Raised Diamonds Beanie Crochet Pattern

The Raised Diamonds Beanie Crochet Pattern is for 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.

“Raised Diamonds Beanie” free crochet pattern by Kim Guzman © Jun. 2023. All rights reserved.
Technique: Regular Crochet.
Skill Level: Intermediate.

This beanie crochet pattern is made up of almost entirely post stitches which puts it at least at the intermediate level. You’ll need to be able to “read” your stitches, especially those times when the single crochet sits so closely to the post stitches that it looks buried. It’s easy to miss.

Crochet Pattern At A Glance

This is a free crochet pattern and the written instructions are below. If you prefer a printable download, a PDF is also available for purchase.

My Crochet Pattern Notes

This crochet beanie is worked from top down. Although the hat has a 22″ circumference, it’s still intended for the same as most of my other hats which is adult female. Modifications may be required for other sizes.

Most of my other free crochet hat patterns are made in size 3 DK weight yarn. This means that you don’t need as much ease as a big, bulky size 4 aran weight hat. A bulky hat like this simply needs more fabric in order to fit the same size head. But, it may surprise you with its stretchiness. It’s a little loose on me but a man, for instance, may find the tight fit to be perfect.

The hat is made in a multiple of 8. Each of the 8 sections measures about 2.75″, close to 3″. This makes it difficult to increase or decrease the size through simple math.

If you need to make changes, you may be better off determining the best hook to make the stated size so you have a baseline. Then, move up or down in hook size from your baseline to get a smaller or larger beanie.

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.

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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.

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.

Other Abbreviations

This free crochet hat pattern is written in US crochet terminology.

ch=chain; dc=double crochet; rep=repeat; sc=single crochet; sl=slip; sk=skip; st(s)=stitch(es).

All numbers after the colon at the end of an instruction are stitch counts. Use the stitch count to check your work.

Free Crochet Pattern Instructions

Start with the top of the hat, worked in a circle, then work down toward the ribbing.

Hat

Round 1: With larger hook (see Materials list above), ch 3, sl st to first ch to form a ring, ch 1, 8 sc in ring, sl st to first sc: 8 sc.

Round 2: Ch 1 (does not count as a stitch here and throughout), 2 dc in each sc around, sl st to first dc: 16 dc.

Round 3: Ch 1, [FPdc (see Special Stitches above) around next dc, 2 FPdc around next dc] around, sl st to first dc: 24 dc.

Round 4: Ch 1, [FPdc around next 2 dc, 2 FPdc around next dc] around, sl st to first dc: 32 dc.

Round 5: Ch 1, [FPdc around next 3 dc, 2 FPdc around next dc] around, sl st to first dc: 40 dc.

Round 6: Ch 1, [sc in next dc, FPdc around same dc, FPdc in next 4 dc] around, sl st to first sc: 48 sts.

Round 7: Ch 1, [2 sc in next sc, FPdc around next 5 dc] around, sl st to first sc: 56 sts.

Round 8: Ch 1, [2 sc in each of next 2 sc, FPdc around next 2 dc, sk next dc, FPdc around next 2 dc] around, sl st to first sc: 64 sts.

Round 9: Ch 1, *2 sc in next sc, sc in next 2 sc, 2 sc in next sc, sk 2 dc, FPdc around next 2 dc, with hook in front of work, FPdc around first skipped dc and in second skipped dc (crossing the stitches, 2 over 2), rep from * around, sl st to first sc: 80 sts.

Note: When working the FPdc in the next round, you may need to dig around to find the first 2 dc of each section of crossed stitches.

Round 10: Ch 1, *sc in next 6 sc, FPdc around next 4 dc, rep from * around, sl st to first sc: 80 sts.

Round 11: Ch 1, *sc2tog (see Special Stitches above), sc in next 2 sc, sc2tog, 2 FPdc around next dc, FPdc around next 2 dc, 2 FPdc around next dc] around, sl st to first sc: 80 sts.

Round 12: Ch 1, *sc2tog twice, 2 FPdc around next dc, FPdc around next 2 dc, sc in next dc, FPdc around same dc, FPdc around next dc, 2 FPdc around next dc, rep from * around, sl st to first sc: 88 sts.

Round 13: Ch 1, *sc2tog, FPdc around next 4 dc, 2 sc in next sc, FPdc around next 4 dc, rep from * around, sl st to first sc and sl st in next 2 dc: 88 sts.

Round 14: Ch 1, *FPdc around each of next 3 dc, 2 sc in each of next 2 sc, FPdc around next 3 dc, FPdc2tog (see Special Stitches above), rep from * around, sl st to first dc and sl st in next dc: 88 sts.

Round 15: Ch 1, *FPdc around next 2 dc, 2 sc in next sc, sc in next 2 sc, 2 sc in next sc, FPdc around next 2 dc, FPdc2tog, rep from * around, sl st to first dc and sl st in next dc and in next sc: 88 sts.

Round 16: Ch 1, *sc2tog, sc in next 2 sc, sc2tog, 2 FPdc around next dc, FPdc around next 3 dc, 2 FPdc around next dc, rep from * around, sl st to first sc: 88 sts.

Round 17: Ch 1, *sc2tog twice, 2 FPdc around next dc, FPdc around next 2 dc, sc in next dc, FPdc around next 2 dc, 2 FPdc around next dc, rep from * around, sl st to first sc: 88 sts.

Rounds 18-27: Rep rounds 13-17.

Rounds 28-29: Rep rounds 13-14.

Ribbing

Round 30: With smaller hook (see Materials above), ch 1, *FPdc around next 2 dc, BPdc around next 4 sc, FPdc around next 2 dc, FPdc2tog, rep from * around, sl st to first dc: 72 sts.

Round 31: Ch 1, FPdc in each FPdc and BPdc in each BPdc, sl st to first dc: 72 sts. Fasten off.

Finishing

Weave in all ends securely. Attach faux pom pom, if desired.

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