Ugly Christmas Beanie: Free Crochet Pattern

We’ve all heard about Ugly Christmas Sweaters, and boy have I seen some doozies… but have you seen an ugly Christmas beanie?! This Ugly Christmas Beanie is the perfect “ugly” accessory to wear to holiday parties this year.

Ugly Christmas Beanie

This beanie is adult size, and is intended to be, well… ugly. Made using just one skein of green worsted weight yarn and scraps of yellow worsted weight yarn, this fun and funny beanie is sure to bring a smile or a laugh this holiday season.

For this beanie we are using worsted weight yarn in your favorite shade of green. You will also need a small bit of yellow worsted weight yarn to make the star. I used a package of holiday themed sparkly pom poms and a hot glue gun for the “ornaments”.

You could use charms from the craft store for more realistic ornaments, but I think the sparkly brashness of the tinsel pom poms really lends an “ugly” factor that can’t be understated.

I never really thought I’d purposefully crochet something UGLY, but here we are and I am in love!

Also… is it just me or this photo giving off some serious Olan Mills vibes? I just need a vignette and it’d be game over. Hahaha!!

Materials:

Green Worsted Weight yarn of choice
-approx. 200 yards

Yellow Worsted Weight yarn of choice
-scrap yarn should suffice

Crochet hook in size 8mm (for beanie)

Crochet hook in size H/5mm (for stars)

Tinsel Pom Poms (like these)

Hot Glue gun

Gauge: unimportant

Pattern Notes:

Pattern written using US terms.

The Berry Stitch = Yarn over, insert hook into designated stitch and pull up a loop (3 loops on hook). Yarn over and pull through one loop (3 loops on hook). Yarn over and insert hook into the same stitch and pull up a loop (5 loops on hook). Yarn over and pull through all 5 loops.

BLO = Back Loop Only

Pattern:

Round 1: Magic Circle, 8sc in circle. Join to top of first st. (8)

Round 2: Ch-1, turn, * sc in next, Berry in next * repeat between * * around. Join to top of first st. (8)

Round 3: Ch-1, turn, * sc in next, 2sc in next * repeat between * * around. Join to top of first st. (12)

Round 4: Ch-1, turn, * Berry in first st, sc in next * repeat between * * around. Join to top of first st. (12)

Round 5: Ch-1, turn, * sc in next 2 sts, 2sc in next * repeat between * * around. Join to top of first st. (16)

Round 6: repeat round 2 (16)

Round 7: Ch-1, turn, * sc in next 3 sts, 2sc in next * repeat between * * around. Join to top of first st. (20)

Round 8: repeat round 4 (20)

Round 9: Ch-1, turn, * sc in next 4 sts, 2sc in next * repeat between * * around. Join to top of first st. (24)

Round 10: repeat round 2 (24)

Round 11: Ch-1, turn, * sc in next 5 sts, 2sc in next * repeat between * * around. Join to top of first st. (28)

Round 12: repeat round 4 (28)

Round 13: Ch-1, turn, * sc in next 6 sts, 2sc in next * repeat between * * around. Join to top of first st. (32)

Round 14: repeat round 2 (32)

Round 15: Ch-1, turn, * sc in next7 sts, 2sc in next * repeat between * * around. Join to top of first st. (36)

Round 16: repeat round 4 (36)

Round 17: Ch-1, turn, * sc in next 8 sts, 2sc in next * repeat between * * around. Join to top of first st. (40)

Round 18: repeat round 2 (40)

Round 19: Ch-1, turn, * sc in next 9 sts, 2sc in next * repeat between * * around. Join to top of first st. (44)

Round 20: repeat round 4 (44)

Round 21: Ch-1, turn, * sc in next 10 sts, 2sc in next * repeat between * * around. Join to top of first st. (48)

Round 22: repeat round 2 (48)

Round 23: Ch-1, turn, * sc in next 11 sts, 2sc in next * repeat between * * around. Join to top of first st. (52)

Round 24: repeat round 4 (52)

Round 25: Ch-1, turn, sc in each st around. Join to top of first st. (52)

Round 26: repeat round 2 (52)

Round 27: repeat round 25 (52)

Round 28: repeat round 4 (52)

Rounds 29 – 40: repeat rounds 25 – 28 (52)

Round 41: repeat round 25 (52)

Round 42: repeat round 2 (52)

Round 43: repeat round 25 (52)

Do not fasten off.

Brim:

Where still attached…

Row 1: Ch-6, sc in 2nd ch from hook and in each to end. Sl st to top of corresponding st on beanie. (5)

Row 2: Sl st to next open st on beanie, turn. Sc in BLO in first 4 sts, sc in both top loops of last st. (5)

Row 3: Ch-1, turn, sc in BLO of each st to end. Sl st to top of corresponding st on beanie. (5)

Alternate rows 2 & 3 around the entire bottom of the beanie. Fasten off and sew stitch for stitch closed.

Stars:

Make two…

Round 1: Magic Circle, Ch-1, 10hdc in circle. Join to top of first st. (10)

Round 2: Ch-1, * hdc in next, 2hdc in next * repeat between *& * around. Join to top of first st. (15)

Points:

Ch-6, sc in 2nd ch from hook, hdc in next, dc in next, Tr in next, Dtr in next, sk 2 sts on round 2 of the star and sl st to next st. Complete a total of 5 points. Join to base of first point made. Fasten off the first star and weave in all ends.

On second star do NOT fasten off. Line up the wrong sides of the stars and sc through both fabrics so that you have one opening along the bottom as pictured.

Using the yarn tail, attach the star to the top of the “tree”. Weave in all ends.

Use a hot glue gun to attach the “ornaments” as densely as you like. I used the entire package of (90) tinsel poms for mine.

I hope you love making this ugly Christmas beanie, and that you get lots of smiles if you wear it out and about during the holiday season. I can’t wait to see yours! Please share by tagging @HeartHookHome across all social media, or in the Heart Hook Home Crochet Community on Facebook.