Mariposas Beanie - Free Crochet Pattern

Mariposas Beanie

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While the Mariposas Boot Cuffs pattern was in testing, I already knew the series was going to include a scarf, infinity scarf, cowl, Mariposas Beanie, Mariposas Wrist Cuffs as well as a potential shawl, poncho, and lacy baby blanket, throw, afghan sizes. It’s just a matter of WHICH pattern came next — but you all know this well, many a WIPs, right? I didn’t like the way the scarf was working up on sketch, so onward it was to the free crochet beanie pattern.

If you love top-down beanies, you can work the counterpart to the Mariposas Beanie, Mariposas y Angeles Beanie (top-down) pattern that has the same stitches as this gem.

By the way, this all stemmed from the Mariposas Bolero pattern back in August that has yet to be fully tested and released — the bolero is sized XS - 5XL. If you feel so inclined to make a matching bolero, please contact me via facebook or e-mail [email protected]

Materials

• Worsted Weight yarn - Featured in Red Heart With Love
• Size J hook
• Solid colors really show off the stitch - also great for slow variegated yarns if you want the stitch pronounced

Gauge

8 Stitches & 6 Rows of FPhdc, BPhdc = 2 inches
Height of dc - 3/4″ or 1.905cm
Height of tr - 1″ or 2.54cm
<Note: It is okay to have a longer golden loop, which creates a higher stitch, but it will also make your cuff longer, so pay attention!>

Golden Loop - after inserting your hook into an indicated stitch, the Golden Loop is the loop you yarn over and draw up. The height of your row/round depends on how high you draw up the Golden Loop. This matters greatly in gauge matching if you are needing to follow hook size and or have already dropped down in hook size and cannot obtain gauge.

Stitches Used

fsc, ch, sc, slst, dc, tr, V-st, 9tr-Fan

Foundation single crochet (fsc) – ch2, insert hook into 2nd chain from hook, yo draw up a loop, yo draw through 1 (this creates the next foundation chain), yo draw through 2 (this completes the single crochet)
*insert hook into the next foundation chain just created, yo draw up a loop, yo draw through 1, yo draw through 2
Repeat from * until total fsc completed

Yarn over (yo) – wrap yarn over hook

Chain (ch) - yo (yarn over), pull through loop on hook

Single crochet (sc) - insert hook in indicated stitch, yo draw up a loop, yo draw through 2

Single crochet 2 together (sc2tog) - insert hook in indicated stitch, yo draw up a loop, insert hook in next stitch, yo draw up a loop, yo draw through 3 loops on hook

Slip Stitch (slst) - insert hook in indicated stitch, yo draw through stitch as well as the loop on hook

Half double crochet (hdc) - yo, insert hook in indicated stitch, yo draw up a loop, yo draw through all 3 loops on hook

Front Post hdc (FPhdc) - yo, insert hook from front to back to front from the right side around to the left side of the indicated post (Lefties do the opposite from left to right), yo draw up a loop, yo draw through all 3 loops on hook

Back Post hdc (BPhdc) – yo, insert hook from back to front to back from the right side around to the left side of the indicated post (Lefties do the opposite from left to right), yo draw up a loop, yo draw through all 3 loops on hook

Double Crochet (dc) – yo, insert hook in indicated st (stitch), yo draw up a loop (3 loops on hook), yo draw through 2 loops, yo draw through 2 loops (1 loop on hook)

Double Crochet 2 together (dc2tog) – yo, insert hook in first indicated st (stitch), yo draw up a loop (3 loops on hook), yo draw through 2 loops, yo insert hook in second indicated st, yo draw up a loop(4loops on hook), yo draw through 2 loops (3 loops on hook), yo draw through remaining 3 loops on hook <Note: You are basically doing half of a dc in the first stitch, then half of a dc in the next stitch before finishing the two dc at the same time in the last yo draw through remaining loops on hook>

Special Stitches

Chainless Starting Double Crochet (Standing dc) -

V-Stitch (V-st) - (dc, ch2, dc) in indicated stitch

V1-Stitch (V1-st) - (dc, ch1, dc) in indicated stitch <Note: This is used in rounds 12 to 15>

7dc-Fan - 7dc in indicated stitch

9tr-Fan - 9tr in indicated stitch

V-St in V-St - V-St in next V-St

V1-St in V1-St - V1-St in next V1-St

V1-st in 7dc-Fan - V1-st in 4th dc of 7dc-Fan (center dc of the 7dc-Fan)

7dc-Fan in V-st - 7dc in ch2 spc of indicated V-st

9tr-Fan in V-st - 9tr in ch2 spc of indicated V-st

V-st in 9tr-Fan - V-st in 5th tr of 9tr-Fan (center tr of the 9tr-Fan)

Invisible sc Join The Crochet Lounge™ Way – in the last stitch of the round, insert hook into the last stitch, draw up a loop, insert hook into the back loop only (blo) of the first stitch in the round, yo, draw up and through the loops on hook, leave a 6” tail, cut the yarn. Insert hook through both loops of the second stitch of the round, yo with tail draw yarn through. Insert hook into the front loop only (flo) of the last stitch of the round, draw tail through. From wrong side of piece, insert hook through the same last stitch in the round under both loops, draw tail to the inside and fasten off

Pattern

fsc 70, slst join to the first fsc being careful not to twist when you join
<Note: when joining fsc in the round, you must also sew the initial tail to the last stitch to form the full circle. You can also replace this with Ch70, slst join to the first ch, being careful not to twist when you join, ch1, sc in same st, sc in each ch around, slst to first sc>

Round 1
Ch1,
*BPhdc in next st, FPhdc in next st,
Rpt from *, slst join to first BPhdc
<Note: the last FPhdc goes around the joining st of the prev round and will cover over the beginning ch1 after join>
[35 FPhdc, 35 BPhdc]

Round 2
Ch1, BPhdc in BPhdc from slst join, FPhdc in FPhdc,
*BPhdc in BPhdc, FPhdc in FPhdc,
Rpt from *, slst join to first BPhdc
<Note: the last FPhdc goes around the joining st of the prev round and will cover over the beginning ch1 after join>
[35 FPhdc, 35 BPhdc]

Rounds 3-6 Rpt Round 2
[35 FPhdc, 35 BPhdc]

Round 7
Standing dc, ch2, dc into joining st of the prev round, ch2, skp 4 st,
*V-st in next st, ch2, skp 4st,
Rpt from *, slst join to standing dc
<Note: Standing dc, ch2, dc at the beginning of the round counts as the first V-st>
[14 V-st]

Round 8
Slst into ch2 spc,
Ch4, 8tr in same ch2 spc, V-st in next V-st,
*9tr-Fan in next V-st, V-st in next V-st,
Rpt from *,
Slst join to 4th ch of beginning ch4

<Note: Beginning Ch4 plus 8tr counts as the first 9tr-Fan>
[7 V-st, 7 9tr-Fan]

Round 9
Slst in next 4 tr,
Standing dc, ch2, dc in same st as standing dc, ch2, V-st in next V-st, ch2,
*V-st in next 9tr-Fan, ch2, V-st in next V-st, ch2,
Rpt from *,
Slst join to standing dc
<Note: Beginning of the round starts in the center tr of 9tr in previous round and Standing dc, ch2, dc in same st start counts as the first V-st>
[14 V-st]

Round 10
Slst into ch2 spc,
Standing dc, ch2, dc in same V-st, 9tr-Fan in next V-st,
*V-st in next V-st, 9tr-Fan in next V-st,
Rpt from *,
Slst join to standing dc
<Note: Standing dc, ch2, dc at the beginning of the round counts as the first V-st>
[7 V-st, 7 9tr-Fan]

Round 11
Slst into ch2 spc,
Standing dc, ch2, dc in same st as standing dc, ch1, V-st in 9tr-Fan, ch1,
*V-st in V-st, ch1, V-st in 9tr-Fan, ch1,
Rpt from *,
Slst join to standing dc
<Note: Beginning of the round starts in the center of a V-st of previous round and Standing dc, ch2, dc in same st start counts as the first V-st. This round also starts the decreases. There is only a ch1 between the V-st instead of ch2.>
[14 V-st]

Round 12
Slst into ch2 spc,
Standing dc, 6dc in same st as standing dc, V1-st in V-St
*7dc-Fan in next V-st, V1-st in next V-st,
Rpt from *,
Slst join to standing dc
<Note: Standing dc, 6dc at the beginning of the round counts as the first 7dc-Fan>
[7 V1-st, 7 7dc-Fan]

Round 13
Slst in next 3 dc,
Standing dc, ch1, dc in same st as standing dc,V1-st in next V1-st,
*V1-st in next 7dc-Fan, V1-st in next V1-st,
Rpt from *,
Slst join to standing dc
<Note: Beginning of the round starts in the center tr of 7dc in previous round and Standing dc, ch1, dc in same st start counts as the first V1-st>
[14 V1-st]

Round 14
Slst into ch1 spc,
Standing dc, ch1, dc in same st as standing dc, 3dc in next V1-st
*V1-st in next V1-st, 3dc in next V1-st,
Rpt from *,
Slst join to standing dc
<Note: Standing dc, ch1, dc at the beginning of the round counts as the first V1-st. 3dc shells refer to 3dc in a single stitch.>
[7 V1-st, 7 3dc shells]

Round 15
Slst into ch1 spc,
Standing dc, dc in same st as standing dc, 2dc in middle dc of 3dc shell
*2dc in next V1-st, 2dc in next 3dc shell,
Rpt from *,
Slst join to standing dc
<Note: 2dc in a single stitch is referred to as 2dc shell in the next round.>
[28 dc]

Round 16
Slst in between the beginning 2dc-shell of prev round,
Standing dc,
*dc in between the 2dcs of the next 2dc-shell,
Rpt from *,
Slst join to standing dc
<Note: You are only working into the space between the 2 dc posts of each 2dc shell from the previous round>
[14 dc]

Round 17
Slst into the spc between the standing dc and the next dc,
Standing dc2tog into the next spc between the dc (or you can ch2, dc into the next spc between dcs),
*dc2tog into spc between dcs,
Rpt from *,
Slst join to beginning dc2tog
<Note: You are working into the space between the dc posts>
[7 dc2tog]

Round 18
Ch1, sc2tog 3 times, invisible sc join The Crochet Lounge Way in the last stitch
<Note: or you can simply cut the 6″ tail after sc2tog 3times and weave in the ends>

Weave in ends