Perfect Patterned Unisex Beanie

MATERIALS:

• Red Heart Heads Up: 2 balls 872 Royale
• Susan Bates Crochet Hook: 6.5mm [K-10.5 US]
• Yarn Needle

SIZE:
Hat measures about 22" (56 cm) circumference

GAUGE:
Rounds 1-5 = 4 1/4" (11 cm) diameter.

NOTES:
1. To make a smaller hat, use a hook one size smaller. To make a larger hat, use a hook one size larger.
2. Hat is worked in joined rounds, beginning at top of hat. Join but do not turn rounds unless otherwise instructed. The join serves as back seam of hat. 

Special Stitches:
Fpdc (Front post double crochet) = Yarn over, insert hook from front side of work to back and to front again around post of indicated stitch; yarn over and pull up a loop (3 loops on hook), [yarn over and draw through 2 loops on hook] twice.
shell = Work 7 dc in indicated stitch.
 

BEANIE:
Ch 4; join with slip st in first ch to form a ring.
Round 1 (right side): Work 8 sc in ring; join with slip st in front loop of first sc—8 sc.
Note: Work first stitch of each round in same stitch as joining slip stitch unless otherwise instructed.
Round 2: Ch 1, 2 sc in each sc around; join with slip st in first sc—16 sc.
Round 3: Ch 1, [sc in next st, 2 sc in next st] 8 times; join with slip st first sc—24 sc.
Round 4: Ch 1, [sc in next 2 sts, 2 sc in next st] 8 times; join with slip st in first sc—32 sc. 
Round 5: Ch 1, [sc in next 3 sts, 2 sc in next st] 8 times; join with slip st in first sc—40 sc.
Round 6: Ch 1, sc in each st around.
Round 7: Ch 1, [sc in next 4 sts, 2 sc in next st] 8 times; join with slip st in first sc—48 sc.
Round 8: Ch 3 (counts as first dc here and throughout), dc in next 2 sts, skip next 2 sts, shell in next st, *skip next 2 sts, dc in next 3 sts, skip next 2 sts, shell in next st; repeat from * around to last 2 sts, skip last 2 sts; join with slip st in top of beginning ch—6 shells and 18 dc.
Round 9: Ch 1 (elongate this first loop slightly here and throughout), Fpdc around beginning ch-3, FPdc around each of next 2 dc, shell in center dc of next shell, *Fpdc around each of next 3 dc, shell in center dc of next shell; repeat from * around; join with slip st in first Fpdc—6 shells and 18 Fpdc.
Rounds 10 and 11: Ch 1, Fpdc around each of first 3 Fpdc, shell in center dc of next shell, *Fpdc around each of next 3 Fpdc, shell in center dc of next shell; repeat from * around; join with slip st in first Fpdc.
Round 12: Ch 1, Fpdc around each of first 3 Fpdc, ch 1, skip next dc, sc in next dc, slip st in next 3 dc, sc in next dc, *ch 1, skip next dc, Fpdc around each of next 3 Fpdc, ch 1, skip next dc, sc in next dc, slip st in next 3 dc, sc in next dc; repeat from * around to last dc, ch 1, skip last dc; join with slip st in first Fpdc—18 slip sts, 12 sc, 12 ch-1 spaces, and 18 Fpdc.
Round 13: Ch 1, Fpdc around each of first 3 Fpdc, ch 1, skip next ch-1 space, sc in next 5 sts, *ch 1, skip next ch-1 space, Fpdc around each of next 3 Fpdc, ch 1, skip next ch-1 space, sc in next 5 sts; repeat from * around to last ch-1 space, ch 1, skip last ch-1 space; join with slip st in first Fpdc—30 sc, 12 ch-1 spaces, and 18 Fpdc.
Round 14: Ch 3, dc in each st and ch-1 space around—60 sts.
Round 15: Ch 1, sc in each dc around; join with slip st in first sc, TURN.
 

Folded Brim
Round 16 (wrong side): Ch 1, working in back loops only, sc in each st around; join with slip st in back loop of first sc.
Round 17: Ch 1, working in back loops only, sc in each st around; join with slip st in both loops of first sc.
Round 18: Ch 1, (sc, ch 2, sc) in first sc, *skip next sc, (sc, ch 2, sc) in next sc; repeat from * around to last sc, skip last sc; join with slip st in first sc—30 (sc, ch 2, sc) scallops. Fasten off. 

FINISHING
Weave in ends. Fold brim up.

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