 Hey guys, Tasha here from Start Us Gold Crochet. I'm going to go through the Lira Beanie with you today. This is the Lira Beanie. It's a really awesome pattern. It's very simple. It uses basic stitches and some people call it Lira and somebody was saying it might be called Lyra. Either way, it doesn't really matter. Lyra Lyra, however you want to call it. So what I used for this pattern is a yarn by yarn bee. I'm going to try and find the seams so I can put it on and show you guys what it looks like on. There we go. Super cute. It's warm. It has a great texture to it. And this is the yarn here. It's called Sweet Divinity. Can you see that by yarn bee? And this colorway is called Red Clay, but they have lots of other colorways you can use. And I used a 4.5 millimeter hook, which is a pretty small hook. And even though this is listed as a four weight yarn, it's really not a four weight yarn. I don't know why they do that with their yarns where they just basically say it's four weight, but it's really small. And I actually have some three weight yarn back here and it is actually thinner than the three weight yarn that I have. So if you think you're going to get a worsted weight, this is very small for a worsted. But anyway, that's how it gets that look to it where it's real fine. And I actually started working one up with a larger hook to see what it does. And the pattern isn't quite as tight as that. So I kind of like the smaller hook with the thinner yarn. But anyway, so I hope you guys enjoy this free pattern. Please subscribe to my channel and thanks for stopping by. Any questions you have, just leave them on down below. I'm glad to answer them. The link for the patterns down below as well. And it's free up on the blog free. Who likes that? And please hashtag LyraBeanie. And I would love to see your creations with this with this pattern. And if you, like I said, if any questions, leave them on down below. Guys, take care. Happy crocheting. Okay, so from this project, we're using Sweet Divinity. It's by yarn B. I used to color red clay for the sample. And this yarn is a four weight yarn. It's listed as a four weight yarn, but it's actually really thin. So I would use a substitution of a three weight yarn if that's what you'd like to use to kind of match the style of the sample. And I used a 4.5 millimeter hook and I use a bait hook. This yarn seems to be easier using a bait hook. It doesn't snag as much. So to start, we're going to work on the brim and you're going to make a slip knot. And we're going to chain nine. But of course, you can chain however many you'd like to make your brim as wide as you'd like. And of course, if you're using a thicker yarn and a larger hook, you're going to chain less. And so we're going to go straight into the first chain from the hook and do a single crochet. And we're going to single crochet across each chain until you reach the end of the row. And this is a really simple pattern. You can modify it so easily. So once you reach the end, you're going to chain one, turn. And then for row two, we're going to work our first single crochet under both loops. And then we're going to work the subsequent single crochets into the back loop until you reach the last stitch of that row. And this is going to be our repeat row. So you're going to repeat row two for however many rows your measurements are for your brim, for your head circumference. And it's really easy because you can modify this. You just have to remember to do both loops, single crochets into the first and the end. So we're at the end and we're going to do a single crochet through both loops. We're going to chain one and turn and then repeat row two, working into the back loops. And there you go. You just keep repeating until you reach your desired length. So here I'm doing a really small sample. I just did about 12. I'm going to show you how to join. So you just bring the sides together and just kind of line them up as best you can. I counted mine and I had 12. So I'm just going to go straight or I'm sorry, I had eight stitches. I'm going to go straight into the very end and just do a slip stitch and then work through the very first stitch of the front piece. And you're going to work through, but you can work through both loops or you can work through single loops. It's up to you how you want to join. In the pattern I worked through both loops. And then just slip stitch that together all the way down. See the yarn can be a little splitty. That's why I preferred to use a baits hook with this pattern because I tried it with a boy style hook and it just was very difficult. It kept snagging the yarn and it got frustrating. So just keep joining through both sides with slip stitches until you reach the other side. So we're at the very end. Just go in and join those last two pieces and then of course the end piece is going to be where your tail is. So if you end with an even number of rows, you should have, when you slip stitch together, you should be at the top where your tail is. And now this is really super tiny but we're going to flip it inside out and then we're going to start working one single crochet into the top of each row. I'm going to pull out just a little bit and tighten that tail up because it gets a little loose sometimes. So go ahead, chain one and then work a single crochet into the top of each end of the row all the way around the hat. And you can work a half double crochet if you want. Like I said, you can just modify this however you'd like. It's a really simple pattern to modify. I actually started working a half double crochet at first and then I switched to single crochet because I just thought it looked a little bit neater. But you can always do a half double crochet too and then work into the back loops for the first round which would probably give it a nice little ridge too. So keep working around a single crochet in each and when we come back I'll show you how to join. So we're going to join here into the very, the chain not the actual stitch itself. So that chain one it could get a little tight but join into that chain one and then we're going to work on round one of the top of the beanie. Actually round two. My apologies. So here I changed three. In the pattern you can chain two or three. We're going to work a double crochet into the second stitch. So you're going to skip the first stitch and work a double crochet into the second stitch. Then you're going to yarn over and you're going to work a half double crochet around the back. So you kind of have to twist it a little bit. You go through both loops, yarn over and then pull through all three loops. So there you've created your first kind of little cluster stitch. Then skip one stitch. This is a little quirky right here too because it looks like there's an extra stitch but it's the double crochet is actually kind of pulling it over. So you're going to have to skip, make sure that you're not, you're actually skipping one stitch and then work your double crochet. Then yarn over and go back through the skipped stitch back behind. I found that way easy where you can kind of snag it and pull it forward and pull through all three loops. And there again you can see when you push it up it kind of you can tell where the stitch is, where the double crochet is attached. So you want to skip one and then go into the next stitch. And at the end of the round just make sure you count your rows or your rounds, your stitches and make sure that you're on the right track for the stitch count when you do your single crochets. And after this first round of the pattern stitch we're going to keep working it. And then when we get to the end we're going to come back and do a join. That's why this pattern is really simple. It's two basic stitches. You're skipping one stitch. The only thing that's a little complicated is working the half double crochet into the backside which took me a little getting used to but once I got the hang of it it went pretty easy. And whether you're a pencil holder or a knife holder it goes pretty fast once you get the hang of it. And to join so this is what it looks like the very tiny version. And when you join we're going to join into the second chain of the chain two. So if you chain three you would join into the second chain of the chain three. And for the video tutorial I changed three so I'm going to join into the top of the chain three. But the join isn't all that critical. And to do round three you repeat round two. And you repeat round two until you reach what I for the pattern I used was seventeen. And that measures approximately eight inches from the bottom of the brim to the top. So this is a great pattern to customize because when you measure it you can work as many rows as you'd like. And I've included a chart inside the blog post that has the general crown heights anywhere from a preemie all the way up to an adult large. So a preemie is four point two five inches from the bottom of the brim all the way to the top of your last row. So when you're finished you go ahead and you join and joining and closing up the top that's also in the blog post. So head on over to the blog the links in the description below. And here's our little sample and it's really tiny it looks funny it's not a hat. But keep working that all these rounds up until you reach your desired height for your crown. And here's what the finished beanie looks like the rows kind of go diagonal it's kind of an illusion. But it's a really nice stitch and it's very simple even though it looks complicated it's also very stretchy. The seam kind of does the same thing where it goes off to the side kind of in a diagonal which is also kind of nice because you can't really tell where the seam is. Okay guys thanks for watching please subscribe to my channel all the links are below and happy crocheting.