Easy Crochet Beanie for Absolute Beginners — Transcript

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1. 0:00I'll show you how to crochet your very first  beanie in this video this is probably the
2. 0:04easiest beanie ever you can use a different way  yarn for this project so it doesn't matter if a
3. 0:10yarn is thicker or thinner just follow the  measurements I will give you in this video
4. 0:15I use the most basic Stitch which is single  crochet usually that's the first real Stitch
5. 0:21you learn when you get into crochet so  if you can do that Stitch you can make
6. 0:25this beanie okay so for the materials you  will need your yarn and the hook it calls
7. 0:30for a tape measure it's optional scissors  to cut yarn a yarn needle and some Stitch
8. 0:37[Music] markers so this is the yarn I'm using  it is 100% acrylic and it calls for a 5 mm
9. 0:54crochet hook so that's what I'm going to be  using we're going to be again with a slip
10. 1:00knot and insert your hook you're going to make
11. 1:11a chain so yarn over and pull it  through the loop on the hook chain
12. 1:20one y over again 2 3
13. 1:31four five six so you're going to continue  chaining until this chain reaches about 12
14. 1:42in so this is the length of the Beanie and this  includes the brim as well how many chains you
15. 1:51should make depends on the yarn and the hook  you're using it also depends on your tension
16. 1:57and of course the size of the beanie you're  trying to make but none of them really is as
17. 2:04important as this length this is about 12 in  and I have 40 chains so for example you're
18. 2:12using a different yarn and it takes you  50 chains to reach the 12 in length which
19. 2:18should do exactly what I did 40 chains or 50  chains to reach 12 Ines and the answer is 50
20. 2:26chains okay so once you've chained 12 in  we can continue okay now chain one in the
21. 2:39second chain from the hook we're going  to insert our hook in the back Loop so
22. 2:44remember this chain but you turn it over  and find its back Loop here insert your
23. 2:53hook y over and pull it through this  back Loop now you have two loops on
24. 3:04your hook y over again and pull through  two now if you have a stitch marker I
25. 3:14recommend you mark this Stitch so just  place it into the top two Loops like
26. 3:21this so that is a single crochet in the second  chain you're going to turn to the back loop as
27. 3:31well insert your hook pull up a loop Yarn  over pull through two insert your hook pull
28. 3:45up a loop Yarn over and pull through two so  you're just going to continue working this
29. 3:53Stitch work one single crochet in each Stitch  and I'll see you at the end of the row okay
30. 4:01as you can see I've got one stitch left I'm  going to work one single crochet in this back
31. 4:07Loop so that was Row one now we're  going to start row two chain one
32. 4:19enter I'm going to insert my hook in  the first Stitch that is the chain
33. 4:25one and that is the first Stitch and  I'm going to insert in the back Loop
34. 4:30only like this and then I'm going to yarn over  make a single crochet then I'll mark this Stitch
35. 4:45so always Mark the first Stitch of each row  so when you come back this Stitch become the
36. 4:53last Stitch and this is the Stitch you should  work your last Stitch into okay so from here
37. 4:59I'm just going to to work one single crochet in  the back Loop of each Stitch to the end of the
38. 5:06row and remember we marked the first Stitch
39. 5:15so this Stitch will be the last  Stitch I work into because it's
40. 5:20marked and now you can take the stitch marker  off so here you're going to make sure you have
41. 5:31the same Stitch number as your beginning chain  number so remember my beginning chain is 40 if
42. 5:38I didn't miss any Stitch I should still have  40 stitches but if I missed say this Stitch
43. 5:45then I would have 39 stitches so here you count  your Stitch number make sure you have the same
44. 5:51Stitch number as the beginning chain number  and this is very important you want your rows
45. 5:57to maintain the same length but if you miss  any Stitches the rows will get shorter and
46. 6:04shorter okay so from here we're just going to  repeat this row row two so you chain one and
47. 6:11turn and from the very first Stitch work in the  back Loop and work one single crochet in each
48. 6:20Stitch and again don't forget to keep  marking your first Stitch so I'm just
49. 6:29going to continue repeating this one row back  and forth to work it into a panel and I'm going
50. 6:36to continue working until this length is my  head circumference so you keep working until
51. 6:44this can wrap around your head but you  might want to fold it in half like this
52. 6:51um because this beanie will have a brim  so when you wear it it's going to be like
53. 6:55that okay so you fold it like that you can do  it like this for now and wrap this around your
54. 7:06head the back Loop single crochet is very  stretchy so even though this doesn't look
55. 7:17like my head circumference when I stretch  it it can reach that so that's one way to
56. 7:23make sure it fits you can also measure your  head circumference first so you just wrap
57. 7:28this around your head my head circumference  is 22 in so basically I just need to uh make
58. 7:36sure my rows can stretch to 22 in also  you want to make it a bit tighter than
59. 7:44you want it to be because crochet stitches  will get looser over time okay here I have
60. 7:5066 rows one bump is two rows so that's 2 4  6 eight 10 so 66 rows and it can stretch to
61. 8:0322 Ines okay now I'm going to join the first  row to the last like this and since my yarn is
62. 8:13here I'm going to slip stitch in this direction  and since we don't have a right or wrong side yet
63. 8:22you can do it from either side so I'm starting  from this end so this will be the top of the
64. 8:30Beanie and the brim will be here and because  we're going to fold this brim we're going to
65. 8:36see this side and this side on one side like  that right so for the first 10 stitches which
66. 8:45is going to be my brim I'm going to join it from  this side and then I'm going to turn this piece
67. 8:51inside out and join from the other side and  when I fold it like this we'll be looking at
68. 8:58the right side of both seams so I'm going  to insert my hook in the first Stitch here
69. 9:07both loops and then the first stitch on this  Edge as well both loops and then make a slip
70. 9:16stitch so that's the first Stitch and  then from here I'm going to slip stitch
71. 9:24these edges together Stitch to  stitch so in the second Stitch
72. 9:30insert your hook in both Loops both  loops on this side as well and slip
73. 9:39stitch third
74. 9:42Stitch make sure you don't miss any stitches
75. 9:54three okay so these are the 10th  Stitch work a slip stitch and then
76. 10:05I'm going to turn this inside out  and then continue joining from the
77. 10:11next Stitch and make sure you find  the very next Stitch don't skip any
78. 10:15stitches okay so that's the next Stitch and  on this side that Stitch is already worked
79. 10:26that's the next Stitch so in insert here  and make a slip stitch okay so from here
80. 10:35to the end of the row I'm just going  to continue doing this inserting both
81. 10:41loops and work one slip stitch in  each Stitch okay so that's the last
82. 10:47Stitch and then chain one don't fasten off  yet you're going to leave a long tail because
83. 11:05we're going to use this tail to close off the  top so you can leave about 20 in and cut the
84. 11:11yarn this is going to be the wrong side  if you turn it inside out see that's the
85. 11:23right side if you fold the brim we have both  of the right sides so the next thing is the
86. 11:30top by the way I'm doing this from the  right side so I can see what's going on
87. 11:37here so basically I'm just going to go along  this Edge in and out you can find your own
88. 11:44Rhythm but just try to make it even  and don't leave too big a gap in
89. 12:04between okay so when you come back  around you're going to pull this
90. 12:19tight I have a little tail here  I'm just going to tie them together
91. 12:32but no matter how tight you pull it you would  still have an opening so for the next bit I'm
92. 12:39going to turn to the wrong side of the  Beanie so come through to the wrong side
93. 12:49and then I'll just sew this opening shut so  for this part you just take your time if you
94. 12:59don't like how it looks you can always  try it again before you actually fasten
95. 13:03off make sure it looks good on the right  side as well and then fasten off on the wrong
96. 13:35side and then this beanie is
97. 13:54done
98. 13:58[Music]