Aang Beanie

Aang Beanie

Patterns for Prayers

The past two blog posts have been a little different than My Pokemon Project and are very special projects. I received a message asking if I could crochet a couple of beanies for a 14 year old young man battling cancer. I really wanted to get started right away on these patterns instead of waiting until my entire Pokemon Project is complete. I hope you enjoy these two patterns. The first one was the Rasta Beanie and the second is this one, the Aang Beanie. Aang is a character from the American animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender, and I really love how this beanie turned out! It is a fairly simple pattern and is a little different and unique.

Both patterns will also have a YouTube: How To on my channel Crochet By Katie Humes and will be easy enough to follow for new or beginner crocheters. Thank you for all the messages and support I have received for these projects and the Pokemon projects, it is hard not to get emotional thinking of what these projects bigger purpose is and I am filled with gratitude as I share these patterns with the world.

#patternsforprayers

Materials Needed:

Yarn, I used Red Heart 4ply: Buff and Turqua
5.50mm Crochet Hook
Yarn Needle
Scissors

Abbreviations:

sl st - slip stitch
ch - chain
MR - magic ring
sc - single crochet
hdbl - half double crochet
dbl - double crochet
inc - increase
dec - decrease

The Beanie:

Begin with Buff Yarn and work in continuous round.

Round 1: Create a MR, ch3, 9dbl into the MR (10)
Round 2: 1dbl inc in every stitch around. (20)
Round 3: 1dbl, 1dbl inc, repeat that pattern all the way around (30)
Round 4: 2dbl, 1dbl inc, repeat that pattern all the way around (40)
Round 5: 3dbl, 1dbl inc, repeat that pattern all the way around (50)
Round 6: 4dbl, 1dbl inc, repeat that pattern all the way around (60)
Round 7: 5dbl, 1dbl inc, repeat that pattern all the way around (70)
Round 8-12: (5 rows) 1dbl in every stitch (70)
Round 13: 5dbl, 1dbl dec, repeat that pattern all the way around (60)
Round 14: sc in every stitch around (60)

Finish off the beanie with a sl st and weave in the tail.

The Arrow:

The arrow needed to be long enough to reach the back side of the beanie because all of the pictures I have looked up for Aang show that his arrow actually flows down his back from his head, so I decided to make the arrow as long as I possibly could on the beanie.

 

Round 1: ch 8 (8)

Round 2: hdbl into the 4th chain from the hook, hdbl to the end of the row (5)

Round 3-28: (26 rows) ch 2, turn, hdbl in every stitch (5)

Round 29: ch 4, turn your work, 8sc back across, ch 4 off the opposite side, turn your work, 3sc back to the main strip and sl st underneath the bridge you created to the main strip.

Round 30: working down the main strip, sc around the entire blue strip, adding 3sc stitches at each corner for a better shape, I ended with 78 stitches but it does not have to be exactly 78 just make sure your stitches look clean where you enter your hook (78)

Round 31: When you reach the top of your main strip you will begin making the triangle shape for the arrow. hdbl accross this row where we left the floating edges (12)

Round 32: ch 2, turn, 1hdbl dec, 8hdbl, 1hdbl dec (10)

Round 33: ch 2, turn, 1hdbl in every stitch (10)

Round 34: ch 2, turn, 1hdbl dec, 6 hdbl, 1hdbl dec (8)

Round 35: ch 2, turn, 1hdbl dec, 4 hdbl, 1hdbl dec (6)

Round 36: ch 2, turn, 1hdbl dec, 2 hdbl, 1hdbl dec (4)

Round 37: ch 2, turn, 2hdbl dec (2)

Round 38: ch 2, turn, 1hdbl dec; at this poing do not turn or clip yarn but instead hdbl around the entire boarder of the arrow inserting 3hdbl into each of the corner stitches to create clean edges; once you reach the very top of the arrow at the end sl st into the point and leave a long tail for sewing the arrow in place.

 

 

 

Pin the arrow to the beanie and sew into place.

 

Thank you so much for crocheting along with me today! I hope you like this pattern as much as I do. Have a wonderful day!!

Rasta Beanie

Rasta Beanie

Patterns For Prayers

Materials Needed:

Yarn, I used Red Heart 4 ply: Red, Black, Yellow and Green
5.50mm Crochet Hook
10 Black or Clear Rubber Band Hair Ties
Yarn Needle
Scissors
Metal Bristled Pet Brush

Abbreviations:

sl st - slip stitch
ch - chain
sc  - single crochet
dbl - double crochet
TR - treble crochet
MR - magic ring
inc - increase
dec - decrease


Round 1: With Red: 15 TR into the MR; sl st to join (15)

Round 2: ch 1, 2sc in every stitch around, on last stitch pull through with black yarn, sl st to join (30)

Round 3) ch 4, TR into same stitch, 1TR into the next stitch, 1TR inc, 1TR into the next stitch repeat the pattern of 1TR, 1TR inc all the way around, sl st to join (45)

Round 4) ch 1, 1sc in every stitch, on last stitch pull through with yellow yarn, sl st to join (45)

Round 5) ch 4, TR in next stitch, 1TR inc in next stitch, repeat the pattern of 1TR, 1TR, 1 TR inc all the way around, sl st to join (62)

Round 6) ch 1, 1sc in every stitch around, on last stitch pull through with green yarn, sl st to join (62)

Round 7) ch 4, TR in next 2 stitches, 1TR inc in next stitch, repeat the pattern of 1TR, 1TR, 1TR, 1TR inc all the way around, sl st to join (78)

Round 8) ch 1, 1sc in every stitch, on last stitch pull through with red yarn, sl st to join (78)

Round 9) ch 4, TR in next stitch, TR inc in next stitch, repeat the pattern of 1TR, 1TR, 1TR inc all the way around, sl st to join (105)

Round 10) ch 1, 1sc, 1sc dec repeat the pattern 1sc, 1sc dec all the way around, on last stitch pull through with yellow yarn, sl st to join (70)

Round 11) ch 4, TR in next stitch, TR inc in next stitch, repeat the pattern of 1TR, 1TR, 1TR inc all the way around, sl st to join (105)

Round 12) ch 1, 1sc, 1dec repeat the pattern 1sc, 1sc dec all the way around, on last stitch pull through with green yarn, sl st to join (70)

 

Round 13) ch 4, 1 TR in every stitch around, sl st to join (70)

 

Round 14) ch 1, 3sc, 1dec continue that pattern 1sc, 1sc, 1sc, 1sc dec, all the way around, on last stitch pull through with black yarn, sl st to join (56)

 





 

Round 15) ch 4, 3 TR, 1 TR inc, continue that pattern: 1TR, 1TR, 1TR, 1TR inc all the way around, sl st to join (70)

 

Round 16) ch 1, 3sc, 1dec, continue that pattern: 1sc, 1sc, 1sc, 1sc dec, all the way around, on last stitch pull through with red yarn, sl st to join (56)

 



 

 

Round 17) ch 2, dbl in every stitch around, sl st and finish off by weaving in your yarn tail (56)

 



 

 

For the braids:

Cut 120 strands of black yarn (or preferred hair color). Cut the strands to be approximately 32'' long or your own desired length. Separate the strands into 10 groups of 12 strands.

 



 

 

Flip the bottom portion of the beanie inside out while you work on attaching each group of strands. Grabbing one bunch at a time thread it in between Round 16 and Round 17 catching 1 or 2 stitches for support. Using your crochet hook pull the group of strands through. Once you have pulled the strands through be sure that each part of the 'hair' is at equal lengths. You can pull the strands one at a time to even out the lengths.

 

 

 

 

 

Separate each group into 3 sections of 8 strands in each section.

 



 

 

Braid the sections together and secure with a rubber hair tie. 

 

Repeat this process until the entire back of the beanie has 10 braids. I spaced my braids 2 crochet stitches apart.

If desired using a metal bristled pet brush, brush out the ends of the hair and/or the entire braid to make it look more like dreadlocks.

I hope you enjoy this pattern!! The next pattern we will be working on is a beanie made to look like Aang from Avatar The Last Airbender!! Happy crocheting!! #patternsforprayers

Tips/Hints: If you are going to be using a different hair color than black for rounds 15 & 16 use the same color of yarn that you will be using for the braids. For example if you wanted brown or dark brown braids when switching to black at the end of round 14 you will switch to the brown or dark brown or preferred hair color and use it for round 15 & 16 so that when you thread your braids the yarn color matches and they are hidden.