The first pattern for the Autumn Amore Crochet Along is the Autumn Amore Beanie! With sizes for the whole family and a messy bun option as well, you will come back to this free crochet pattern again and again!

Disclaimer: Materials provided by Red Heart Yarns and Furls; this post includes affiliate links.

The Autumn Amore Beanie is made with Red Heart Yarns Amore, an incredibly soft and easy care yarn with fantastic drape and yummy colors. You can get it on RedHeart.com, or at your local Walmart! The beanie, like all the Autumn Amore CAL patterns, uses 3 colors. Just one ball of each will make any size hat (and a few of the smaller ones)!

This top-down hat pattern will teach you how to increase the moss stitch (aka the linen stitch or granite stitch) in the round, how to work it evenly in rounds, and how to work it in 3 different colors. This stitch pattern is completely unisex, and different colors can create all sorts of different looks!

Autumn Amore Beanie

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US-K, 6.5mm hook - Furls Crochet

US - I, 5.5mm hook - Furls Crochet

75-175 yds Red Heart Amore (“4”/Worsted/ UK: 10-12 ply; 198 yds (181 m); 3.5 oz (100 g))
Color A: Whisper (1 ball, any size)
Color B: Earl Grey (1 ball, any size)
Color C: Chamomile (1 ball, any size)

Clover Stitch Markers

Red Heart Amore Yarn — Click on the yarn to buy the yarn!

Gauge: 16 sts (including chains) x 17 rows = 4"/10cm in pattern with US-K hook

Sizes: 0-6 mths; 6-12 mths; 1-3 yrs; 3-10 yrs; Teen/Small Adult; Large Adult

Helpful Links & Tutorials:

Autumn Amore Beanie Tutorial

Moss Stitch Tutorial

Magic Circle Tutorial

Fpdc - Front Post Double Crochet Tutorial

NOTES:

This hat is made top down. Do not cut the yarn after each round - let it hang on the inside of the hat and then pull it up and continue crocheting with it as directed.

For the first few rounds, put a stitch marker in each ch-1 sp to make it easier to find on the next round.

To make any size a "messy bun" beanie, work [sc, ch 1] evenly around your elastic hair band of choice, count the number of sc made, find the Rnd of the pattern with the same stitch count, and work the pattern as written beginning with the next Rnd.

INSTRUCTIONS:

Size 0-6 mths:

Rnd 1: With US-K hook and Color A, make a magic circle, ch 1, [sc, ch 1] in the ring 3 times, join to first st made. (3 sc)

Rnd 2: Sl st in ch-sp with Color B, ch 1, *[sc, ch 1] twice in next ch sp, skip next st; rep from * around, join. (6 sc)

Rnd 3: Sl st in ch-sp with Color C, ch 1, *sc in next ch-sp, ch 1, skip next st, [sc, ch 1] twice in next ch-sp, skip next st; rep from * around, join. (9 sc)

Rnd 4: Sl st in ch-sp with Color A, ch 1, *sc in next ch-sp, ch 1, skip next st, [sc, ch 1] twice in next ch-sp, skip next st, sc in next ch-sp, ch 1, skip next st; rep from * around, join. (12 sc)

Rnd 5: Sl st in ch-sp with Color B, ch 1, *[sc in next ch-sp, ch 1, skip next st] 3 times, [sc, ch 1] twice in next ch-sp, skip next st; rep from * around, join. (15 sc)

Rnd 6: Sl st in ch-sp with Color C, ch 1, *[sc in next ch-sp, ch 1, skip next st] 4 times, [sc, ch 1] twice in next ch-sp, skip next st; rep from * around, join. (18 sc)

Rnd 7: Sl st in ch-sp with Color A, ch 1, *[sc in next ch-sp, ch 1, skip next st] 5 times, [sc, ch 1] twice in next ch-sp, skip next st; rep from * around, join. (21 sc)

Rnd 8: Sl st in ch-sp with Color B, ch 1, *[sc in next ch-sp, ch 1, skip next st] 6 times, [sc, ch 1] twice in next ch-sp, skip next st; rep from * around, join. (24 sc)

Rnd 9: Sl st in ch-sp with Color C, ch 1, *[sc in next ch-sp, ch 1, skip next st] 7 times, [sc, ch 1] twice in next ch-sp, skip next st; rep from * around, join. (27 sc)

Rnd 10: Sl st in ch-sp with Color A, ch 1, *[sc in next ch-sp, ch 1, skip next st] 8 times, [sc, ch 1] twice in next ch-sp, skip next st; rep from * around, join. (30 sc)