Slouchy pom pom beanie, free crochet pattern

I love a good slouchy beanie in the winter time, especially on the boys. 

I made this little thing the other night for Maddox while he was asleep and under estimated the size by a good 4 - 5 inches! I was sad since its SO cute and perfect for winter. I can always make him another one right? 

Heres the pattern for it, its super straight forward and will fit a newborn baby but i'll tell you how you make it bigger.

Hook size H

any medium yarn

We start out by crocheting a rectangle shape.

Chain 31 

{ you can chain as many chain stitches as you want, this determine the length of the hat from the forehead to the pom pom. So for this New born size hat i chained 31}

Row 1: Hdc in the 2nd chain from hook and in every chain across

Row 2: chain 1 and turn, Hdc in the back loop only across.

Row 3 - 24: repeat row 2

sew 2 sides together to make a tube. 

Using green, single crochet around the top of the tube twice. 

Using a yarn needle take a long piece of yarn and sew in and out of the top end of the tube (the end you didn't just single crochet) This will act as a draw sting. Once you sew in and out around the top pull it tight and tie in a knot and attach a big pom pom 

If you don't know how to make one then theres lots of tutorials out there! 

This is what happened when i made maddox try it on. 

cone head. Poor kid! 

now i just need to find a new born that i can give this hat to!