Raised Diamonds Beanie Crochet Pattern

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Raised Diamonds Beanie Crochet Pattern

Designer: Kim Guzman © 2022-24. All rights reserved.

The Raised Diamonds Beanie is a highly textured and warm crochet hat with intricate stitchwork to create a luxurious and comforting stitch pattern. The beanie has almost a double layer, for double the warmth in chilly weather.

Est. Crochet Time: 3 hours hours

Est. Cost: $9

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Yarn

• Lion Brand “Re-Spun Bonus Bundle” yarn, size 4 weight, 100% recycled polyester, 658 yds/602m per 10 oz/284g skein: 1 skein, approx. 280 yards used, 1 shown in color Cornsilk and 1 shown in color Parchment.

Other Materials

• Suggested Crochet Hook Size J-10 (6mm), or size needed to meet gauge and Size I-9 (5.5mm) for ribbing
• Yarn Needle for weaving ends
• Faux Pom Pom, optional

Instructions

• Starting at the top, make a small ring of chain stitches and work the foundation directly into the ring.
• Increase the stitches, in a multiple of 8, until round 12.
• Begin the stitch pattern repeat of rounds 13-17.
• Repeat the stitch pattern to round 29.
• Work 2 rounds of ribbing, to tighten up the bottom a little. Fasten off, weave in all loose ends and attach faux fur pom, if desired.

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What is a Crochet Front Post Stitch?

Ordinarily, when you work crochet stitches, you use the top two loops. You simply stitch into those loops and create a flat fabric.

When using post stitches, on the other hand, you wrap your hook around the stitch itself (the “post). This creates a very distinct ridge that poufs out.

A front post stitch requires that you insert your hook around the back of the post and out the other side before yarning over and pulling through. A back post stitch requires that you insert your hook from the front, around the post and out the back before pulling through your loop.

As you might guess, a back post stitch is slightly more difficult. Either way, you need to be careful about not splitting your yarn.

What Stitches Can Be Post Stitches?

Most of the time, I tend to see front and back post stitches made of double crochets. But, you don’t always need to use double crochet. You can also make post stitches in treble crochet, single crochet, or really anything. You can even make them in Tunisian crochet!

In addition to the stitch itself, you can also work around the post of any stitch. Usually, it’s a double crochet but you certainly have nothing to worry about. You can just as easily work a post stitch around a single crochet, like the start of the ribbing in this pattern.

Finished Size

Before Ribbing: Height 8.5″, Circumference 22″ at bottom.
After Ribbing: Height 9″, Circumference 19″ at bottom.

Yarn

Lion Brand “Re-Spun Bonus Bundle” yarn, size 4 weight, 100% recycled polyester, 658 yds/602m per 10 oz/284g skein: 1 skein, approx. 280 yards used, 1 shown in color Cornsilk and 1 shown in color Parchment.

At the time of writing this pattern, “Re-Spun Bonus Bundle”, an aran/worsted weight yarn, is available in 18 shades.

I was able to find it at Joann.

If you are unable to use Re-Spun, any acrylic or acrylic blend in size 4 should be close enough.

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Other Materials

Suggested Crochet Hook Size J-10 (6mm), or size needed to meet gauge and Size I-9 (5.5mm) for ribbing.
Yarn Needle for weaving ends.
Faux Pom Pom, optional.

Remember my tip to fluff the pom pom with a blow dryer, if necessary!

Gauge

To make sure you are working at the same tension, you can measure your circle at different intervals. This isn’t your standard gauge, but I don’t think a standard gauge works for a top down hat, worked in rounds.

When making a gauge swatch, you usually work in flat rows, back and forth. That gauge is going to be different when working in the round like this. And, well, the top down issue means that you start with a round disk. It’s easier to measure it as a disk.

Just don’t go stretching out the disk to try to force it to work. Pull it out and start again with another hook, as necessary. No gauge system is perfect, though. You are, after all, trying to replicate the tension of an unknown stranger. 🙂

Keep your measuring tape and variety of hooks handy and everything will work out.

Approximate measurements:
After round 4, 3″ across.
After round 6, 4″ across.
After round 10, 6″ across.

Special Stitches

Front Post Double Crochet (FPdc): Yarn over, insert hook to the side of the indicated stitch, move hook around the back of the stitch and out the other side of same stitch, yarn over, pull loop through, [yarn over, pull through 2 loops on hook] twice.

Single Crochet 2 Together (sc2tog): Insert hook in indicated stitch, yarn over, pull loop through, insert hook in next stitch, yarn over, pull loop through, yarn over, pull through 3 loops on hook.

Front Post Double Crochet 2 Together (FPdc2tog): This is a little different than you might think, so read carefully. This stitch is worked on a span of 3 stitches. Insert hook under indicated stitch, skip the center stitch then insert it under the next stitch. Just weave your hook in there. It’s actually easier than a post stitch around only one stitch. The skipped stitch disappears to the back. Once you have the hook under the back of the 2 double crochets, yarn over, pull the loop through and complete the double crochet as normal, tightening up the loop to make sure the 2 stitches come together at a point.

Back Post Double Crochet (BPdc): Yarn over, with hook in back of work, insert hook to the side of the indicated stitch, move hook around the front of the stitch and out the other side of same stitch with the hook now again on the back of work, yarn over, pull loop through, [yarn over, pull through 2 loops on hook] twice.