Basket Weave Ponytail Hat Pattern

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This gorgeous basket weave ponytail beanie is available for you to make to with this free crochet pattern. This beginner friendly design has lots of texture and offers a warm hat that won’t leave you with hat hair! Just stick that messy bun out the top of the hat! Make one for yourself today or give it as a gift. This pattern works up quick and is fun to create!

Flat Ponytail or Cold Head? Not the only choices!

I don’t particularly like the feeling of my longish being plastered to my head and neck under my hat. Even worse is when the hair under a hat causes the hat to ride up your head. Wearing your hair in a ponytail is a semi-obvious solution, but then your hat looks funny and doesn’t fit right!!! Not to mention the flat ponytail after you remove it…

A REAL solution? A ponytail a.k.a. messy bun hat that allows all those beautiful locks to fall out the top of that hat… keeping the shape of your hat (especially one you’ve worked very hard to crochet) and you don’t end up with a sweaty mess of hat hair!!! Win-Win 🙂

Thick and Plush Ponytail Hat

This basket weave ponytail hat started as a project for a friend who works outdoors in the winter and wanted a hat to solve all her hair problems. When I was first looking for a pattern I noticed that most ponytail hat patterns called to start the top of the hat with just regular double crochets in increasing rows until the hat got big enough to work the featured pattern. My problem with this was that your standard double crochet is just not thick enough to provide the warmth that was needed by my friend for those blustery Pennsylvania winter days.

So I created my own pattern with a basket weave side and a cable look top made of front post double crochets to keep the top of the hat thick and warm. This is everyone’s instant favorite part of the hat! I hope you love this hat (and making it) as much as I loved creating it!

Beanie Crochet Pattern

Skill Level

Easy. Requires use of standing double crochet, double crochet, front post double crochet, and back post double crochet stitches.

Finished Size

This pattern is a one size fits most pattern. The finished hat should be approximately 18 inches in circumference at the base.

The shorter of the two hats is from rows 1 – 23. It is 7 inches long from the ponytail hole to the base.

The longer of the hat options works the remaining rows of the pattern provided, 24 – 28. This option produces a hat that is 8.5 inches from the ponytail hole to the base.

Materials Needed

• Worsted Weight (4) yarn. Approximately 230 yds. I used Red Heart Super Saver yarn for this pattern.
• Ponytail holder hair tie (I like to use the ouchless Goodie brand)
• H8/5 mm hook or size needed to obtain gauge – Get a polymer clay hook like mine, here!
• Tapestry or yarn needle.
• Stitch Marker – I like these locking stitch markers
• Scissors

Gauge

13 rows x 14 post stitches (doesn’t matter if front or back) = 4″ square

Stitches & Abbreviations

Standing Double Crochet (SDC) This is simply the act of joining your yarn to your hook and then working your first double crochet around another stitch or item (in this case a ponytail holder). A picture tutorial is offered in the appendix of the PDF ad-free printable version of this pattern, available on Etsy, Ravelry, and LoveCrochet.

Double Crochet (DC)

Front Post Double Crochet (FPDC): yarn over, insert hook from front to back to front around post of indicated stitch, yarn over, pull through post (you should have 3 loops on hook), yarn over and pull through first 2 loops on hook, yarn over and pull through the 2 remaining loops on the hook.

Back post Double Crochet (BPDC): yarn over, insert hook from back to front to back around the post of the indicated stitch, yarn over, pull through post (you should have 3 loops on hook), yarn over and pull through first 2 loops on hook, yarn over and pull through the remaining loops on the hook.

Slip Stitch (SS)

Stitch (St)

Notes

• Rows 2 – 27 are worked in the round. Do not join at the end of the row, continue to work around the post of the next stitch.
• Join at the ends of rows 1 and 28 as indicated.
• Numbers in parenthesis at the end of each row represent a stitch count. Be sure to check your count after each row!
• I recommend using a stitch marker around the post of the last stitch in the row to keep your place. Move it up with each increasing row. Move it at least by section in the basket weave rows; you may want to move it every row in this section too.

Pattern Starts at the Crown of the Hat

Row 1. 30 DC around the ponytail holder hair tie. Sl st to first DC to join (30).

Row 2. Ch 1. *1 FPDC on each of next 5 DC. 2 FPDC on next DC. Repeat from * around (35).

Row 3. 1 FPDC on each of next 3 DC. *2 FPDC on next DC, 1 FPDC on each of next 6 DC. Repeat from * a total of 4 times. 2 FPDC on next DC. 1 FPDC on last 3 DC (40).

Row 4. *1 FPDC on each of next 7 DC. 2 FPDC on next DC. Repeat from * around (45).

Row 5. 1 FPDC on each of next 4 DC. *2 FPDC on next DC, 1 FPDC on each of next 8 DC. Repeat from * a total of 4 times. 2 FPDC on next DC. 1 FPDC on last 4 DC (50).

Row 6. *1 FPDC on each of next 9 DC. 2 FPDC on next DC. Repeat from * around (55).

Row 7. 1 FPDC on each of next 5 DC. *2 FPDC on next DC, 1 FPDC on each of next 10 DC. Repeat from * a total of 4 times. 2 FPDC in next DC. 1 FPDC on last 5 DC (60).

Row 8. *1 FPDC on each of next 11 DC. 2 FPDC on next DC. Repeat from * around (65).

Row 9. 1 FPDC on each of next 6 DC. *2 FPDC on next DC, 1 FPDC on each of next 12 DC. Repeat from * a total of 4 times. 2 FPDC on next DC. 1 FPDC on last 6 DC (70).

Now for the Basket Weave

Row 10. *1 FPDC on each of next 5 DC. 1 BPDC on each of next 5 DC. Repeat from * around (70).

Rows 11 – 14. Repeat row 10.

Row 15. *1 BPDC on each of next 5 DC. 1 FPDC on each of next 5 DC. Repeat from * around (70).

Rows 16 – 19. Repeat row 15.

Rows 20 – 23. Repeat row 10.

If you want the short version of this hat, stop here and SS into the next st. Tie off and weave in your ends.

If you want the long version, continue to row 24.

Row 24. Repeat row 10. This row starts the last section of basket weave texture.

Rows 25 – 28. Repeat row 15. At end of row 28, SS to next st. Tie off and weave in ends.

Your Thoughts?

If you liked the basket weave stitch, check out my Basket Weave Collection including a Basket Weave Winter Hat with a cool spiral star design on top and a Basket Weave Ear Warmer Headband.

Please let me know what you think of my design! I would love to hear from you and see some photos of the hats you make. Please leave a comment here or hook up with me on Facebook!