This textured beret can also be worn as a slouch hat.  This pattern meets the donation requirements for the #HatNotHate, Lion Brand’s campaign against bullying. You can read more about it here.

This pattern is available for FREE on my linked blog.

The free version is supported by advertising on my website. The downloadable PDF for sale on Ravelry includes the full pattern in one printable file without advertisements.

Skills Used
Basic crochet stitches: chain, double crochet, single crochet, slip stitch
Crocheting in the round, increasing, decreasing.
Special stitches: dc2tog, FPdc, sc2tog (with written explanation and video or photo tutorials linked in pattern)

Skill Level
Easy

Finished Size
Teen/Adult: 19” (48.5 cm) hat circumference x 7.5” (19 cm) length.

Materials
Lion Brand Crayola Cake yarn (100% acrylic, 3 oz/85 g, 177 yd/162 m) – 2 skeins in 606 Bluetiful, or approximately 215 yd (196.5 m) in any medium weight yarn.

US Size I-9/5.5 mm crochet hook, or any size needed to obtain correct gauge.

Yarn needle.

Gauge
Through Rnd 5 in pattern = 5” (13 cm) diameter. For best fit, always check your gauge.