37+ Free Crochet Hat and Beanie Patterns

How to crochet a classic ribbed beanie with bulky weight yarn. You'll love this quick and easy pattern that will teach you everything you need to know to crochet a modern winter hat.

Designer: Sarah Maker

Yarn Weight: Bulky

Suggested Yarn: Lion Brand Color Made Easy or Lion Brand Hue + Me

This cozy beanie looks complicated, but it’s not as tricky as it seems, making it a great project for intermediate crocheters. The pattern includes instructions for baby, toddler, child, and adult sizes. This diamond design is worked in the round from the bottom up.

Designer: Lakeside Loops

Yarn weight: Worsted

Suggested yarn: Red Heart Soft

This simple beanie works up quickly and is made using mainly half double crochets. The ribbed, foldover design makes a cozy hat for anyone, so it’s great for gift-giving! Check out the video tutorial for extra tips and help.

Designer: Hayhay Crochet

Yarn weight: Worsted

Suggested yarn: Lion Brand Basic Stitch Anti Pilling

This trendy pattern is made by using the spike stitch. It creates a textured hat that’s not very complicated to make - ideal for adventurous beginners. It’s worked from the bottom up in seamless rounds.

Designer: Nana’s Crafty Home

Yarn weight: Worsted

Suggested yarn: Lion Brand Wool-Ease

This stylish bucket hat is super soft and cozy, yet so fashionable and cute at the same time! This pattern uses easy stitches (single crochets in the round), but it can be tricky to see your stitches using the fuzzy yarn, making this pattern ideal for experienced beginners. This hat is available in four different sizes.

Designer: Two of Wands

Yarn weight: Super bulky

Suggested yarn: Lion Brand Go For Faux

This slouchy hat is worked sideways in rows and then seamed in the back. The top is shaped with short rows, so there’s no bunching to worry about. There’s a pictured tutorial included to show you just how to do it!

Designer: My Hobby is Crochet

Yarn weight: Worsted

Suggested yarn: Red Heart Soft

This interesting hat is available in six sizes, so you can make one for everyone in your family! It’s perfect for wearing for your favorite winter sports, like skiing and sledding. Just pull the ear flaps down, tie the straps securely, and you’re ready to fly down the hills!

Designer: Kirsten Holloway Designs

Yarn weight: Worsted

Suggested yarn: Red Heart Soft

This easy beret beanie is made using all double crochets. It can be worn slouchy style or beret style, and fits a medium-sized adult head. This pattern is best for intermediates.

Designer: Hooked on Homemade Happiness

Yarn weight: Worsted

Suggested yarn: Hobby Lobby I Love This Yarn

This stylish hat is a great way to step into the world of crochet color work. If you can work single and double crochets, you can make this adorable pattern! It’s available in four sizes, from toddler to large adult, and it includes a video tutorial.

Designer: MJ’s Off The Hook Designs

Yarn weight: Worsted

Suggested yarn: WeCrochet Wool of the Andes

This simple and adorable earflap hat would be perfect for gifting to a baby or child - or making for your own little one! It’s worked in continuous rounds and can be made with the braids or without. It’s available in sizes 0-3 months, 3-6 months, 6-12 months, toddler, child, and teen/adult.

Designer: Lindsey Carr

Yarn weight: Worsted

Suggested yarn: Red Heart Soft

Although his hat is simple to make, it has a beautiful texture and fashionable style. It's crocheted from the top down, so you can make your Single Crochet Hat however long you like: a little beanie, a longer slouch, or with a folded cuff.

Yarn Weight: Fingering

Suggested Yarn: Purl Soho Linen Quill Fingering

This corner-to-corner hat is available for babies all the way up through size adult large. It’s a great stash buster, and much simpler to make than it looks! Watch the video tutorial to walk through each step!

Designer: HanJan Crochet

Yarn weight: Worsted

Suggested yarn: WeCrochet Wool of the Andes

This beginner-friendly hat is available in seven different sizes, from infant to adult. It features a fun, textured brim, braided tassels, and a pompom. Customize each section with your favorite shades to make it your own!

Designer: The Nicole Chase

Yarn weight: Worsted

Suggested yarn: Red Heart With Love

This thick and chunky hat will keep those fearsome winter winds out, and it’s available in every size from newborn to adult! The pattern includes written instructions, lots of pictures, and a video tutorial, too. This cable work design is best for intermediate or experienced crocheters. 

Designer: Lakeside Loops

Yarn weight: Worsted

Suggested yarn: Lion Brand Feels Like Butta

This waffle stitch hat will keep you cozy all winter long. I love the thick warm texture of this fabric. You can make it in two colors to create the color-blocked design, or in one color for a solid hat.

Yarn Weight: Fingering or Sport

Suggested Yarn: Brava Sport

If you want to crochet a hat that looks like it was knitted, this is the pattern for you. The pattern may be slow to work, but the end result is worth the extra time. The pattern includes directions for 3 different yarn weights: sport, worsted, and bulky.

Yarn Weight: Sport

Suggested Yarn: Brava Sport

Looking for a unisex-style beanie that will look great on a variety of people? Here's the pattern for you. The smooth stitch pattern and classic shape are great for guys or girls. This pattern uses just one skein of yarn.

Yarn weight: Sport

Suggested Yarn: Wool of the Andes Sport

Sometimes you want a super bulky hat, and sometimes you want something a little more lightweight. This light-textured slouchy hat is perfect for fall and early spring.

Yarn Weight: DK

Suggested Yarn: Lion Brand LB Collection Superwash Merino

The Buttercup beanie features a beautiful floral design along the side that makes it very unique. It is made of only one skein of yarn, so feel free to use your favorite stash yarn for this pattern.

Yarn Weight: DK

Suggested Yarn: Swish DK

The Rocky Shore hat is a beautiful beginner-friendly pattern. It has a subtle wave texture with raised ridges for visual interest.

Even though the design looks complex, it's made with simple easy stitches - so it's perfect for confident beginners.

Yarn Weight: DK

Suggested yarn: Knit Picks Swish DK

Here's another simple hat that will work up quickly. This pattern starts with a ribbed band section, and works up from there.

Yarn Weight: DK

Suggested Yarn: Swish DK

Do you want to try some colorwork? Give this pattern a try. It features a two-color design reminiscent of the traditional fair-isle style. It has a ribbed hem and a pom-pom on top. The dense yet flexible stitches ensure that your head will stay cozy and warm all winter long!

Yarn Weight: Worsted or Aran

Suggested Yarn: Lion Brand Wool-Ease

This tonal toque features a raised texture in a traditional argyle pattern. It's worked from the bottom up and finished with a pom-pom. The pattern includes two styles: a short beanie version and a longer slouch version.

Yarn Weight: Aran

Suggested Yarn: Lion Brand Wool-Ease

This pretty slouchy hat has a lovely “snowfall” color pattern and a crocheted texture that almost looks like it was knit!

Yarn weight: Worsted

Suggested Yarn: Knit Picks Mighty Stitch

The cool texture of this hat is created with rounds of bead stitch with rounds of half double crochet, plus a post-stitch ribbing. A faux fur pom pom on the top finishes it all off.

Yarn Category: worsted

Suggested Yarn: Lion Brand Wool-Ease

A variety of stitch textures combine with a color-changing yarn to create this beautiful beanie pattern. The pattern is written for one size, but it includes tips for adjusting the pattern to fit other sizes.

Yarn Weight: Aran

Suggested Yarn: Muse Hand Painted

This hat's beautiful ribbed pattern is created by working half-double crochets in the third and back loops. It features a double brim for extra warmth.

Yarn Weight: Worsted CYC 4

Suggested Yarn: Lion Brand Touch of Alpaca

Here is another versatile knit-look crochet beanie. This hat is constructed with beginner-friendly crochet stitches. The stitch pattern is textured yet modern - perfect for any style.

Yarn Category: Worsted weight 4 yarn

Suggested Yarn: Lion Brand Wool-Ease

This cute crochet beanie is worked back and forth in rows to crochet a flat rectangle. Then, the hat is seamed together on the sides and sewn together at the top to close the beanie.

This pattern will show you how to adjust the height of the hat to make a plain or folded brim.

Yarn weight: Worsted

Suggested yarn: Knit Picks Mighty Stitch

Here is another unisex or men's style beanie worked up in a crochet seed stitch. The seed stitch adds texture and warmth to the beanie. You'll how fast this pattern work up, too.

Yarn weight: Worsted

Suggested yarn: Mighty Stitch

Don't forget about Tunisian crochet! This crochet slouchy beanie is worked in one piece, using the Tunisian Honeycomb Stitch. The pattern will show you how to customize the hat to fit specific sizes.

Yarn weight: Aran

Suggested yarn: Wool of the Andes Worsted

Bubblegum Pop Beanie is a very fast beanie made from the bottom up. You'll love the cute pops of texture, which really stands out when made with color-changing yarn.

Yarn weight: Aran

Suggested yarn: Muse Hand Painted

For the warmest possible crochet hats, use smaller stitches and avoid holes and gaps. This cozy hat used a tight stitch pattern and worsted-weight yarn.

It is a great unisex crochet hat pattern that you can customize with different shades of yarn. The pattern also offers a range of sizes from baby to adult.

Yarn Weight: Worsted weight yarn (Category 4)

Suggested Yarn: Lion Brand Vanna's Choice

This slouchy hat is made with an easy pattern that has great texture. The back loop stitches give it wave-like ridges and elasticity for various head shapes.

Yarn weight: Aran

Suggested yarn: Swish Worsted

Have you ever made cables with crochet? If you've never tried it, this hat might be the perfect introduction.

If you are intimidated by the cabling, don’t be! It’s much easier than you might think! And once you have the hang of it, you’ll be able to breeze through this beanie.

Yarn Category: Bulky weight (5)

Suggested Yarn: Brava Bulky

This cute chunky crochet hat has lots of texture and a slouchy style. The pattern works up quickly thanks to thick yarn and a big hook, plus it’s simple enough for a confident beginner to crochet.

Category: 5 Bulky Weight Yarn

Suggested Yarn: Knit Picks Brava Bulky

This beehive-textured women’s beanie crochet pattern was designed for everyday wear. It’s a cute, textured beanie hat pattern that includes instructions for five sizes and optional stripes.

Yarn weight: Super Bulky CYC 6

Suggested yarn: Lion Brand Hometown USA