DENIS: Free Tunisian Crochet Beanie Pattern

Elevate your winter style with this Tunisian crochet beanie featuring a stylish cable detail, available in five sizes for the whole family. Crafted with DK yarn held double for added warmth and thickness.

The Denis Beanie is a basic Tunisian crochet hat pattern that is a great introduction to Tunisian crochet cable. The pattern works up fast as the yarn is held double replicate a bulky weight size yarn.

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Two ways to get the Denis Beanie pattern

FREE PATTERN: Keep scrolling for the free version of the Denis Beanie, available to view in this blog post.
PRINTABLE PDF: Purchase the printable PDF pattern. It’s easy to read, ad-free, and you can take it on the go. Purchase the pattern on my Ravelry or in my shop.

About the Denis Beanie

The Denis beanie is constructed using the Tunisian crochet technique and worked flat. The pattern uses the Tunisian Honeycomb Stitch for the main body and features a large horseshoe cable. Since it is worked flat, the two pieces are joined together and finished using the applied ribbing. Although measurements are available in the pattern, Denis beanie crochet pattern can be easily adjustable to fit YOUR head circumference by following the instructions below.

WHAT YOU NEED TO MAKE THE DENIS BEANIE

Here’s a list of the supplies you’ll need for the Denis beanie.

THE YARN: The Denis beanie is made using Lolabean Yarn Co. in Midnight Marauders on her Soy Bean base. The Soy Bean base is a DK weight, 100% Merino Wool; 231 yards/100 grams. I used a little bit less than 2 skeins for my beanie.
COMMERCIAL YARN OPTIONS The Denis beanie can also be worked up in these gorgeous yarns from WeCrochet.
- Mighty Stitch is a superwash combining 20% Superwash Wool and 80% Acrylic. Easy-care yarn in a wide range of gorgeous hues, perfect for Denis beanie.
- City Tweed DK This yarn begins with alpaca and Merino fibers dyed two different colors and then blended to make a subtly rich, lustrous heather. The use of Merino and alpaca makes it soft and warm. This weight is gorgeous in two-color crocheting.
- If you choose to hold your yarn double, a good substitution is using a bulky weight yarn. Hue + Me is a bulky weight blend of 80% acrylic and 20% wool that can be used for that option. With its excellent stitch definition and easy-care properties, Hue + Me is one of my top choices for this pattern.
- Swish a machine-washable yarn that is super soft, and worthy of being worn against a baby’s skin. If you are making a Denis beanie for the tiny humans in your life, this yarn should be your go-to.
- Gloss DK is a luxurious blend of soft merino wool and lustrous silk. Because this fiber blend takes dye very well, Gloss DK features a large spectrum of beautifully saturated colors. Next-to-skin soft with a velvety texture and sheen, this yarn shows off the most intricate of cables with ease.
THE HOOK: The Denis beanie uses a 4.5mm | US G-6 Crochet Hook and 5.5mm | US I-9 Tunisian Crochet Hook with 22” cable. For this project, I used this crochet hook as it has just the right amount of grip, comfort, and glide for hours of crocheting.
THE NOTIONS: You will also need a pair of scissors, a tapestry needle, and blocking supplies: I used a garment steamer, these blocking mats, and these rust-proof blocking pins to block my beanie.

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DENIS BEANIE DETAILS

Toddler: 16 inches. Child: 18 inches. Teen: 20 inches. Adult: 22 and 24 inches.

GAUGE

Gauge is not important for this project as it is measurement based.

DENIS BEANIE PATTERN

STITCH TUTORIAL

Tunisian Simple Stitch (Tss)- insert hook from right to left behind single vertical thread. yarn over hook, draw loop through and leave on hook, unless otherwise stated, the hook is always inserted in this way.

Tunisian Purl Stitch (Tps)– on forward half of row, bring yarn to front, insert hook in next vertical bar, bring yarn to back under hook, wrap around hook from back to front, draw yarn through st (purl made)

Tunisian Honeycomb Stitch (Thc)– Alternate between Tps and Tss throughout the row. If row 1 started with Tss, start row 2 with tps and alternate throughout the row to create the pattern.

Although not mentioned in the instructions, a return pass is worked at after each forward pass.

Standard Return Pass- yo, draw through 1 loop, (this ch forms the edge st). Yo, and draw through 2 loops. Repeat step 2 until 1 loop remains on hook. Do not turn. The loop left on the hook is the 1st st of the next row.

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PATTERN NOTES

The pattern is written in US terms.
I joined by doing the invisible stitch for mine.

INSTRUCTIONS

With yarn held double, crochet foundation single crochet with 4.5 mm hook measuring 12, 14, 16, 18, 20 inches wide. Switch to 5.5 mm hook and attach cable.

R1: Tss in each st.

R2: Thc across.

Repeat row 2 until piece measures 4, 4.5, 5, 5.5, 6 inches tall.

Fasten off. Block to size.

Cables

R1: Ch18, in the 2nd ch from the hook, pick up a loop in each ch across working in the back hump of each ch. (18 loops)

R2: Tps in next 2 sts, tks into the nest 12 sts, tps into the nest 2 sts, complete edge st.

R3-5: Repeat row2.

R6: Tps in the next 2 sts, 3/3 RC, 3/3 LC, tps into the next 2 sts, complete edge st.

Repeat rows 2-6 once more for first 2 sizes, twice, three times for last 2 sizes.

Repeat rows 3-5. Bind off.

Fasten off.

Joining

Seam cable to the body as shown in the schematic. Seam along the short edge to close the beanie. Weave yarn through the top of the beanie and cinch close.

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