Pereira Beret - Crochet Pattern for Women in Debbie Bliss Saphia

Pereira Beret – Crochet Pattern for Women in Debbie Bliss Saphia

The Pereira Beret is a stylish, oversized crochet beret designed by Debbie Bliss for women. Published in 2023 under the Debbie Bliss Limited copyright, this pattern is available as a downloadable PDF and produces a generously proportioned beret with a fitted ribbed band and a wide, sweeping crown — a silhouette that is both fashion-forward and classically elegant.

What Is Being Made

This pattern creates a single women's beret in one size, designed to fit an average adult head. The finished hat has a circumference of 97.5cm / 38¼ inches at its widest point and a circumference of 52.5cm / 20¾ inches at the ribbed band. The generous width of the crown gives the beret its characteristic slouchy, artistic shape, while the narrower rib keeps it securely positioned on the head.

Techniques Used

• Worked in the round: The entire beret is constructed in continuous rounds from the crown outward, or from the band upward, creating a seamless finished fabric. Working in the round is a fundamental crochet technique that eliminates the need for seaming and produces a clean, professional result.
• Lace: A lace pattern is incorporated into the body of the beret, adding an open, decorative texture to the crown. Lace crochet typically involves the strategic placement of chain spaces and decorative stitch clusters to create an airy, delicate appearance — particularly striking when worked in a luxurious yarn like Debbie Bliss Saphia.
• Ribbing: The beret features a ribbed band at the lower edge, providing stretch and structure to keep the hat in place. Crochet ribbing is achieved through specific stitch placement that creates vertical ridges mimicking the elasticity of knitted rib.
• Shaping with decreases: The pattern uses a specific decrease method — working two double crochet (treble in UK terms) stitches together — to shape the crown of the beret. The abbreviation dec is defined as inserting the hook into the next stitch, yarn round hook and pulling up a loop, repeating once more, then drawing through all three loops on the hook.

Stitches Used

• Double crochet (US) / Treble crochet (UK) — dc/tr: A tall stitch that forms the main fabric of the beret's body and lace sections.
• Single crochet (US) / Double crochet (UK) — sc/dc: A shorter, denser stitch used in structural sections such as the ribbed band.
• Slip stitch — sl st: Used to join rounds and navigate between sections without adding height.
• Chain spaces — chsp: An essential component of the lace pattern, creating the open mesh-like gaps that give the beret its decorative, airy quality.
• Decrease — dec: A two-stitch combination worked together to reduce stitch count and shape the crown.

The pattern uses both US and UK crochet terminology, with translations clearly provided in the abbreviations section of the PDF, making it accessible to crocheters on both sides of the Atlantic.

Materials Required

• Yarn: Debbie Bliss Saphia in Heather 01 — 3 hanks of 100g / 3½oz each. Saphia is a chunky weight yarn, which contributes to the beret's cosy, substantial drape and helps the lace pattern remain visible and well-defined without being too delicate.
• Crochet Hook: 8mm (US size L-11) crochet hook, matching the recommended tension for this pattern.
• Notions: A split ring marker is required to track rounds when working in the round.

Tension

The recommended tension is 8 stitches and 8 rows to 10cm / 4 inches over pattern using an 8mm