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    Home » Crochet » Crochet Tutorials » Crochet Tips & Tricks » How To Crochet a Ribbed Brim On a Top Down Hat – Free Tutorial

    How To Crochet a Ribbed Brim On a Top Down Hat – Free Tutorial

    September 14, 2021 by Nicole Riley 8 Comments

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    This crochet hat with brim free tutorial details how to add a perfect bottom-up ribbed brim to a top-down beanie pattern to finish it off.


    In this free guide I would like to show you how to make the perfect ribbed brim for a top-down beanie. If you are like me, you love crocheting beanies or hats and lots of them. With the gift making season in full swing, this crochet hat with brim will work up fast and make a lovely gift.

    But most of the time when you create a top down crochet hat, you need a quick and easy ribbing. It has to look great and finish it off with at the perfect brim. Very often, or actually most of of the time, people use the front and back post stitches.

    Table of contents

    • New way to crochet a hat with brim using the perfect ribbing
    • Can I use this technique for all my top down crochet ribbed hats?
      • Tutorial and Other Tools for Crochet Hat With Brim
    • How to crochet the Perfect Ribbed Brim for a Top Down Crochet Hat
      • Step 1
      • Step 2
      • Step 3
      • Step 4
      • Step 5
      • Step 6
      • Step 7
      • Step 8
    • Video Tutorial on how to crochet the Perfect Ribbed Brim for a Top-Down Crochet Hat
    Perfect Ribbed Brim for a Top Down Hat Crochet Tutorial

    New way to crochet a hat with brim using the perfect ribbing

    There is nothing wrong with the front and back post stitches, besides that they always look a bit chunky. They do not look as nice as the ribbing for bottom up hats.

    Well, I thought why can’t I combine the top-down beanie with a nice ribbing such as the ones used for bottom up hats? So, I tried it on my crochet beanie and I believe it turned out great.

    So many times, crocheters tell me they do not like the bottom up beanie. It looks a bit chunky on the top and almost always require a pom-pom to make it look great. I believe this tutorial should solve that problem.

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    Now, you can make top down crochet hat with brim, without having to add a pom-pom. Plus have the perfect ribbed brim just like the bottom up hats do. How exciting is that?

    Can I use this technique for all my top down crochet ribbed hats?

    This technique truly is so easy, you just won’t believe why you have never tried it before. At least, that is what I thought when I started using it.

    The fantastic thing is that you can now add this ribbed brim to any, truly ANY, top down crochet hat pattern. Every time, you make a top down beanie and it calls for the front and back post stitches, just substitute the those rounds with this technique.

    You will not regret it. I believe you will actually thank me, because now the ribbing does not looks so chunky and looks almost knit like. I just love it.

    And do not worry, this tutorial to make the perfect ribbed brim for a top-down crochet hat includes a photo and video tutorial.

    Perfect Ribbed Brim for a Top Down Beanie Crochet Beanie Tutorial by Nicki's Homemade Crafts

    Tutorial and Other Tools for Crochet Hat With Brim

    Here you will see a very detailed step by step tutorial on how to crochet the perfect top down crochet hat with brim. I added a lot of pictures as well as a very detailed video tutorial for it, for the visual learners.

    If you have never created a hat or beanie before, or you are new to crocheting them, please check out my guide on how to make the perfect beanie or hat no matter the head size.

    Furthermore, I have also created a thoroughly described crochet 101 post where you can learn every basic stitch, even the front and back post stitches, in case you want to learn those as well.

    In fact, I will be publishing a new crochet top down hat where I used the technique to create the perfect ribbed brim. It will be available as a free pattern by the end of this week.

    But if you really can’t wait for new hat and beanie patterns, you should check out my free collection of them. All of them seem to be very popular.

    Let me now tell you how to crochet the perfect ribbed brim for a top down beanie.

    How to crochet the Perfect Ribbed Brim for a Top Down Crochet Hat

    In order to show off exactly how to do this technique, I created a baby top down crochet hat with brim. Having a small beanie for this tutorial will help you visualize it better as it seems like everything is zoomed in and more clear.

    Furthermore, I changed the yarn color, so you can easily see where I place the stitches for the perfect ribbing.

    Now grab your almost finished top down beanie and learn how to crochet the perfect ribbed brim on it.

    Step 1

    Once you finished the size of the top down crochet hat (excluding the amount of ribbing you want to add), start going down 1.0mm in hook size and then make a chain of the length you want the ribbed brim to be. Be sure to add 1 extra chain for the turning chain.

    height of ribbed brim on a beanie tutorial

    Step 2

    Now, crochet 1 sc in each stitch starting from the 2nd chain from the hook.

    attaching the brim to a top down crochet beanie

    Step 3

    Next, place 1 slip stitch in the next 2 stitches of the beanie. The first slip stitch is to finish the previous row and the next one is the beginning of the next row.

    ribbed brim beanie tutorial step 3

    Step 4

    Now, you will start making back loop only (blo) single crochets. Ignore the 2 slip stitches you just made and start crocheting 1 sc in the blo in each stitch.

    creating ribbing on the brim of a crochet hat

    Step 5

    Here you can see how I ignored the 2 slip stitches and starting crocheting sc’s in the back loop only.

    ribbed brim beanie tutorial step 5

    Step 6

    The second row should look like this now. Chain 1 and turn and crochet 1 sc in the blo in each st.

    ribbed brim crochet beanie tutorial

    Step 7

    Keep going and repeat steps 3 through 6. Until you reach the other side again.

    finishing off a brim on top down crochet beanie

    Step 8

    Now flip the beanie inside out and, slip stitch the 2 ends together. Fasten off and weave in the ends.

    tutorial on how to crochet a brim on a beanie

    You have now created the perfect ribbed brim for a top down crochet hat. That was easy, right? It is just like making the ribbing for bottom up hats, just that there are slip stitches in between.

    crochet ribbed beanie top down free tutorial

    If you still have trouble, or you prefer watching to see how I crochet the perfect ribbed brim for top down crochet hat, be sure to check out my video tutorial below.

    I am very detailed and thorough in the video. I explain every detail you will need to know to master this technique.

    Video Tutorial on how to crochet the Perfect Ribbed Brim for a Top-Down Crochet Hat

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    Now that you learned how to crochet the perfect ribbed brim for top down beanies, keep learning and check out how to crochet the perfect cable stitch every time.

    If you enjoyed this crochet hat with brim tutorial, please share it with the world on social media. I hope others will enjoy it as well and learn from it too. I truly love helping and teaching people how to crochet. Please help me share this beautiful therapeutic crafts. Thanks.

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    Comments

    1. Kathy

      January 10, 2018 at 10:50 am

      Great video! Perfect way to combine th stop down hat with easy ribbing. Thanks!!!

      Reply
    2. Anna

      January 14, 2018 at 11:22 am

      Hi Nicki
      Thank you for sharing your beautiful and need technic.
      I will chrochet all my beanies that way!
      Anna

      Reply
    3. Layasa

      January 15, 2018 at 11:46 pm

      Wow!!!! Nice tutorial. lovely. I will try to make this today.

      Reply
    4. Lynda O'Hara

      January 19, 2018 at 5:52 pm

      great video presentation, clarified the written pattern for me. thanks so much for your help.

      Reply
    5. Doris

      January 19, 2018 at 8:54 pm

      Darn it…I NEEDED that brim pattern how to just last night. And you are correct, the fb/bp looked too big and chunky for my beanie. Making a note on my printed pattern, but not gonna froggit and start over tonight (customer is anxious for it tomorrow).

      Reply
    6. Lin

      April 28, 2018 at 9:38 am

      How weird – just read a fingers down mitten pattern that used your technique for the cuff and here you are doing the same on a beanie- I think it’s a great idea so thank you very much. It certainly worked great on the mitts and I can’t wait to do it on a hat.

      Reply
    7. Melissa

      October 09, 2018 at 9:36 am

      I like the effect of making the brim in slip stitch instead of single crochet. Would this method work if I only slip stitch one stitch on the hat instead of two?

      Reply
      • Nicole Riley

        October 18, 2018 at 12:25 pm

        Sure. That would work also.

        Reply

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