Basic Beanie – 4ply
The Basic Beanie is an adult size beanie hat fingering/ 4ply weight yarn, with sock yarn used for the brim to give extra stretch. The pattern is written for double pointed needles but you can also use circular needles if preferred.
The hat uses approximately 45 grams of yarn in total, and our current selection of appropriate yarns can be found here…
Our sock yarns for the brim can be found here… however you can use any fingering weight yarn with elastic. Or you can add a strand of elastic to your normal yarn.
You will need;
- 45g fingering weight yarn
- 10g sock/elastic fingering weight yarn
- Or 55g in total of fingerig weight yarn.
- 1 stitch marker
- 2.75mm double pointed needles
- 2.5mm double pointed needles
- A sewing needle for finishing
Gauge = 10 stitches to 4 cm on 2.75mm needles
Using the 2.5mm needles, cast on 140 stitches using the long tail cast on and using 2 needles for extra stretch.
Place your stitch marker at the beginning of the round and knit 2×2 rib (knit 2 stitches, purl 2 stitches and repeat until end of row) for 10 rows or approximately 3cm.
Then knit only for 1 round using the 2.75mm needles.
At this point change your yarn to the yarn you are using for the main body of the hat. If wanting stripes etc. this is the section where you would add them. Now knit in the round until the total length of the hat is 18cm.
Decreases
Knit 1 stitch then knit 2 stitches together – repeat until end of round – knit the last 2 stitches (94 stitches remain)
Knit 1 round
Knit 1 stitch then knit 2 stitches together – repeat until end of round – knit the last stitch (63 stitches remain)
Knit 1 round
Knit 1 stitch then knit 2 stitches together – repeat until end of round (42 stitches remain)
Knit 1 round
Knit 1 stitch then knit 2 stitches together – repeat until end of round (28 stitches remain)
Now break the yarn, thread onto sewing needle and pull the yarn through all the remaining stitches, removing them from the needles. Now secure and weave in ends.
