How To Crochet A Basic Ponytail/Messy Bun Beanie

Hello, everyone and welcome back to my channel if you're new, welcome to my channel. My name is miss crochet and coffee, and today i will be bringing you a video tutorial on how to do a ponytail beanie. There are two different types of ponytail beanies, but the one we're gon na show you today is the one with the ponytail holder. Now I know there's another one where you just leave the hole in the hat, I'm not familiar with that pattern. So this is the pattern that I use the most and I have been asked to do this one today, so this is the one we're gon na do. So all you need is a pair of scissors, a crochet hook now, depending on who you're making it for, if you're, making it for a small child or a younger child. You'Re gon na want to use a 5 millimeter hook. I use a five point: five millimeter hook, that's my sweet spot when it comes to crocheting and usually I'm making mines for teens or adults. So I'm gon na go with a 5.5 you'll need one pointy tail holder, which you can find the ponytail holders at your local dollar store. You can also find them at Walmart and pack, so you can make numerous plain tail beanies and then you'll need one skein of yarn, which this yarn is red, heart with love metallic and, as you can see, it has the metallic flakes in it, and so as Soon, as you have all your supplies, we can get started. So the first thing you're gon na do is find the end of your yarn and make your Slipknot so you're gon na wrap it around put your finger through and what I do is I'll adjust it. A little bit here I grab my tail, but I don't let it go. I let that loop fall off my fingers and then I pull through so then I put my hook on my arm. I arm on my hook and then your next step is going to be to bring your ponytail holder over put it on your hook. Now it's just gon na sit on your hook like this, because essentially you're going to take your yarn, put it on top of the hook or I'm sorry on top of your ponytail holder, like so you're gon na grab it with your hook and then spin it Around to bring it through and then you're just gon na yarn over and pull through, and that's gon na secure your yarn to your ponytail beanie or to your plane to holder and then what I'm gon na have. You do is half double crochet 20 times around your ponytail holder, so one yarn over go under pull the yarn up yarn over pull through and you're gon na. Do that the whole way around until you get back to the beginning, or until you hit 20 stitches, which, when you hit 20 stitches, it will not go the whole way around and that's perfectly fine, so you're gon na do that the whole way around and come Back when you hit 20 stitches, okay and now that you've hit 20 you'll, see that there is a little bit of a space on your ponytail beanie or are your points a holder and that's fine, because then what you're gon na do is you're gon na stretch, Your stitches out so that they all fit on there now you could do more if you wanted, but you have to watch your stitch count. So we're gon na do two more stitches just to show you so that's twenty! Twenty-One twenty-two! So we have 22 stitches on our hook and now what we're gon na do so we're gon na slip stitch into this first stitch live with the yeah, the first ditch beginning in the round. So you're going to put your yarn, or your hook through you're gon na yarn over you're gon na pull through and essentially going to tighten that up and then you're gon na pull through again and then what that's gon na do is bring your ponytail beanie together. So your point Elvina should look like this now and remember: we did 22 instead of just a 20. So when you did your 20, add two more stitches and then slip stitch and then we're gon na chain two and then we're gon na double crochet. So we're gon na double crochet into that first stitch where you've made the slip stitch and that's gon na count as your first double because then the way this is going to go is you're gon na double crochet in the next two stitches, one two and then You'Re gon na do two double crochets in the third stitch. One two now the first chain, two and double crochet counts as your first double and then you're gon na have one single one single, then a double. So if you can see it there and you're gon na do that the whole way around so we're gon na. Do it one more time here on camera, one two and then two double crochets in the next one and you're gon na compete that you're gon na complete that pattern the whole way around. So it's two double crochet in the next two stitches and then two double crochets in the third. So one one two one one two keep that up the whole way around until you get back to the beginning, all right and now that you've gotten back to the beginning, you're gon na count your stitches around now my last go around. I had a double and then I had one single left and that's fine, because you want it to equal 30. So you want it to be at that nice even number. So let's count one and remember these little V's here where you stick your hook underneath that is going to be where you're counting make sure you guys are in focus here. So that's going to be where you're counting okay. So it's going to be one two. Three. Four: five: six: seven: eight: nine ten, eleven twelve thirteen fourteen fifteen. Sixteen seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty! Twenty-One twenty-two twenty-three twenty-four twenty-five! Twenty-Six, twenty-seven twenty-eight twenty-nine and the last one is thirty all right! So then, what you're going to do is you're going to slip stitch to the top of that first double crochet and then we're going to chain two. So one yarn over pull through two then you're gon na double crochet. In that stitch, the same stitch that you slip, stitched in and they this time you're gon na do three double crochets in the next three stitches one or one double crochet, and that's three stitches, I'm sorry, one two three and then you're going to do a double Into the next one, so one double crochet, two double crochets, so it's going to be three or one double crochet in the next three stitches and then two double crochets and that's four, so one two three and then we're gon na do two in this fourth stitch. One two and you're gon na complete that the whole way around again until you get back to the beginning and we'll see you there all right and now that we're back at the beginning. Again, I had a double, and then I had to do one more double crochet and doing that extra double crochet will essentially mean you won't have a seam in your hat, so your hat will be seamless. So that's one of the things I like about doing these kinds of hats is that essentially your hat not show too much of a seam and then like a predominant line showing where you started and stopped your rounds. So now that we've gotten here we're gon na count our stitches. So, let's count one two: three: four: five: six: seven: eight nine 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36 and 37. Alright, so we're going to slip stitch into here and we're gon na chain to again one two we're going to double crochet and in this round. If you haven't guessed it already. Yes, it's like the other two rounds, except for you're going to do it a little bit bigger, so double crochet in the next four stitches, one, two three four and then two double crochets in the fifth stitch. One two and you'll see that your hat is starting to make a bowl shape, which of course, is what you wanted to do. You don't want it to be flat at this point, because it's gon na start going up because you want it to form into a hat and not a plate. Remember so we're gon na. Do it one more time on camera here, one two, three four and then we're gon na double crochet two times into this next one, alright folks! So then, you're gon na go the whole way around doing one double crochet in the next four stitches and then in the fifth stitch. You'Re gon na do two double crochets and the two double crochets in the one stitch since I haven't mentioned, it is obviously going to be your increasing stitches, so we're gon na do that the whole way around till we get back to the beginning, we're also gon Na count, after we're done with that, to see how many stitches we have and then I'll meet you back at the beginning, alright, and now that you've gotten back to the beginning and count your stitches, you should have 44 around so then we're gon na move up To the next level, now we're going to do our slip, stitch chain to our double crochet in the same stitch, all right and now that you've gotten to this point, you're gon na slip, stitch chain, two and then you're, going to double crochet into the same stitch And then on this row, if you haven't guessed, it you're gon na, do a double crochet in the next five stitches and then in the sixth stitch, you're going to go ahead and do your increase, which is your two double crochets. So, let's do that once here for you one two, three four five and then we're gon na double and I'm gon na pause here. If there's any problems or issues, please feel free to comment in the comment section below if it's just tutorials going too fast. For you, on my end, it's just to save time, but you have all the time you need to make this beanie. So if you need more time, please feel free at any point in time to stop and pause the video as you need be. Of course, they will continue on when you press play so don't be discouraged if you're not going as fast as I am a lot of people get discouraged when they watch these video tutorials, because they're not going as fast as the person that is creating the item. You'Re not going to go as fast as me, if you, if you can kudos to you, but if you're new and learning do not let that discourage you, I have 20 plus years of crocheting under my belt, where some of you might be new. So don't let the speed of someone else or another person, you know discourage you from still doing it. Everyone works at their own speed. I can't tell you that enough, a lot of crochet or stop crocheting, because they see tutorials and stuff, and they know people that can crochet faster than them and they get discouraged, don't be discouraged at how long it takes you to do something just because somebody else Is faster than you doesn't mean that their item is better than yours? It doesn't mean that it doesn't mean anything. It just means that they work at a different speed than you do so do not let the speed of one person discourage you from creating something that you want to make okay so again, if you're watching, even if you're, not no matter what you're watching, if the Person is going faster than you. That means absolutely nothing. It means nothing that just means they go quicker than you do. They probably have more experience and that's okay, it's okay! To go at your own speed suit. Don'T bet it doesn't matter how many times you need to start and stop this video or any video it for that matter, take the time to retain the information so that you can make it on your own without the video later. That'S the key here. If the key is not to increase your speed or make you the fastest car share that the key here is to teach you something new and nobody learns anything new, quick it takes time. So please feel free to take your time when making. So, if I'm making this a little too fast for you just remember, this is for times sake not so much for me just trying to rush through it and show you how fast I am is for me to not have a four hour long video. So going back to our stitching and we stopped on a double, so I know I need to do five, one two, three, four, oh, that one go through and five and then we're gon na do two here all right, so I'm gon na stop the video there. I'M gon na have you continue working the whole way around count your stitches when you're done and then meet me back at the beginning, all right and we're back so going that round. You should have fifty two stitches going around alright, so this round is no different. So we're just gon na slip, stitch chain, two double crochet in the same stitch, to count as your first increase. Alright. So then, now it's going to be you guessed it six double crochet or a double crochet in the next six stitches and then an increase of two double crochets in the seventh stitch. So, let's do that one two three, four five six and then increase on the seventh ditch and then we're going to do that. One more time here for you we're going to go over one two, three, four five six and then in that seventh, one we're gon na do our increase. So two double crochets in that seventh stitch. Alright, and, as you can see, your little Bowl is getting bigger. All right so now we're gon na. Have you of course continue the whole way around you're then going to count to see how many stitches you have and we'll meet you at the beginning? Alright and now that you've hit this point, you should have fifty nine stitches going around and your hat is starting to look a little floppy, which is perfectly fine because you're still making it so it's gon na look a little weird. This is one of those things where you have to essentially trust the process that it won't. Be you just this weird floppy hat so essentially, you're gon na do the same thing. You'Ve done before you're going to slip stitch into the first stitch chain, two double crochet into the same stitch. Now, instead of doing your increases, you're going to do one double crochet around and then come back to the beginning, you should have fifty nine stitches still. If you have 60, that is fine, you should have 59 you're gon na continue doing that. One stitch into every stitch around until you've gotten the length that you want for your beanie most of the times. I do about five to six rows of going around with a single stitch in every stitch. It'S completely up to you and the size. You want your beanie to be so. I'M gon na say go around five times doing one double crochet in each stitch and I'll meet you there. Alright, sorry about that camera shut off now, when you get the hat to your desired size. Now you want to start thinking about a brim. Now, if doing five to six rows, isn't enough, please feel free to continue on doing one double crochet in every stitch around until the desired length that you want. I for tutorial purposes is alright. I'M only gon na go to this size, and now I'm going to show you how I do a brim now for my brims I like especially with beanies, I like having the ribbed brim now the rib brim gives it a little bit more. It tightens it up. A little bit more on your head, so it's not floppy and falling off, because this is supposed to be like a fitted cap. Not so much like a slouchy beanie, which I will be doing a slouchy beanie video tutorial here very soon. So because you wanted to fit like a beanie and not like a slouchy beanie, I like doing a rip stitch. You are more than welcome to do single, crochet or whatever other type of stitch you like to do for your edging, but for my brims I like doing the rib stitch. Now it's a very easy stitch. So I'm going to walk you through this first, maybe row or two and then we're gon na call it a day. So what I do here is I do my normal. I already did the slip stitch and the chain two. So then, what I'm gon na do next is I'm gon na do another double crochet, but instead of going into this stitch, I'm gon na go into the post and I'm gon na go behind. So I'm gon na bring the hook towards me. Go in between the two stitches and then bring it back through on the other side of that same stitch, so that the stitch is on your hook like this. Can you see it all right, you're gon na yarn over pull it through and then continue on like a regular double crochet? That is a back post, double crochet! So now, you're gon na do a front post double crochet and you do that. The same way, except for instead of going through the back you're gon na, go through the front you're gon na go in through the front and the next stitch and then come out. The side of it so that it's on your hook, like this yarn over pull through yarn over pull through one yarn over pull through one, okay or sorry, just pull through two. But you get what I mean alright, so we're gon na. Do that the whole way around now, that's how simple front post and back post double crochet is, I probably will be doing a video on how to read patterns next, because I know that's a big thing whenever it comes to people learning how to crochet and reading Patterns is all a matter of abbreviations, and it's really simple, and I think that doing it a little video tutorial on that won't be too hard to do and something that won't take too long either. Just like this beanie, this beanie can be completed within a couple of hours. If you have a couple hours of sit and craft to make the beanie, if you know you're on the go or whatever it might, take you a little bit longer and that's fine. It'S you know, you do it at your, your leisure, you do it on your own time. I personally. Whenever I make beanies, especially for my kids, I have pretty sure they could. Probably not. They couldn't tell you how long it's been since I've actually bought them. A hat from the store, because normally when they say they want a winter hat, they tell me what they want and I make them a hat. So saves me a couple of bucks. I get to do crafty things and I get to watch them, enjoy it every day when they walk out into the cold winter days to go to school. So it's pretty nice so as we're just going around here, we're just going back and forth and you want to continue to go back and forth because then that's going to give you the rib stitch, look just back and forth kind of hard to work with your Arms extended out, like all the way in front of you, so we're just gon na bring you guys back a little bit here. I'M telling you what my daughter got out of the car yesterday when I picked her up from school and she was just an all over my nails and I absolutely loved them. So if you haven't checked out color street strips, please do I will link them down below a friend of Mines. Amy, actually is a representative of color Street and that's where I get mines from and they're very and I have short nails as you can see, and I can wear them and I have been an ell biter for a while, and I decided I wanted to quit. Biting my nails and actually grow them, because I've been seeing these colored strips and I first start seeing jamberry didn't really like them, and then I saw the color street ones and I was like you know what I'm gon na give it a try. I'M gon na stop biting my nails and I'm glad I did because now I can wear the color street nails and even with my nails as short as they are, I can still wear them and they still look cute. So they have all kinds of you know fun stuff on that site. So if you get a chance good least go check it out big step, and you also one thing I want to point out too, is: when you're making these beanies. You want to make sure that you're working on the same side consistently and what that means is right. Now, I'm working on what is called the WS. If you see a pattern and say WS, that's wrong side, if you see a RS, that's right side now that doesn't mean the right side. That means on the side that you would be showing to everyone, so this is would be. This would actually be the inside of the Hat. This would be the outside of the Hat. This apart is the part that would be shown, so this would be the right side. This would be the wrong side. Now, when I work on my beanies and stuff, I consistently work on a side that it's going to be on the inside. That way, if I make a mistake or there's any like, if I haven't a spilled coffee or something which knock on wood, I have not done that yet. But if I happen to smell coffee on something, it's gon na be a little bit less noticeable than versus. If I work on the front of it, so that's why I like working on the wrong side of my projects, so it was pretty clever too, because you know every once in a while. You know I have dogs and every once in a while something to happen. I'M something I'll get knocked over and I at least know that if something happens, gon na happen to the inside of the Hat, when nobody's really good he's seeing the inside of the Hat too much anyways so yeah, and now that winter's coming is getting time. To start making new beanies for the kids every year, I try to make them a new beanie. The tutorial on the Fox beanie, that I did the grass fox beanie, actually that one already made its way to Maggie's little head. So Maggie is rocking the Fox beanie. Oh Ryan, my son, I'm not sure what he wants. He wanted Simon the cat, but it's not an image that I can get small enough to put on to a hat. So I asked him to pick something different. We'Re getting our way back here to the beginning of this, and then it doesn't matter what size you start to stop on, because it's just like with the regular stitches you're gon na find the first double crochet and you're gon na slip stitch into that spot. You'Re going to chain two and then on your second row, you are going to do the exact same pattern. You just did so. If you did a back post, double crochet you're going to do another back post, double crochet. If you did a front post, double crochet, you're gon na do the front post double crochet. You want to continue the pattern. The way you started it so that it looks uniformed and that's gon na give it the ribbed look and not so much the back and forth. Look actually that I'm not sure exactly what that kind of would look like if you did it the opposite way, mainly because I, like the ribbed look so this is this is my go to for beanies, because it's simple it's easy and just not everybody can do It and hopefully, after this tutorial, you'll, be able to do it and then you'll have a cool winter beanie to wear, because from what I hear from the Farmers Almanac, it is supposed to be a pretty harsh winter this year and I just recently moved to a Place where they get a lot of cold weather a lot of the time of the most of the year they get cold weather. Luckily I was luckily enough to move here in the summertime. I moved here right at the beginning of summer and summer. Wasn'T too bad? I'M from the south, so I'm used to the heat so the summer here wasn't too bad. I think the highest we got was like a hundred and six, and even though my dogs didn't want to go out, and it I felt you know pretty good going out in it, and it's more of a dry heat here versus Pennsylvania, where I'm from where I Moved from southern was, I came from South Carolina so like that, that's a little bit more of a humid like the humidity. There is enough to choke you to death. Here, it's a dry heat and for the longest time I never knew it. I never really knew what that meant. I thought I thought it was like the biggest joke and then I realized there is no such thing as dry heat like you can go outside and that's like you're gon na smother. So it was a pretty nice summer and my husband's all excited because he wants us to experience our first snowfall because I haven't lived out west since I was a child. Now I have lived out west before my parents were in the military, all three of them. Actually, my dad remarried when I was smaller and I'm pretty sure he met my current, his current wife in the military and yeah, so we used to live in Topeka Kansas and we would get pretty decent snow there. I it took me a while to remember that for some reason, but these winter accessories will definitely keep you warm, and even if you want to double up on your yarn say you want to use blue and red together. You can easily double strand this beanie and make it that much thicker and believe me, I usually I get burnt out on making ponytail beanies and beanies in general and slouchy beanies over the wintertime, because they are a hot item to sell so you're gon na have Friends and family that are going to see these and are gon na want you to make them so be prepared, and luckily enough, this is just a simple, easy pattern, I'm pretty sure there's more drastic patterns out there. I just wanted to give you the basics, so that you knew how to at least you have you at least have the basis, because you have to start somewhere and even if this is your first time crocheting or even if it's not. Everyone starts somewhere. Just remember that I mean there was a point in time where I didn't know how to make these and I had to learn on my own and everything I know crochet was I've either learned on my own or I joined a program. I know you've heard me mention the name Celine Ibaka. She is the founder of the American crochet Association. Yes, it is a real thing: people I actually joined a year and a half ago. She teaches you also the basics of crochet, and she teaches you different stitches tools, how to measure and everything like she teaches you, everything you need to know to be a great crochet, and I was you know it's a it's a program that I had the honour Of taking for 12 months and absolutely loved the program, because even though I'm a self-taught crochet, it's always nice to brush up on your skills, and I thought I knew everything because I've been crocheting for so long and she quickly showed me. I did not know everything and it was nice to brush up on skills that I did know and learn things that I didn't know, and she has a great community of people over there with the people that help her with the paint with the Association and even The members are awesome if you have a question or anything, so you know I'll link that down below Selena's awesome, she's, very personable. You know I've talked to her a few times and you know she's so nice and I actually was watching one of her live chats. The other day - and she mentioned about some completion card - and I didn't know what she was talking about well sure enough. I go out to my mailbox in there. It was and I'll show you that here in a few minutes, but right now we're getting to the end of this beanie. Now you can do. However, many rows you want on your beanie. Your beanie doesn't have to have just two rows of the brim. You can do four roads, you can do six rows. You can do two rows if you want to. Usually I do about four, but for times sake. Obviously, I'm not gon na do four rows. I mean I'll, do it off camera but then I'll come back and show you. So this is just two rows and, as you can see, you don't really need more than two rows. Look how cute that is and again this is a ponytail beanie. So what would happen is when the person goes to put the hat on. You, have this little hole up here, hello and because you got the hole up there, it stretches and that's why you didn't want to put too many stitches up there, because this hole stretches. So when they go to put the hat on, they put their hand in grab their pony, pull it through hat on their head. How perfect is that right, and what's winter coming up and the holidays, this would make a great gift for any body I mean even men. My husband had a man bun for the longest time, and I would make him one of these and he would wear it. I'Ve even got people at his job asked that have asked me to make it for him so or make it for them. So there you have it the ponytail beanie, very basic, very easy. You know, if you have any questions, please feel free to leave them down. In the comment section below I love hearing from you guys again, thank you for subscribing and liking, my page in my channel. If you haven't already feel free to follow me on Facebook and Instagram at miss crochet and coffee, I will link the American crochet Association down below, but we're gon na turn you a little bit. So this is my certificate of completion from the ACA. Let us say it was quite the honor to get this in the mail, because I did I earned all the badges. I did the 12 months of the program I stuck to it. I was very adamant to finish it because I wanted to see what all I could learn and let me tell you, I learned a lot. I actually completed it last year, but she just started doing the certificates of completion this year. She wanted to make sure everybody got one. So if you completed it at all, she went ahead and gave you one. So there is mine anywho. Thank you again to Selena and everybody over at the American crochet Association. Thank you to you guys who are watching and liking and subscribing to my channel. You are all greatly appreciated again. My name is miss crochet and coffee. This has been a tutorial on the crochet ponytail beanie, and that is going to be it for me today again. If you have any questions or comments concerns, please feel free go down below and the comments section. If you know you have anything else, find me on Facebook find me on the Instagram, I'm always there. As for me, I'm gon na go off and go find something else to craft on. I hope you guys have a great day and I'll see you guys in my next video bye, bye,