This ombré slouchy beanie works up quickly as you hold two strands of yarn together throughout. This pattern was designed to meet the donation requirements of Lion Brand’s Hat Not Hate campaign against bullying in schools.

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, half double crochet, single crochet, slip stitch
Crocheting flat in rows (for Hat Band), crocheting in the round (for rest of hat)
Crocheting in the back loop and in the third loop (with linked video tutorials for identifying these loops)

Skill Level
Easy

Finished Sizes
Newborn (Infant Small, Infant Large, Toddler Small, Toddler Large, Pre-School Child, Child, Teen/Adult Small, Adult Medium, Adult Large). Photographed sample is Teen/Adult Small.

Newborn: 12.5” (32 cm) hat circumference x 5.75” (14.5 cm) height.

Infant Small: 15” (38 cm) hat circumference x 6.75” (17 cm) height.

Infant Large: 16” (40.5 cm) hat circumference x 7” (18 cm) height.

Toddler Small: 17” (43 cm) hat circumference x 7.5” (19 cm) height.

Toddler Large: 18” (46 cm) hat circumference x 7.75” (19.5 cm) height.

Pre-School Child: 19” (48 cm) hat circumference x 8.25” (21 cm) height.

Child: 20” (51 cm) hat circumference x 8.75” (22 cm) height.

Teen/Adult Small: 21” (53.5 cm) hat circumference x 9” (23 cm) height.

Adult Medium: 22” (56 cm) hat circumference x 9.5” (24 cm) height.

Adult Large: 23” (58.5 cm) hat circumference x 9.75” (25 cm) height.

Materials
Lion Brand Jeans yarn (100% acrylic, 3.5 oz/100 g/246 yd/335 m) – 1 skein each in 110 Classic (CA) and 105 Faded (CB), or approximately 77 yd (108 yd, 120 yd, 136 yd, 149 yd, 168 yd, 187 yd, 202 yd, 223 yd, 240 yd)/71 m (99 m, 110 m, 124.5 m, 136.5 m, 153.5 m, 171 m, 185 m, 204 m, 220 m) in each of 2 colors in any light medium weight yarn.

US Size L-11/8 mm crochet hook, or size needed to obtain gauge.

Yarn needle.

Stitch markers.