Stripey Beanie ~ Knit Look Striped Crochet Beanie Tutorial - UPDATED O'go Review Included

Hey everyone, it's Stacey with Knit and Crochet Ever After and today we are making the Stripey Beanie. It is a totally free pattern. If you like getting free patterns, if you like seeing tutorials and everything else that I have here, make sure that you like and subscribe and hit the notification bell. If you're new to my channel, I do a lot of free patterns and I've recently been We've been doing limited time-free patterns on some of my paid patterns, so. It's very limited so you want to make sure that you hit that notification bell so that you are alerted as soon as they are released so you can go download them for free before I start selling them. So just a warning this one is going to be free for all time. You are going to get the pattern in the description below. I also have some links to supplies if you need it but let's go talk about what we're using and get started. Okay so for the beanie I used my Karin Colorama Ogo yarn in a blue Mustang and I did a video review on this and gave kind of first thoughts because I didn't really get to use it for a whole project. Now I have so at the end of this video if you'd like to see an update on what I think of the yarn stick around and you'll see if I still feel the same way or if I've changed. What I feel about it but any bulky yarn will do. This is nice because it already has the colors picked out. I changed the order of them so that's something I'll talk about at the end as well. Well, But this is kind of nice because it gives you enough to make the beanie as pictured with the multicolored pom-pom. I have the link in the description to the pom-pom maker that I used for this that I love, which is the Clover pom-pom makers. Those things are awesome. I have lots of tutorials on how to use them as well, so you can check that out. But we also used a, I don't know why I said but. We also, I, I'm not a we, I used a 6.5 millimeter USK hook with this yarn. I'm starting to learn. You can go bigger, smaller, whatever you need to make gauge because you kind of got to make gauge, but I'll talk to you about. Kind of adjusting it because it's not really where you need certain stitches for this. You just want it to fit on your head and this ribbed brim is easy to customize, so we'll talk about that. So let's grab everything and get started with the brim. Okay, one thing I wanted to point out when, before I start, is that I did adjust the colors in the OGO ring to a different order. I just basically took out this brighter blue and put it at the end so that it didn't show up too much because I wasn't really into that color. I don't know, I didn't, it just seems a little bit too bright for the rest of them, so I used it as kind of Kind of the finishing. At the very top, I like it in the pom-pom because it gives it kind of a little brightness, but the hat I wasn't totally digging, so I put it up top. I did have enough for the brim to complete with the bigger side of the gray. This side, I don't know why they do this, but they have it split where it begins. So I... I was able to complete the entire brim with the gray and even a couple stitches of the join and then I was able to go and Do the rest of the colors and I did the same amount of rows for the rest of the colors and then used the leftover for the pom-poms. So just a little note on the logo. You don't have to stick with what's there. You can pull it apart and change the colors around as much as you want. So we're going to begin with the ribbing around the bottom of our beanie. So it's a very simple stitch. I've already got some of it worked up here. Here you can see it kind of going in and out. And it's got some stretch to it, so that way if you aren't quite perfect with your gauge, this should still give you some stretch to be able to fit that over your head. And you can always, the great thing with this is that you can put it around your head as you're going, just to kind of test it, so that way you know. If you have enough room so it's a really basic stitch you're going to chain one at the beginning of each row and this is worked in rows you'll notice this is flat this starts off flat so we're going to single crochet in the back loop only so if you turn your work you'll see the V's right across the top the back loop is the one that's facing away from you and the easy way to get into it is to take your needle right down the center and kind of push diagonally down. Then you pull up your loop and do your single crochet. So middle, push down, and once you get going on it, it's a pretty quick stitch. So this gives you that ribbed kind of look like in a knit stitch, but with crochet. It gives you that extra stretch. So once you finish off your back loops, your back loop crochets and you're ready to join this to begin to start working your beanie you're going to take it and it's really it doesn't really matter which way you go because it's pretty much identical on both sides so whatever is just easier for you i like starting my slip stitch join on the row that i'm In so I just come and I bring the two pieces together so that my foundation row and my previous Finishing row are together and then I'm going to put my hook under that first stitch No chains or anything and then I'm going to put it through that stitch on the very end Yarn over pull through and pull through the loop on my hook And I'm going to tighten these down because I want this to be nice and tight. So again, I'm going to go through both loops so that this is a nice tight join and pull through everything. So you'll see I have the two V's of that stitch. Then I'm going to go through the stitches from the foundation, tail out of the way, pull that through, pull through. So I do that all the way across. It gets pretty fast once you have this lined up and can get right into those stitches. And then I'm not going to fasten off. I'm just going to go ahead and start working my beanie from here. So the next process is to start working in the round into these stitches that I've made flat. So this takes a little bit of extra effort. So we finished the brim. As I said before in the video, you can adjust it because it is just a flat strip. You can stick it around your head and adjust the size so that you know it's going to fit and really simple. So now we are going to move into the knit stitch. Single crochet it's single crochet, but it's a little different so it ends up looking more like a knit stitch rather than a normal single crochet So let's get on that and then we'll be all done and we'll talk about some final stuff and what I think about that yarn With working in the round from something that was flat We don't have stitches to work into it's kind of just side stitches So we need to take a little extra time to make sure that we're crocheting evenly around so for the beanie the stitch count that it gives you you're going to make sure that you're doing that amount around but it's not super imperative super important that you do the same amount of stitches There's not really a lot of shaping. There's shaping right at the crown, and that's about it. So you don't really have to be exact on your stitches. You can have one extra or one less, and it's really not going to throw you off. So don't get too caught up unless you really like perfection, which I do. So I would probably go back and fix it, but otherwise don't worry about it. So we're going to start with single crochets, and we're going to chain one to get up to height for our single crochet, And we're just going to start. I'm going to start working into the top stitch. So, you really, it's really kind of what you like best when you start doing this. I kind of go for these big holes, so you can see that kind of big hole right there. I'm going to go into that one, and I'm doing one single crochet, kind of basically like on each side of the ribbing, so you can see this nice big hole here on this side of the ribbing that I'm going to go through. Now I'm on this side of the ribbing. I'll put it... I'll stick it right here because I'm going to, there's kind of a hole right here, but I don't want to get so close to that hole. So you see those two holes. So I'm just going to kind of make my own hole here. It's really kind of what feels best to you. So work on it, stop and look at it and go, you know, if you have something pulling out too tight, like this one's kind of pulling up, but it also pulls up there. It doesn't bother me too much, but if it does, I'm going to come back and maybe go one down below. Or kind of maybe come right into this middle spot here. So you can adjust how you're doing it so that you get the look that you like. So just take your time on this part because once you do this round it's not so bad, you know, this is kind of the hardest round of the project because you want it to look good. You don't want it to look kind of funky. So take your time on this round. I'm almost at the end of mine and then we'll go into our kind of dipped single crochet. It's a little bit Deeper than a normal single crochet. So I'll explain that as soon as we get to the beginning of this round and When we're joining these rounds, we are going to work into that first stitch We're gonna slip stitch into that first single crochet we made over here So that one right there you can kind of see it on the top We're gonna tighten that down to keep our rows nice and even going up. Okay, so the next Next row is the dip double crochet. So you'll notice that these are kind of worked into the single crochet below and it gives us this knit stitch. Normally when we work a single crochet we go under the two loops only from the row below And it creates kind of this delineation that you can actually see. I'm going to do some just so you can see what it looks like compared to the beanie behind us. So when you do it, you kind of get that line and a little space from each stitch that's going into not quite the stitch below. It's kind of going into the loops because you're only doing the loops. You're not going into the stitch. For this look, we're actually going to work Kind of into the single crochet, so we're kind of making a little extra. So here's the loop that I first worked into Here's the single crochet. It's kind of off to the left So you'll see that we kind of have a little bit of a lean with this So you're going to kind of reach in between What's in between? Just kind of force your crochet hook in there. That's kind of the best way to say it don't look for anything just kind of stick it in there and once you Um, hit that good spot, you'll realize, you know, that you're in there, and it gets you right between. This first row is a little bit more difficult, and I, um, advise you to kind of pull your stitches out, make them nice and loose, so that you can really get into them easily. So, if you get in there too easy, it's because you've missed your stitch. So I probably should have made this original row a little bit more looser. But once I get going, it really picks up, so it's not so bad. So now you can see that these stitches are stacking on top of each other and getting worked right into the actual stitch instead of the loops above. And that's really, I missed again, these I made way too tight. Make your stitches much looser. It will be much easier to work into. I would start over, but this is a good lesson for you. You can see that I just cannot get into this one, because of how tight it is. Oh, you know what? Actually, it's just far apart. I was in it. Okay, there we go. So, you're going to work all the way around, and then you're going to join just like we did with the previous round, where you're in that first single crochet from the row below. And that's what we're doing all the way up, and then some really basic decreasing to finish off the crown, like really basic. You'll see in the pattern, it's just some knit two togethers for quite a bit, and then you'll be done. So it's actually a pretty quick project as long as you make your stitches nice and tall for working into the row below. That's kind of your hardest spot. So you'll just keep going and going, change colors when it tells you to change. You'll pull that out from the Ogo. It pulls out pretty easily and you can change colors. It's got a very clean color change so you just cut it where the color changes and then you know have a good tail that you can weave in. So you can't really see my tails but Where you join, you'll weave those in, not have a problem. So we just continue until you're done so let's go do some final thoughts. Okay so we have finished the beanie. The closing was very simple. The pom-pom, definitely check out my tutorials if you're not familiar with making pom-poms. I use the pom-pom maker. I don't do like cardboard and stuff. I invest in that easy pom-pom maker. It's worth my time then. doing the cardboard, so I'm not a fan of the cardboard method. If you don't know what I'm talking about, just, you know, search. You will find one that talks about the cardboard. I love the pom-pom maker. I have the description link, the link in the description. Brain is going too fast for my mouth. I'm skipping words. So that is the beanie. I hope you liked it. I hope you make a bunch. I hope you tag me on Instagram or Facebook so that I can see what you're making. I would love to. I share you in my stories all the time when you tag me. I love seeing what you're making. With that said, I promised you I would give you an update on the Ogo yarn. So I used this exact same circle for the beanie. So a couple things that I want to note that it's something that kind of came up. And it's not super bad, but it will make you think if you're purchasing it with like nothing in mind to make. I guess that kind of makes sense. So one of the things is that I wasn't a huge fan of where the color. Broke. So there's a big portion of gray and then a small portion of gray at the very end. So I started with the big portion. I luckily had just enough to make this size brim all the way around. There was like two stitches of single crochet. Where's the joint? Like two single crochets when I started working in the round. So I would have preferred if all of the color was in one and I could see like maybe if They're trying to do like kind of a cohesive thing and then you end up with this on the top. But even in crochet, I had more than enough yarn to finish the whole beanie. So it would make sense if this thing was just enough to do a crochet beanie because crochet takes more yarn than knit, then it would make sense having this so that it could be like the top. But I used it for the pom-pom so it came in handy that way but it would have been fine just over here and I would have preferred that more if I ran out while I was making the brim. Another thing, you can... Switch the colors around, which I did, so I moved this really bright to the very top so it's not as visible because it just, I don't know, it wasn't quite working where it was in the circle of life here, so I didn't want that really bright right in the middle, so I moved it to the top so it wasn't as visible and when you're doing these colors like it's not like a straight split here it's like worked inside the next color so you pull them apart and i can kind of like you can see how this blue is inside this white so when you pull it apart it creates kind of this messy jumble that kind of defeats the purpose of the yo-yo, the whole thing is that you're not getting tangles and you're not having problems with like skeins or whatever because you're pulling it from the center and it pulls Absolutely fabulously. So that is the great thing. Like if you were just working straight around you're never gonna have a problem. It pulls straight out. It never got tangled once but once you pull them apart and cut it you have this big old tube, this like geoduck thing sticking out where it's All this extra loose yarn and it tended to kind of get a little tangled because it's like I put it aside to use it later and it's just this glob of yarn sitting there. So I actually like when I went to do the pom-pom, I rolled, rolled, spun, wound all of the colors into little balls to work from because it would have gotten really tangled if I just left it in these little... I'm going to call them gooey ducks. If you don't know what a gooey duck is, it's G-E-O, duck. Google it. It's like a sea creature, but it kind of reminds me of a gooey duck. So the gooey ducks just kind of got a little bit, yeah. Lastly, what I meant by when I said that if you didn't know what you were going to make, This is not the greatest yarn. And it's kind of for the same reason about separating the colors. They kinda, like when I was working on the beanie, trying to get the amount of rows or rounds that I liked best for each color, and I had to frog out, cause I was kind of going until the end of the very first color and it was a little bit too high and I'm like, I'm not gonna have, I'm gonna run out. of beanie before I run out of colors so I frogged back a few rounds and I just kind of wound it around what was here so you would think it's not that bad but once you start pulling it then you get that kind of skein problem where it kind of pulls everything And you start getting tangled. So if you're not sure what you're making and you have to frog or you think you're gonna frog, this is not the greatest thing because you have your geoduck and then you have a ball, you know, if you're gonna try to wind it separately and keep them separate so that they don't get tangled or if you wind it around, it's just not the greatest. So there are a couple things that aren't totally... The best with this idea, but if you are just working straight from the O and you are not going to be switching colors, not going to be like cutting them off, this thing's awesome the way the yarn pulls out. But do I think this is going to be around long term? Probably not, not for the extra cost that it costs. So if you guys have used the Ogo, I would love to hear what you thought about it. Leave me a comment below. I do love the colors though. The color that it came in, I love these colors. They're just a great little combo. I'm not sure if that'll make sense. I'm not sure if that'll make sense. I'm not sure if that'll make sense. But yeah, you know, that's what it is. So that is the Stripey Beanie. I am Deja with Knit and Crochet Ever After, and thank you for watching.