This gender-neutral, textured, slouchy beanie combines simple stripes with a traveling stitch pattern. A matching Ollie Cowl pattern is available in teen and adult sizes.

The Teen/Adult Small size of this pattern is available for FREE on my blog HERE.

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 flat in rows, crocheting in the round
Crocheting in the back loop (includes linked video tutorials)
Seaming with mattress stitch (includes linked photo and video tutorials)
Cinching a bottom-up hat closed (includes linked photo tutorial)
Special stitches: dc2tog, pf, sc2tog (includes written description in pattern and links to video tutorials)

Skill Level
Intermediate

Finished Sizes
Newborn (Infant, Toddler, Child, Teen/Adult Small, Adult Medium, Adult Large). Photographed sample is Teen/Adult Small shown on a mannequin with 22.5” (57 cm) head circumference.

Newborn: 13” (33 cm) hat circumference x 5.25” (13.5 cm) height.

Infant: 16” (40.5 cm) hat circumference x 6.5” (16.5 cm) height.

Toddler: 18” (45.5 cm) hat circumference x 7.25” (18.5 cm) height.

Child: 20” (51 cm) hat circumference x 8.25” (21 cm) height.

Teen/Adult Small: 21” (53.5 cm) hat circumference x 8.5” (21.5 cm) height.

Adult Medium: 22” (56 cm) hat circumference x 9” (23 cm) height.

Adult Large: 23” (58.5 cm) hat circumference x 9.25” (23.5 cm) height.

Materials
King Cole Homespun DK yarn (22% superwash Merino/22% alpaca/23% polyamide/23% acrylic/10% viscose), 1.75 oz/50 g/191 yd/175 m) in 5104 Midnight Sky (CA) and 5109 Sea Breeze (CB) – 1 (1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2) skeins each, or approximately 65 yd (100 yd, 125 yd, 160 yd, 170 yd, 190 yd, 205 yd)/59.5 m (91.5 m, 114.5 m, 146.5 m, 155.5 m, 174 m, 187.5 m) in each of 2 colors any light weight yarn.

US Size F-5/3.75 mm crochet hook, or size needed to obtain gauge.

US Size G-6/4 mm crochet hook, or size needed to obtain gauge.

Yarn needle.

Gauge
10 sc = 1.5” (4 cm) across with smaller hook.
20 dc = 4” (10 cm) across with larger hook.
For best fit, always check your gauge.