Little Beep: A Fun Stranded Colourwork Beanie Pattern for Small Children

Verily Knits

ily Knits, all rights reserved. Pattern for personal use only. Contact: verilyknits@gmail.c Little Beep is a simple beanie with a fun stranded colourwork band of bright cars driving all around the hat. Worked in aran weight yarn this hat knits up super quick and is a great first stranded project for anyone who has never attempted this technique before. Little Beep is designed to fit a small child, aged approx 2 - 4, but it is very stretchy, so will fit a wide range of sizes anything from a 17" to 19" head circumference. The sample was knit in a 100% acrylic yarn but any aran weight yarn could be substituted. To make a baby sized version you could instead use DK or worsted weight yarn and drop down to a 4.00mm / Us6 needle.

Materials:

Aran weight yarn: MC (yellow): 70yds / 64m CC1 (grey): 30yds / 27m CC2 (red): 20yds / 18m CC3 (black): 15yds / 13m Sample knit in Sirdar Supersoft Aran & King Cole Comfort Aran 4.5mm / Us7 short circular needle 4.5mm / US7 double pointed needles

Finished Measurements:

To fit head circumference: 17 - 19 " / 43 -48cm

Gauge:

18sts = 4" / 2.5cm

Abbreviations:

K Knit P Purl Sts Stitches Rd Round Rep Repeat MC Main colour CC1 contrast colour 1 (grey) CC2 contrast colour 2 (red) CC3 contrast colour 3 (black) K2tog Knit 2 stitches together

Instructions

oosly cast on 90sts and join to work in the round being careful not to twis Ribbing Rd: (K2, P1) rep to end Repeat ribbing rd until work measures 1" / 2.5cm or desired length. Using MC K 2 rds, break MC. I - 14 of the car chart, you'll repeat the chart six times around the hat. Remember to read all chart rows from right to left Rejoin MC and K all rds until hat measures 6"

Decrease Section

Change to DPNs when required Rd 1: (K7, K2tog) rep to end Rd 2: K all sts Rd 3: (K6, K2tog) rep to end Rd 4: K all sts Rd 5: (K5, K2tog) rep to end Rd 6: (K4, K2tog) rep to end Rd 7: (K3, K2tog) rep to end Rd 8: (K2, K2tog) rep to end Rd 9: (K1, K2tog) rep to end Rd 10: (K2tog) rep to end Break yarn and thread through the remaining 10sts, pull tight and secure. Block hat lightly and weave in all ends.

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