January - Soft easy beanie hat.
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Size – approximately 16” head size – but there is a lot of give in them
You will need
6mm knitting needles
Double knitting or chunky yarn
Large blunt needle to sew up
Pompom if you want one
- you can use either 2 strands of double knitting together – or 1 strand of chunky – it works out the same
Method
Using 6mm needles – cast on 60 stitches.
Work the bottom pattern in rib stitch as follows.
Row 1: knit 1 stitch, purl 1 stitch, repeat to end of row.
Repeat row 1: 5 times more. If you want a fold over edge – work 3 or 4” in rib.
Row 7: knit across all stitches.
Row 8: purl across all stitches.
Continue these last 2 rows until you reach top shaping – you go longer if you want a looser, longer hat!
Shape for top
Row 29: *(knit 2 together, knit 6, knit 2 together, knit 2) – repeat from * to end of row. (50 stitches).
Row 30: purl across all stitches.
Row 31: *(knit 2 together, knit 4, knit 2 together, knit 2) – repeat from * to end of row. (40 stitches).
Row 32: purl across all stitches.
Row 33: *(knit 2 together, knit 2) – repeat from * to end of row. (30 stitches).
Row 34: purl across all stitches
Row 35: *(knit 2 together, knit 2 together, knit 2) – repeat from * to end of row. (20 stitches).
Row 36: purl 2 together all across row. (10 stitches).
Row 37: knit 2 together all across row. (5 stitches).
thread the yarn through the remaining stitches, pull tight and secure.
Making up - Sew the back seam together. If you have added a turn back cuff you can turn if to where you want it and add a few stitches at the ¼ points of the circumference so that it stays turned back.
Take a step further:
- Change the size by adding / reducing the number of stitches case on in blocks of 10.
- Work stripes.
- Work the cuff in a different colour.
- Add motif patterns.
- Add texture patterns / cables.
- Work all in rib.