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Beret Knitting PatternRita Taylor
Note: Hat as pictured hat has stockinette on the outside instead of reverse stockinette as instructed.Knit by Sarah Bradberry. Materials About 50 grams DK (if you can find it, an angora DK looks lovely) 4.5 mm (UK 7, US 7) needles 3.25 mm (UK 10, US 3) needles Tension (Gauge) 5 sts and 6 rows to 1 inch with larger needles Instructions Worked in Reverse St st. With larger needles, CO 5 sts. Row 1: Purl Rows 2: Knit, increasing in every st but the last (9 sts) Row 3: Purl Row 4: Rep Row 2 (17 sts) Row 5: Purl Row 6: Rep Row 2 (33 sts) Row 7: Purl Row 8: (K1, inc in next st) to end (49 sts) Row 9: Purl Row 10: (K2, inc in next st) to end (65 sts) Row 11: Purl Row 12: Knit Row 13: Purl Row 14: (K3, inc in next st) to end (81 sts) Row 15: Purl Row 16: Knit Row 17: Purl Row 18: (K4, inc in next st) to end (97 sts) Row 19: Purl Row 20: Knit Row 21: Purl Row 22: (K5, inc in next st) to end (113 sts) Row 23: Purl Row 24: Knit Row 25: Purl Row 26: (K6, inc in next st) to end (129 sts) Row 27: Purl Row 28: Knit Row 29: Purl Row 30: (K7, inc in next st) to end (145 sts) Work 2.5 inches in St st, ending on a purl row. Next row: (K7, K2tog) to end (129 sts) Work 2.5 inches in St st, ending on a purl row. Change to smaller needles and work 1.5 inches K1 P1 rib. Cast off leaving a long (15 inches) tail for sewing up. Join seam invisibly then, leaving yarn in sewing up needle, twist it several times like making a twisted cord. Grasp this twisted yarn between finger and thumb about three quarters of an inch from the beret and fold it back to form a spike. Draw the sewing needle back to the wrong side and fasten off tightly. If the ribbing seems a little loose thread a couple of rows of shirring elastic through the cast off edge and another row a quarter of an inch away. This is also interesting worked in two colours, especially if you introduce a Colinette type yarn for a couple of rows after every inch or so of main colour. © Rita Taylor who gives permission for anyone to use it for whatever purpose, but please acknowledge if you make it for sale. Thank you. Photo ©Sarah Bradberry and used with her permission. See Abbreviations and the Glossary for help. |