Quick question

[Sherrilynn13]

When making a single crochet beanie do they have to be made with a spiral or can it be done in the round? All patterns seem to be spiral. If doing The rounds does it cause the hat to 'wave' as you're increasing?

[crabby rat]

If you're doing single crochet, do it in the round and turn after each join.  That'll keep the seam in a nice, straight line.  If you just join and chain one and keep going, the seam does a little leaning...

[Sherrilynn13]

Thanks. It's not the seam I'm seeing, but I tried making it in the round and it is not laying flat anymore but has a weird wave to my circle. I was wondering if maybe a SC beanie can't be made in the round. I wish I could attach a photo of what it is doing

[crabby rat]

A single crochet beanie is definitely possible - I've made some.  It sounds like you either have too many stitches or your stitches are getting bigger (as in, your tension has changed) as you've done subsequent rounds.

 

Depending on how many stitches you started with, you should increase each following round with that many stitches (so if you started with - say - 10 stitches, round 2 should have 20 stitches, round 3 should have 30 and so on) until you get to the point where you're ready for the beanie to start looking like a bowl... then you either stop increasing or you increase VERY SLOWLY (perhaps 4 or 5 stitches per round) to get a nice round shape... I hope that makes sense.

 

What type of pattern are you using?  Or are you just winging it?