Crochet Classic French Beret Free Pattern

Crochet Classic French Beret Free Pattern

Hi everyone, today I am bringing to you the crochet Classic French Beret free pattern. This crochet beret is both feminine and perfect in all seasons. Featuring a simple design, this beret is easy and fun to crochet. It looks beautiful as a simple and elegant accessory to elevate your whole look.

The video tutorial is available here:

Crochet Classic French Beret Free Pattern: An Elegant Design

This crochet beret is very pretty and dainty. I love crocheted berets, as they make such elegant and delicate accessories. Indeed, a few months ago I made this feminine French Coquette beret that also features a delicate design.

I wanted to crochet a new design before the end of 2024. For this project, I used a lovely new yarn that I just purchased. Called Re-spect by Lion Brand yarns, this yarn is so beautiful! It is made with 45% recycled polyester, 30% acrylic and 25% cotton. This is a sustainable yarn that I really enjoyed crocheting with. I definitely recommend it, and will be using it again.

This yarn is perfect for accessories; indeed, it holds the beret shape really well, and creates a lovely accessory all around. This lovely beret looks perfect crocheted with this unique yarn.

Crochet Classic French Beret Free Pattern: The Inspiration

The inspiration for this classic French beret came when I realized I had never crocheted a beret featuring this shape. Indeed, for this new beret design I wanted to add a large brim, adding extra flair to the overall design.

I love how this design has turned out! It creates a lovely and feminine beret that looks perfect in all seasons. The unique yarn adds an extra layer of beauty to this design. This is a great beret project that you could crochet with wool yarn for extra warmth.

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Crochet Classic French Beret: The Pattern

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Level: Easy

Notes

I will be using US terms (British terms in brackets)

The video tutorial for this project can be found here:

Gauge

4” (10 cm) = 7 rounds of DC

Size of finished project

11.5” (29 cm) x 11.5” (29 cm)

Size of finished circle before creating finishing border (which tightens the beret and gives it the finished shape)

14” (35,5 cm) x 14” (35,5 cm)

Materials

1 skein of Re-Spekt by Lion Brand Yarns

A 4 mm crochet hook

Tapestry needle

A pair of scissors

A stitch marker

Measuring tape

Abbreviations

Ch: chain

Sk: skip

St: Stitch

Sl st: Slip stitch

TC: Turning chain

DC: Double Crochet (UK Treble Crochet)

SC: Single Crochet (UK Double Crochet)

EOR: End of round

Pattern begins here

Ch 4, sl st to form a ring.

1: Ch 3 (=DC), place 11 DC inside the ring (=12 DC total). Sl st to 1^st ch 3 to close off round.

2: Ch 3 (=DC), place another DC inside the first stitch (=2 DC together in one stitch). Place 2 DC inside next DC until eor (=24 DC total). Sl st to 1^st ch 3 to close off round.

3: Ch 3 (=DC), place another DC inside the first stitch (=2 DC together in one stitch). Place DC in next st, [2 DC in next st, 1 DC in next st] until eor (=36 DC total). Sl st to 1^st ch 3 to close off round.

4: Ch 3 (=DC), place another DC inside the first stitch (=2 DC together in one stitch). [Place DC in next st, 1 DC in next 2 stitches] until oer (=48 DC total). Sl st to 1^st ch 3 to close off round.

5: Ch 3 (=DC), place another DC inside the first stitch (=2 DC together in one stitch). [Place DC in next st, 1 DC in next 3 stitches] until oer. Sl st to 1^st ch 3 to close off round.

6: Ch 3 (=DC), place another DC inside the first stitch (=2 DC together in one stitch). [Place DC in next st, 1 DC in next 4 stitches] until oer. Sl st to 1^st ch 3 to close off round.

7: Ch 3 (=DC), place another DC inside the first stitch (=2 DC together in one stitch). [Place DC in next st, 1 DC in next 5 stitches] until oer. Sl st to 1^st ch 3 to close off round.

8-13: Repeat this process, of adding 12 stitches per round. You can achieve this by always adding 1 DC on its own in every section of each round. A section of a round is the part between the 2 DCs in one stitch which are spaced all around the rounds evenly.

For example, round 8 will be as follows:

Ch 3 (=DC), place another DC inside the first stitch (=2 DC together in one stitch). Place DC in next 6 st, [2 DC in next st, DC in next 6 st] until oer. Sl st to 1^st ch 3 to close off round.

Round14 (to create beret shape)

Ch 1 (=TC), SC in 1^st stitch, place your stitch marker in this stitch. [Sk 1 st, SC in next st] until eor; sl st to first SC to close off round.

15: Ch 1 (=does not count as a stitch), SC into same 1^st stitch, place a SC into next stitch until eor; sl stitch to 1^st SC to close off round.

16-24: Repeat row 15.

Fasten off, tidy up all loose ends.