top and leaving the one behind not taken. So just like that. I hope you can see it in your project. So this will create, this way will create a very seamless connection. So to start we just chaining one and preparing the two sides together. And now just I'm gonna immediately go into the foundation chain side and grab the loop and then on the next one we're gonna grab just the back loop and finish off with a slip stitch through all three loops like that. So just one more time I'm repeating and just insert the hook into foundation chain one of the loops like the top loop and then again into the back loop of the last row you made and finish off with the slip stitch. Again insert the hook into foundation chain on the top loop like that and into the back loop of the last row you made and finish with the slip stitch. So the technique is very easy we're just inserting into the certain loops to create a very seamless connection. So again just slip stitching and one more time just insert into foundation chain loop top loop and into the back loop of the last row and slip stitch. Make the slip stitches a bit looser if you are using a smaller hook and repeat like this until the end until you connect all the stitches and just the top hole is left. So this is how it looks how it should look and we will be turning it inside out that the connection won't be visible. So we will have a very seamless connection. So just repeat the process until you are finished. We will close the hole with the same yarn, don't cut it yet. So after finishing connecting you're just gonna do the chain of one and pulling a very long yarn and then we're gonna cut. So just take off now the loop to have pretty long end of yarn and to close the hole we're just gonna go through the top stitches like back and forth back and forth. So I'm gonna show you how I am doing. You can do this process with the darning needle as well, choose which way is better for you. So just go like this, insert the hook into the stitch and pull the yarn through just like that. We have the very very very top stitch, just insert and pull a loop through. Now we're gonna go through the back side again on this next top stitch and pull the yarn through it. Now again through the front side into the next stitch and pull the yarn through. From the back into the next stitch and pull the yarn through and just repeat like this until you are all the way around the hole. After you went all the way around we're gonna pull the left yarn end very tight to close the hole. Pull it very tight that the hole is not visible anymore. Now to secure that yarn end we just pulled we need to make just a few knots, a couple of knots that it won't open again. And after this the last step is to weave in all the yarn ends. So now we're just grabbing the darning needle, threading the yarn through it and preparing to make some knots and going through the stitches. And here I will show you how I'm doing the top. So I am going through the middle of the top stitches, we just cinch together and let's go all around them. And then again after that just make a couple of knots to secure. After making the knots I'm just going through the stitches with the needle like that just to hide that yarn end. Just go back and forth make a knot and then after a couple of times you are ready to cut the yarn off. After you are done hiding those yarn ends just turn the beanie inside out and that's it your beanie is ready to wear. And this is how the connection is looking. Here we have it from the inside part and from the good part from the outside it's basically invisible. If you see it from the first glance you cannot see the connection. So that's perfect for this type of beanies. Hope you enjoyed this tutorial and will try to make it one for yourself or for your loved ones. Happy crocheting and hopefully we will see you in the next one. Bye!