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    Home » Crochet » Crochet Patterns » Accessories » Hats & Beanies » Beautiful Swirly Crochet Heart Hat – Free Pattern

    Beautiful Swirly Crochet Heart Hat – Free Pattern

    January 5, 2022 by Nicole Riley

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    Free pattern for crochet heart hat for women using waistcoat stitch. It creates a beautiful swirly heart pattern throughout the beanie.


    After falling in love with the Waistcoat Stitch AKA the Knit Stitch, I needed to create yet another pattern. This is the Swirly Crochet Heart Hat pattern. The two other patterns that also use the waistcoat stitch are the Love is in the Air Beanie and the Snowflakes Messy Bun Beanie.

    I created the Swirly Crochet Heart Hat pattern after so many people requested it! It was after they saw the tutorial I created for the waistcoat stitch on both, my Facebook page and my Youtube channel. This pattern is slightly different but similar to the stitch tutorial.

    I designed the crochet heart hat pattern for an adult/teen head. However, you can adjust it to make it bigger and smaller. The pattern includes a specific stitch repeat. You can make more or less of it to change the size of the beanie.

    Table of contents

    • Grab the Swirly Crochet Heart Hat PDF
    • How to Crochet the Swirly Heart Hat
      • Materials needed
      • Gauge
      • Stitches used
      • Written Pattern for the Swirly Heart Hat
        • Crochet Hat Brim
        • Crochet Heart Hat
      • Video Tutorial for the Swirly Crochet Heart Hat
    crochet heart hat free pattern

    Grab the Swirly Crochet Heart Hat PDF

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    I used a 5.0mm hook for the pattern and I used the Premier Anti-Pilling Everyday Worsted Solids.

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    Free Swirly Crochet Heart Hat

    How to Crochet the Swirly Heart Hat

    Materials needed

    • Worsted weighted yarn, I used Premier Anti-Pilling Everyday Worsted Solids yarn in color red (COLOR A) which is 180yds/165m in 100g, and Premier Anti-Pilling Everyday Worsted Solids in cream (COLOR B) which is 180yds/165m in 100g
    • 5.0mm hook
    • scissors
    • yarn needle

    Gauge

    4 wst x 4 rows = 1 square inch

    Stitches used

    • SC = single crochet
    • BLO = Back Loop Only
    • Waistcoat Stitch(wst), pictures with instructions on how to change colors using the wst are in between the pattern also

    NOTE: These instructions are for a teen/adult crochet heart hat. You could make it smaller or larger by just stopping earlier or extending it more. You can also use it as a messy bun/ponytail beanie by closing the hole temporarily or permanently only a little bit.

    If you don’t do it permanently, then you can always change it back and forth. In fact, I can even use it as a neck warmer/scarf sometimes.

    In order to change the size of the pattern, the first thing you need to know is the head circumference of the person you are making the hat for.

    Furthermore, you will also need to know the height of the hat which can be made bigger depending on whether you want the hat to fit snuggly on the top of the head or be slouchy (just add more red yarn rows to extend it).

    Written Pattern for the Swirly Heart Hat

    Crochet Hat Brim

    With color A and a 5.0mm hook make a chain of 8 chains

    Row 1: 1 sc the second chain from the hook, 1 sc in each stitch across, ch 1, turn (7 sts)

    Row2: 1 sc in the first stitch, *1 sc in BLO, repeat from * till the second to last st, 1 sc, ch 1, turn (7 sts)

    Row 3-69: repeat row 2

    Feel free to extend or shorten the brim according to the head circumference of the person wearing it.

    Fold the brim band in half and connect the ends by slip stitching them together to make a circle.

    Do NOT cut the yarn, continue below.

    Crochet Heart Hat

    Round 1: Using sc, crochet 67 stitches all around (you can increase or decrease the amount, but keep in mind that the heart pattern requires a 4 stitch repeat, meaning the pattern is a multiple of 4 stitches, and since there is a shift to the left for the red hearts, you will need one less stitch, so if you have a multiple of 4 being 68, subtract 1 for the shift having 67 stitches all around), DO NOT sl st to the first sc of that round! BUT for the final sc of that round finish the sc with color B (so last loop of sc is in color B). Just continue now with the written repeat below.

    Starting round 2, use the waistcoat stitch from now on!

    For the 4 stitch repeat, crochet *3 wst in color A, then 1 wst in color B (finishing stitch with color A), repeat from * all around, never do a sl st, until you finish your work. Counting the rows, I did 32 rows before fastening off and closing the hat. Again, the video I created on Youtube is very helpful for this if you do not understand what I mean.

    Pictures below are just to show how to change colors, ignore the pattern shown (the pattern below is not the same as for the Swirly Crochet Heart Hat!). In the picture below, the dark red would be the red heather in the hat pattern. The green would be the toasted marshmallow in the hat pattern. So you can see the first loop is red, but the stitch is finished with green (toasted marshmallow for the hat).

    start of changing colors for the waistcoat stitch
    changing colors for the waistcoat stitch aka knit stitch
    Waistcoat stitch change colors

    How to close the Hat:

    Close the Swirly Crochet Heart Hat

    Now you can also add a pom-pom for which I have a tutorial HERE if you need one. 🙂 Enjoy your new hat!

    Inside of the Hat looks like this:

    crochet heart beanie pattern - Free Crochet Pattern by Nicki's Homemade Crafts

    Video Tutorial for the Swirly Crochet Heart Hat

    It uses a special stitch that I call the waistcoat AKA knit stitch. Don’t be scared about the way it sounds, it is actually very easy and once mastered is very fast to create. To learn the Waistcoat Stitch please click HERE.

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