Elmo Crochet Beanie Pattern (Crochet Along for a Cause)

Do you know an Elmo fan? My son loves this Elmo Crochet Beanie Pattern and has already claimed this one as his own. I’ll have to make another one! (This hat comfortably fits my 4 year old) You could easily make this hat into Grover by making is blue and the nose pink, or you could make cookie monster with a blue hat, no nose and silly eyes. So cute!

This is the third hat for the Crochet Along for a Cause. If you’re new to the CAL, you can find all the details HERE. The patterns are posted every Friday, all summer long. The first two patterns are the Strawberry Patch Hat and the Shell Beanie.

 

Elmo Crochet Beanie Pattern

 

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Materials
Soft worsted weight cotton or acrylic yarn in red (I used I Love this Yarn in Red), a small amount of orange, black and white (these pieces won’t be touching the scalp so they don’t necessarily need to be soft yarn)
6.0 mm hook
yarn needle
scissors
stitch markers

Level
easy to intermediate

Pattern Notes & Stitches to Know
sl st – slip stitch
ch – chain
hdc – half double crochet
sc – single crochet
dc – double crochet
magic ring

The hat is worked in the round without joining

Approximate Finished Size:
Length: 6.75”
Width: 10”

ELMO BEANIE

This hat is made in the round and are not joined at the end of each round (I like using this method with half double crochet because the join likes to go sideways)

With red make a magic ring (or ch 3 and join to first ch to make a loop)

Round 1: ch 1, hdc 10 into ring (10 hdc)

Remember not to join. Continue the next round working in the first stitch of round 1. You will be working in a spiral. Put your stitch marker in the first hdc of the next round

Round 2: 2 hdc in each stitch around (20 hdc)

Again, do not join. Move your stitch marker to the first hdc of round 3.

Round 3: *hdc in 1, 2 hdc in next* repeat from * to * around (30 hdc)

Round 4: *hdc in 2, 2 hdc in next* repeat from * to * around (40 hdc)

Round 5: *hdc in 3, 2 hdc in next* repeat from * to * around (50 hdc)

Round 6: *hdc in 4, 2 hdc in next* repeat from * to * around, (60 hdc)

Circle should be approx  5.5” in diameter

Round 7 – 19: hdc in each stitch aorund (60 hdc)

Sc in next 2, sl st in 1. Fasten off, weave in the ends.

EYES (make 2 white and 2 black pieces)

With white make a magic ring (or ch 3, sl st to first ch to make a loop)

Round 1: sc 6 into ring, join to first sc with sl st, pull ring closed (6 sc)

Round 2: ch 1, 2 sc in each stitch around, join to first sc with sl st (12 sc)

Round 3: ch 1, *sc in 1, 2 sc in next* repeat from * to * around, join to first sc with sl st (18 sc)

Fasten off, leave a long tail for sewing

With black make a magic ring (or ch 3, sl st to first ch to make a loop)

Round 1: sc 6 into ring, join to first sc with sl st, pull ring closed (6 sc)

Fasten off leave a long tail for sewing.

NOSE

With orange make a magic ring (or ch 3, sl st to first ch to make a loop)

Round 1: sc 6 into ring, join to first sc with sl st, pull ring closed (6 sc)

Round 2: ch 1, 2 sc in each stitch around, join to first sc with sl st (12 sc)

Round 3: ch 1, *sc in 1, 2 sc in next* repeat from * to * around, join to first sc with sl st (18 sc)

Fasten off, leave a long tail for sewing

MOUTH

With black ch 8

Row 1: dc in 4th ch from hook(3 ch counts as dc) and in each ch across to the last, 2 dc in the last (7 dc)

Row 2: ch 3 (counts as dc), turn, dc in same stitch, dc in each stitch across to the last stitch, 2 dc in last (9 dc)

Row 3: ch 3 (counts as dc), picot, turn, 2 dc in first stitch of the row, hdc in next 2, sc in next 3, hdc in next 2, 3 dc in last, picot (13)

SEWING

Sew the black circles to the center of the white eyes using the long tail and yarn needle. Leave a long white tail for sewing. Weave in other ends.

Lay all your pieces on your hat how you want them. I put the eyes between round 4 and 8 and about 2 stitches apart. Then I placed the nose between them slightly overlapping. Place the mouth centered under the nose

Then I used my stitch markers to pin the eyes in place. I used the long tail and yarn needle to sew them to the hat

Repeat for the nose

Repeat for the mouth. Try to stretch up the picots to get that deep smile shape. Weave in all your ends

And you’re done with the cutest beanie ever!!

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