Wear It Well Knit Beanie
This easy knit hat pattern is so mindless, anyone could knit it!
The best thing about color-changing yarn is that it can make a piece look so much more interesting and intricate than it actually was to knit. The Wear It Well Knit Beanie is accomplished entirely in the rib stitch, but it looks like a much more complicated pattern. The lovely autumnal colors are a great way to ring in the cold weather, but this versatile knit hat pattern works well with just about any combination of hues. Try knitting a few in a bunch of different colorways from the Red Heart Boutique Magical line for a variety of choices when the snow starts falling!
Knitting Needle Size6 or 4 mm, Circular Knitting Needles, Double-Pointed Knitting Needles (DPNs)
Yarn Weight(4) Medium Weight/Worsted Weight and Aran (16-20 stitches to 4 inches)
Gauge16 sts = 4” (10 cm); 24 rows = 4” (10 cm) in Rib Stitch. CHECK YOUR GAUGE. Use any size needles to obtain the gauge.
Finished Size20 (22)” (51 (56) cm) head circumference
Materials List
- RED HEART Boutique Magical yarn:1 ball of 1101 Crystal Ball
- Susan Bates® Circular Knitting Needles: 4 mm [US 6] – 16” (40.5 cm)
- Susan Bates® Double Pointed Knitting Needles: 4 mm [US 6]
- Stitch marker
- Yarn needle
Instructions
Hat directions are written for size Medium (Women’s) with changes for size Large (Men’s) in parentheses.
Beanie
With circular needle, cast on 80 (88) sts. Join, being careful that sts are not twisted, and begin working in the round. Place marker for beginning of round.
Round 1 (Right side): (K2, P2) around.
Repeat Round 1 for pattern until Beanie measures approximately 10” (25.5 cm) from cast on edge.
Crown Shaping
Note: Change to double pointed needles when there are too few sts for the circular needle.
Round 1 (Right side): (K2tog, P2tog) around: 40 (44) sts.
Round 2: K2tog around: 20 (22) sts.
Round 3: K2tog around: 10 (11) sts.
Size Medium Only
Round 4: K2tog around: 5 sts.
Size Large Only
Round 4: K1, K2tog around: 6 sts.
All Sizes
Cut yarn, leaving a 10” (25.5 cm) end. Thread yarn needle with end and weave through remaining stitches; draw up firmly; fasten securely.
Abbreviations
- cm
- centimeter
- K
- knit
- mm
- millimeter
- P
- purl
- st(s)
- stitch(es)
- tog
- together
- ( )
- work directions in parentheses as indicated
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