Hello crafters, I’m so excited to share my latest crochet pattern with you!

I had a lot of great feedback from my One Day Winter Hat tutorial and don’t get me wrong, I LOVE that hat. I wear it pretty much every day during our Canadian winters and it keeps me warm and stylish 😉

However, like all winter hats I pretty much have only one hair option while wearing it. If I keep my hair down with my scarf and all those other layers I have a massive hair nest of knots to deal with at the end of the day so I pretty much have to wear my hair in a braid every day.

That’s where the ponytail beanie comes in! All the warmth and style of a cosy crochet hat with a stretchy hole in the top to accommodate all the ponytails and messy buns 🙂 I think this will be my new favourite hat! .

Supplies needed to make your ponytail beanie

• 10mm hook
• 1 ball super bulky weight yarn (more about your yarn choice below)
• regular thin hair elastic

Yarn selection

As stated above this pattern uses super bulky weight yarn. Super bulky weight is marked with a 6 on the label.

Some soft and affordable options are

• Loops and Threads “Kaleidoscope“
• Loops and Threads “Cozy Wool“
• Lion Brand “Wool Ease Thick and Quick“

These yarns also come in a huge variety of beautiful colours!

Stitches you will need to know

Single crochet (sc)

Double crochet (dc)

Yarn over (yo)

Bobble stitch (explained in the pattern below)

Ponytail beanie pattern

The first round of your beanie will be worked around your hair elastic.

Each round ends with a slip stitch into the first stitch of the round.

Round 1. 18dc into elastic. Join to first stitch with a slip stitch. (18)

Round 2. Chain 2. Work 2dc into each stitch around. (36)

Round 3. Chain 2. [Skip 1st dc. dc in next stitch. Go back and dc in first skipped stitch.] Repeat brackets around. (36)

Round 4. Chain 2. dc in each stitch around (36)

Round 5. (bobble stitch round) Ch 2. yo, insert hook and yo,pull up a loop, yo, pull through 2 loops, yo, insert hook into same stitch, yo, pull up a loop, yo, pull through 2 loops, yo, insert hook in same stitch, yo, pull up a loop, yo pull through 2 loops. You should have 4 loops on your hook, yo and pull through all 4 loops. Single crochet into the next stitch.

[Yo, insert hook into next stitch, yo, pull up a loop, yo and pull through 2 loops, repeat until you have 5 loops on your hook. yo and pull though all 5 loops. Single crochet into next stitch.] Repeat brackets around. (18 bobbles, 18sc)

Round 6. Chain 2. double crochet in each stitch around. (36)

Round 7. Repeat round 5 (18 bobbles, 18 sc)

Round 8. Chain 2. Double crochet in each stitch around. (36)

Round 9. Repeat round 3 (36)

Round 10. Chain 2. Double crochet in each stitch around. (36)

Round 11. Chain 1. Work one round of single crochet from left to right (also known as Crab Stitch)

Tie off and weave in ends.

I hope you enjoyed making your own ponytail beanie! I would love to hear your questions and comments below or even share a picture of your completed ponytail beanie, I would love to see them!

Happy crafting!