#toques

Beanies are soft, often knitted caps made from wool, acrylic, or cotton, designed to keep the head and ears warm in cold weather. Known as toques in Canada or watch caps, they are versatile, ranging from snug-fitting to slouchy styles. Popular variants include pom-pom, ribbed, or specialized satin-lined options.

I like looking at what others have done with this: If I had to guess, I think they just single stitched s/t simple, followed by a spiral cord crochet (SCC) or a rope crochet which can be slip stitched in place to form a cross-hatch design by adding an over-under rope + a yarn pom/ball at the end of the shorter rope stitch..

Beginner's Tutorial For an Easy Rope Crochet

1. First, make a magic ring and add as many single crochets as you wish. The more you add the bigger and thicker the spiral crochet rope will be. In this example, I added 8 single crochets. Next, pull the ring closed & crochet 1 round (continuous with no slip stitches) of back loop single crochets (one stitch per stitch). Now you will start using the horizontal bar. I pulled the horizontal bar out a little bit in picture below so you can see where it is.

2. Here I am showing you the horizontal bar from a different perspective. It is the upside down U you see closest to my finger, in the center of this sample.

3. To clarify I inserted my crochet hook into the horizontal bar shown below. You will now create a single crochet right on this horizontal bar to create a spiral effect. 4. This picture shows a dramatically elongated version of the horizontal bar. I decided to hold the yarn a bit longer before creating my next single crochet to show off what the horizontal bar actually is for. You can see very clearly here that it is the yarn strand connecting 2 stitches together. Most crocheters either never think about this stitch or are not even aware of it and that it can be used.

5. In the picture below, can you see the horizontal bar? Once you tried it out a few times, it really is easy to spot it. 6. So, now you know where the horizontal bar is, keep crocheting one single crochet on each horizontal bar in a round as long as you need your crocheted spiral rope to be. 7. Once you get a bit further down, you might want to tilt the project to the side and keep crocheting that way as that might be more comfortable for your hands and wrists. So, just keep crocheting single crochets onto the horizontal bar to create a spiral rope.

If you found this picture tutorial too confusing, I highly recommend for you to check out the video tutorial above. Be aware I do provide a quick instructional lesson about the horizontal bar first as it might otherwise be to confusing if I excluded that. My friend Cheryl at Crochet 365 and Knit too also created a video and photo tutorial for the Spiral Rope. So if you don’t understand my version, you should try hers HERE. Also, I need to give my friend Cheryl from Crochet 365 Knit Too a big thank you for this tutorial idea. You are awesome! Be sure to share this pattern as a link with the world on social media using buttons above or below this pattern. I hope you enjoy it.

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