29 Cozy & Free Crochet Hat Patterns

This 1 Hour Bulky Crochet Beanie Hat pattern is perfect for beginners and can be resized to fit anyone.

The free crochet pattern is sized for a large adult beanie, but included in the chart are sizing options if you want to make a smaller beanie.

Since this hat is made with super bulky yarn, it probably won't work well for a tiny baby hat.

To complete this easy and beautiful crochet beanie pattern, you only need to know the single crochet and double crochet stitch, how to work in the back loop only for the brim, and the chain and slip stitch.

The pattern includes a video tutorial to walk you through the whole process, step by step!

It is a gorgeous beanie with or without a pom pom.

Want to add a pom pom to the top of your hat? Check out these tutorials:

• How to Make a Perfect Yarn Pom-Pom
• How to Make a Cute Faux Fur Pom Pom

If you're new to crochet, the Beginner Ribbed Crochet Hat is the perfect pattern to start with. It's a beautiful and easy hat pattern you can finish in one evening! The great thing about this easy hat pattern is your ability to easily add and remove chains until your hat is the perfect size.

The Beginner Ribbed Crochet pattern includes a step by step written tutorial and a video to show you how it's done. It's so easy that you'll be making hats for your whole family in no time!

• Yarn weight: Chunky / Bulky
• Suggested yarn: Paintbox Yarns Simply Chunky, Universal Yarn Deluxe Chunky, Red Heart Hygge, or Bernat Softee Chunky

If you want to make a cute crochet summer hat, this is the perfect pattern! This hat uses basic crochet stitches, so it's easy enough for beginners. The Easy Striped Crochet Bucket Hat will take you back in time with its '90s vibe.

Cotton yarn or a cotton/linen blend is best suited for this pattern, and even raffia yarn is a good option. You can make your hat with a striped pattern, or just stick to one color of yarn if you prefer a simple crochet hat with one color. Options!

• Yarn weight: Worsted / Cotlin
• Suggested yarn: Knit Picks

A messy bun hat is great, because you can have your hair up but keep your head warm at the same time! This hat pattern takes about an hour and is perfect for an evening project. It'll keep your hair out of your face through the chilly days of winter.

This pattern uses chunky yarn, which is great for beginners with little experience. The Jessie 1 Hour messy bun beanie is perfect for a last minute gift or if you need a cute beanie fast!

• Yarn Weight: Super Bulky
• Suggested Yarn: Lion Brand Hometown

The eye-catching Tempest Beanie will brighten the ambiance with its gorgeous colors and unbelievable texture. Perfect with a coat, parka, or snowsuit, this beanie is necessary for those chilly days and looks super cute with a scarf.

Various stitches combined with color-changing yarn create a beautiful beanie pattern with loads of texture, and it works just as well with worsted-weight yarn. Although the pattern size is for adults, you can adjust it to any size you desire.

• Yarn Weight: Aran
• Suggested Yarn: Muse Hand Painted

Are you looking for a brimmed hat pattern? With the Streetwise Brim Hat pattern, you can make a simple newsboy-style cap for everyone. Due to its unisex appeal, you can use the same pattern for everyone on your list!

You might just want to make one for each outfit because they are so easy to make and have a basic, attractive pattern that goes with any outfit. This project is ideal for beginners and more skilled crocheters eager to make stylish hats.

• Yarn weight: (4) Worsted
• Suggested yarn: Red Heart Soft Yarn

Get ready for winter with this stylish and Modern Mosaic Crochet Beanie. The Mosaic crochet technique makes it quick and simple to create lovely color-work designs. The pattern has toddler to adult sizes, and this free crochet pattern is sure to become a hit with family and friends.

The Modish Mosaic Crochet Hat pattern works from the bottom up, and the band is worked in rows and then joined. The Mosaic pattern is worked around the band in rounds, and the top of the hat is narrowed and gathered at the top to close off the hat.

• Yarn weight: Worsted
• Suggested yarn: Knit Picks Wool of Andes

The Bubblegum Pop Beanie is a bottom up beanie with gorgeous texture. Color changing yarn gives it a beautiful, vibrant pop!

The rainbow colors complement the beanies assorted layers created using various stitches. The pom-pom is the hat's highlight; you can always change the colors if the rainbow vibe isn't your thing.

• Yarn weight: Aran
• Suggested yarn: Muse Hand Painted & Lion Brand Vanna's Choice

This pattern is the perfect introduction if you have never tried a Brilliant Cables Beanie. Cable beanies are beginner friendly, and you can easily make them even if you only have yarn scraps. They have amazing textures; you can choose any color for this project.

Do not be intimidated by the cabling; it is easy, and once you have the hang of it, you will breeze through this beanie. The Brilliant Cables Beanie pattern is available in smaller sizes for babies, toddlers, and children.

• Yarn Category: Bulky weight (5)
• Suggested Yarn: Brava Bulky

The Rocky Shore Hat is a beginner-friendly pattern that uses familiar stitches and works beautifully in DK-weight wool. A combination of simple and familiar stitches makes this a stunning hat that will keep you relaxed as if you were at the beach.

Knit Picks Gloss yarn is a wool and silk combination that is incredibly soft and cuddly, and it is an excellent option because it has a lovely sheen and fantastic stitch definition. The pattern includes simple, straightforward stitches, making it ideal for confident beginners.

• Yarn Weight: DK
• Suggested yarn: Knit Picks Swish DK

If you only have a 100g skein of DK weight yarn and a bit of time on your hands, the Skipton Hat will put a smile on your face. The Skipton Hat is quick, easy, satisfying, and perfect for showing off a 100g skein.

The Skipton Hat is worked from the headband up with half-treble crochet and is a satisfying weekend project. This beanie with its slouch in the back is a comfortable fit and lovely to wear all day long, no matter where you are.

• Yarn Weight: DK
• Suggested Yarn: Swish DK

This cozy Faux Knit Hat is a great unisex beanie that uses a tight stitch pattern and worsted-weight yarn to avoid holes and gaps to make it warm and great for chilly weather.

The Faux Knit pattern tight stitching looks like knitting and gives beautiful thick coverage. Given that you can choose different shades of yarn and the pattern works for baby and adult sizes is reason enough to knit one for yourself and the whole family.

• Yarn Weight: Worsted (4)
• Suggested Yarn: Lion Brand Vanna's Choice

This season, beanies with versions of the popcorn stitch or bead stitching are extremely fashionable. Additionally, the Malia Beanie is a wonderful project for beginners. The surface is good and structural, and the top-down method combined with a vertical design makes the stripes look lovely.

By selecting a natural color of yarn and keeping things straightforward, you will get that wonderful rustic style you have always wanted. The Malia Beanie pattern is one you must try this winter.

• Yarn weight: (4) Worsted
• Suggested yarn: Lion Brand Color Theory

The Shell Stitch Basic Hat pattern, made in Red Heart Super Saver Ombré, adopts a winter-inspired look with its adorable crochet hat with a fancy shell stitch design. This project is enjoyable to complete since it uses simple-to-remember shells, double crochet, and single crochet stitches.

Gentle Ombré yarn tones highlight the pattern, but you can easily achieve the same effect with any color. Using a gradient-colored yarn for this crochet pattern is a stunning crochet hat.

• Yarn weight: (4) Worsted
• Suggested yarn: Knit Picks Wonderfluff Ombré

The Simple Slouchy Hat pattern is so simple that it is ideal for beginning crocheters, and with a few easy methods and changes, you can give it a unique look and feel. This quick-to-make, adorable, and easy-to-follow crochet hat pattern is a wonderful present.

You will enjoy the simple instructions and double crochet stitches in the Simple Slouchy Hat pattern.

• Yarn weight: (4) Worsted
• Suggested yarn: Caron Simply Soft

The Buttercup Crochet Hat is made with" Lichen and Lace's Rustic Heather Sport," hand-dyed Canadian wool, perfect for a special project.

It is a single-ply yarn with a lovely, natural texture. Even simple stitches appear beautiful because of the exquisite thread definition. The finished hat is comfortable to wear and is in no way itchy.

You may use your favorite stash yarn for this pattern to make the Buttercup Beanie, made with just one skein of yarn and has a lovely floral design along the side that gives it character.

• Yarn Weight: DK
• Suggested Yarn: Swish DK

It is so Viking to crochet the beanie with the Mosaic technique, and this crochet pattern bursts with texture and structure and is a sure winner in the winter.

The Up Early - Up North Hat is crochet bottom-up with a ribbed opening and joined at the top with a pom design inspired by the North Pole Lights. This intermediate pattern is one for the books. If you enjoy working with crochet hats with multiple colors, this beanie is beautiful and has a bold chevron pattern.

• Yarn weight: (4) Worsted
• Suggested yarn: Hayfield Bonus

This Black Cat Slouch Hat, with its chunky ribbing and adorable cat ears, is a pleasant project to work on during the winter months while curled up with your yarn and crochet hooks. This pattern for a crochet cat hat is excellent for beginning crocheters and straightforward enough that a more seasoned crocheter may complete a hat in a matter of hours.

This cat hat pattern can easily be customized and personalized because it can be made in any color and size, making it the ideal holiday present.

• Yarn weight: (6) Super bulky
• Suggested yarn: Knit Picks Mighty Stitch

This beautiful crochet is easy to make and a quintessential part of a winter wardrobe with its fair isle color. This slouchy beanie has a lovely snowfall color pattern and a stunning texture that almost looks knitted.

The Crochet Snowfall Hat will quickly become your favorite beanie, and the pattern comes in various sizes. Confident beginner crocheters can try their skills with this Snowfall Hat handcraft project and will be surprised at the final product, especially with its pom-pom.

• Yarn weight: Worsted
• Suggested Yarn: Knit Picks Mighty Stitch

The crochet seed stitch in this pattern gives warmth and texture to this unisex or men's style hat. This winter, the Simple Seed Stitch Beanie Crochet Hat pattern would be ideal for last-minute Christmas gifts because it is quick and simple.

You can learn this design quickly if you are familiar with the seed stitch. If not, the idea behind the Seed Stitch Beanie is fairly straightforward, and this pattern will help you effortlessly master it.

• Yarn weight: Worsted
• Suggested yarn: Knit Picks Wool of Andes

The Back In Brugge Slouchy Beanie is an exciting project, especially if you like to combine different stitches and techniques. This beanie is a perfect intermediate-level project that will leave you wanting more.

The Tunisian Honeycomb Stitch is used to create the Back In Brugge Slouchy Beanie, which can be adjusted to fit any size. The beanie incorporates regular crochet and Tunisian Honeycomb Stitch, alternating Tunisian-Simple Stitch with Tunisian Purl Stitch.

• Yarn weight: Aran
• Suggested yarn: Wool of the Andes Worsted

With the Braided Fishtail Toque crochet, you can stay warm and stylish. You will use front and back post crochet stitches to create a crochet cable resembling a fishtail braid. The beanie is unisex, made from the bottom up, and available in sizes for infants to adults.

The crochet Braided Fishtail Toque is in Standard American Terms and perfect for intermediate crocheters with knowledge of basic stitches plus front and back post crochet stitches.

• Yarn weight: (4) Worsted
• Suggested yarn: Lion Brand Chainette Yarn

If you ever need to make a hat in an hour, you must make this Jeanna Beanie Crochet Hat. It is so easy you will fall in love with this pattern, not to mention you can have a matching scarf.

The DIY Jeanna Beanie Crochet pattern is a quick but cute pattern that matches a 1.5-hour crochet scarf with the same stitch pattern. This beanie, paired with the matching scarf pattern, comes in sizes for toddlers and adults.

• Yarn weight: (6) Super bulky
• Suggested yarn: Knit Picks Mighty Stitch

This thick and fashionable Camdyn Cable Crochet Hat pattern comes in sizes for newborns, babies, toddlers, kids, and adults. The faux fur pom poms add the ideal finish to a chic hat and make wearing this beanie fun and comfortable.

Making a cable-knit pattern with your crochet hook to achieve that lovely, classic look is now possible thanks to the Camdyn Cable Crochet Hat pattern. An intermediate or expert crocheter would be best suited for the cable work and the difficult steps in the Camdyn Cable Crochet Hat pattern. Unfortunately, it is not a beginner-friendly design.

• Yarn weight: (6) Super bulky
• Suggested yarn: Lion Brand Feels Like Butta

The Basic Back Loop Beanie is the perfect beanie pattern for a beginner. These beanies can be produced in seven sizes, from infant to adult. You can make a crochet hat by beginning with a rectangle crochet piece and working your way up, and before you know it, you have a beanie.

The Basic Back Loop Beanie uses the half double crochet and starts as a rectangle with seamed sides so that the initial row lines up to the last row, and then you cinch up the top. This hat is ideal for children and men and is simple to make.

• Yarn weight: (4) Worsted
• Suggested yarn: Bernat Super Value

According to the Seeing Stripes Men's Beanie pattern, this hat comprises single and half-double crochet stitches. Even though it takes only a few hours to complete, this hat is cozy and perfect for cold temperatures. The ribbed brim comprises a front post and rear post stitches, and the beanie can be lengthened by adding extra rounds to the brim.

When using this pattern, stripes are made in two different ways. The first involves utilizing colored yarns, while the second involves using textured stitches. Whichever option you select, you will no doubt enjoy crocheting this hat.

• Yarn weight: (4) Worsted
• Suggested yarn: Caron One Pound

Texture and unique stitching are key if you want a beautifully finished beanie. The Wynn Hat gives you that texture that draws attention. Back loop stitches give this pattern wavy ridges and provide elasticity to fit various head sizes.

Back loop stitching gives this hat an amazing texture with this easy pattern. The Wynn Hat pattern has a slouchy look that is quite the style these days and one you must add to your collection.

• Yarn weight: Aran
• Suggested yarn: Swish Worsted

Learn to crochet the Billow Beanie using a straightforward stitch pattern that utilizes single and triple crochet stitches and is performed from the top down. If you love the texture and think it is time to take your skills to the next level, the Billow Beanie pattern is what you need.

Although crocheting from the top-down sounds difficult, the Billow Beanie Hat pattern makes it simple. This beanie is the kind of hat that guides every newbie into the Advanced Beginner Crocheter category while holding their hands the entire time.

• Yarn weight: (4) Worsted
• Suggested yarn: Lion Brand Wool-Ease

The Favorite Style’n Beanie is a great pattern for beginners or anyone who needs a nice, relaxing project.
It’s made entirely with the linen or granite stitch, which is super beginner friendly and doesn’t require a ton of brain power.

You’ll make this beanie in the round, and each row is continuous so there’s no need for counting or keeping up with how many row’s you’ve done. Just measure it as you go and when you reach the correct length, finish it off. You gotta love that!

• Yarn weight: Worsted
• Suggested yarn: Caron Simply Soft