Forest Sprite Crochet Beanie Pattern

Excuse me for a moment while I go pack my bags, put on this forest sprite beanie, and go find the foggiest forest to hike through and ponder life. Doesn’t this hat make you feel like adventuring with a hobbit or dancing through a field of lavender?

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The Story

Do you ever get into those crochet “phases” where you are somewhat obsessed with making the same thing all the time? Right now, I really enjoy making blankets. However, around the time when my now-fiance and I started dating, I was always making hats. Didn’t matter if it was for an adult, a baby, a gift, or for donation, I made them all. Especially with always having so much scrap yarn, making hats was great! Having a fiance who lives in Montana and not having any idea what to get him for Christmas was the perfect opportunity to whip him up one of these hats.

However, my fiance has a unique sense of style, which ranges from ponchos to Matt Murdock sunglasses to crazy socks with his friend’s face on them. Basically, he wears what makes him happy and when I asked if he needed any winter hats this year, his eyes lit up at the idea that his girlfriend was going to make him a custom crochet hat. And so the design process begins!

The Design

The original design displayed above actually had a little leaf on it and used different shades and skeins of brown wool yarn to give it a tree trunk effect, but the final Forest Sprite Beanie Pattern was simplified to a beautiful green shade with an adorable little acorn that will swing along with you as you walk! How fun is that? 

Lion Brand’s Wool Ease Thick & Quick Yarn is great for keeping your head nice and cozy! The color Kale is absolutely gorgeous and always reminds me of an evergreen forest. For the acorn, I wanted a cheaper lightweight yarn that would allow for a better size acorn and a cheaper price. The Charisma Yarn by Loops & Threads was the perfect solution! Using just a little bit of Pecan and Taupe made for a great cherry on top, or should I say, acorn on top!

The Pattern

Materials

• Lion Brand Wool Ease Thick & Quick Yarn. 120 yards of Kale
• Charisma Yarn by Loops & Threads. 10 yards of Pecan; 10 yards of Taupe
• Poly-fil
• K10.5 / 6.50mm Crochet Hook (these are my favorite crochet hooks)
• J / 6.00mm Crochet Hook

Size

Finished hat fits an average adult head. About 20” around and 12.5” long. Acorn measures 3” tall and 2” wide.

Gauge

Ribbing rows: 5 sc st = 2 in; 4 rows = 2 in

Puff st rows: 2 puff st = 2 in; 2 rows = 2 in

Special Stitches

Puff Stitch: Working into the same stitch, yarn over, insert hook into stitch and pull up a loop. *Yarn over, insert hook into stitch again, and pull up a loop.* Repeat *to* once more, leaving seven loops on hook. Yarn over and pull through all strands on the hook. Ch 1. Puff st made.

Decrease Puff Stitch: Working the puff st up to the seven loops, yarn over and repeat the puff st in the next space until you have 13 loops on your hook. Yarn over and pull through all strands on hook. Ch 1. Dec puff st made.

Ribbing

Note: Ribbing uses 6.50mm hook with color “Kale”

R1: Ch 7.

R2: Sc into 2nd ch from hook. Sc in the next 5 sts. (6 st)

R3: Ch 1 (does not count as sc here and throughout), bl sc in next 6 sts. (6 st)

R4–44: Rep R3. 

Connect first and last rows with sl st.

Hat

Note: Hat also uses 6.50mm hook with color “Kale”

R1: Ch 1, sc in each row around. Sl st into first sc. (44 st)

R2: Ch 3, 1 puff st in same st. *Skip next st, work 1 puff st into following st.* Rep from *to* till you go all the way around. Sl st into top of first puff st. (22 puff sts)

R3: Rep R2, with each puff going into the space between the previous row’s puff sts. (22 puff sts)

R4: Rep R3. (22 puff sts)

Note: Each row will continue to start with the Ch 3, 1 puff st in same st, and placing the puff sts in between the puff sts in the previous row, and sl st into the top of the first puff st.

R5: 4 puff st, dec puff st, 10 puff st, dec puff st, 4 puff st. (20 puff st)

R6: 3 puff st, dec puff st, 10 puff st, dec puff st, 3 puff st (18 puff st)

R7: 1 puff st, dec puff st, 1 puff st, 1 dec puff st, 6 puff st, dec puff st, 1 puff st, dec puff st, 1 puff st (14 puff st)

R8: 1 dec puff st, 1 puff st, 1 dec puff st, 4 puff st, 1 dec puff st, 1 puff st, 1 dec puff st (10 puff st)

R9: 1 puff st, 1 dec puff st, 1 puff st, 1 dec puff st, 1 puff st, 1 dec puff st, 1 puff st (7 puff st)

R10: 1 dec puff st, 1 dec puff st, 1 puff st, 1 dec puff st (4 puff st)

R11: 2 dec puff st (2 puff st)

R12: 1 puff st. Fasten off. 

Acorn

Note: Acorn uses 6.00mm hook

Taupe (lighter color):

Magic ring 

4 sc (work in spiral)

*1 inc sc [2 sc in same st], 1 sc* rep *to* 3 more times. (8 st)

*1 inc sc, 1sc* rep *to* 3 more times. (12 st)

12 sc

Sl st and fasten off.

Pecan (darker color):

Magic ring (work in spiral)

4 sc, ch 4, skip first ch, work 3 sc into ch.

Inc sc in each st (8 st)

Put stem (ch 4 with the 3 sc) through the magic ring and continue the spiral as normal

*1 inc sc, 1 sc* rep from *to* 3 more times. (12 st)

*1 inc sc, 2 sc* rep from *to* 3 more times. (16 st)

16 sc. Sl st, fasten off.

Stuff and sew dark and light colored pieces together (acorn made).

Finishing

Sew stem of acorn onto top of hat. Weave in ends.

Conclusion

I hope you enjoyed learning more about the origins of this fantasy-inspired beanie! If you want to make your own Forest Sprite Beanie, check out the pattern on my Etsy and Ravelry shops. Curious about the two wool yarn brands I used? Here is the Lion Brand Wool Ease Thick & Quick Yarn, used in Kale for the hat, and the Charisma Yarn by Loops & Threads which I used in Pecan and Taupe for the acorn! If you are looking for some crochet hooks to use, Clover Amour is my favorite! Not sure if Clover Amour is for you? I have a Clover Amour review post that offers some great cheap alternatives!

Have you ever made anything fantasy or fiction-related? Comment below! 

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