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Description

Pinwheel beret is worked top down and in the round. The shaping is created by swirls of eyelets against a reverse stocking stitch background. The eyelet pattern continues down through the body. The beret is finished with a ribbed brim.

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Yarn
100g/420m/459yds
Sock weight, plied yarn.

Needles & Notions
Set 2.5mm/UK--/US1½ DPNs/Circular or size needed to obtain gauge
Stitch marker as necessary
Tapestry needle

Sample details
Zitron Trekking Hand Art Sock (75% new Wool, 25% Nylon)

Shown in size 19in/48.25cm on model with 20.5in/52cm circumference head

Gauge
32 sts x 40 rows to 10cm/4" on 2.5mm needles over St.St
30 sts x 40 rows to 10cm/4" on 2.5mm needles over Twisted Rib

Sizes
To fit sizes: 19 [22, 24.5] in/ 48.25 [55.75, 62.25] cm
Finished size: 16 [18.75, 21.25] in/ 40.75 [47.5, 54] cm
Not sure which size to make? Check my handy size and measuring guide!

Skills required
Stocking Stitch

Knitting in the round

Increases & decreases

Circular Cast-on

Eyelets

Elastic Bind-off

Abbreviations

K: knit

P: purl

rpt: repeat

st(s): stitch(es)

P1tbl: purl stitch through the back of the loop

yo: yarnover

SSK: slip next 2 sts knitwise, then knit these 2 sts together through the backs of the loops

How to

Using Circular Cast-on method, cast-on 5 sts. Join in the round, being careful not to twist sts. Place stitch marker to indicate start of round.

Crown

Foundation Rnd: Knit into the front and back of each stitch [10 sts]

Rnd 1: *K1, yo; rpt from * to end [20 sts]

Rnd 2: Knit all sts

Rnd 3: *K2, yo; rpt from * to end [30 sts]

Rnd 4: Knit all sts

Rnd 5: *K3, yo; rpt from * to end [40 sts]

Rnd 6: Knit all sts

Rnd 7: *K4, yo; rpt from * to end [50 sts]

Rnd 8: Knit all sts

Rnd 9: *K5, yo; rpt from * to end [60 sts]

Rnd 10: Knit all sts

Rnd 11: *K6, yo; rpt from * to end [70 sts]

Rnd 12: Knit all sts

Rnd 13: *K7, yo; rpt from * to end [80 sts]

Rnd 14: Knit all sts

Rnd 15: *K8, yo; rpt from * to end [90 sts]

Rnd 16: Knit all sts

You are increasing 10sts every other round, by increasing 1st in each section. Continue working in this manner, increasing 10sts every other round until there are 18 [21, 24] sts in each section. [180, 210, 240 sts]

Body

Rnd 1: Knit all sts

Rnd 2: *K 16 [19, 22], ssk, yo; rpt from * to end

Repeat these 2 rounds until the body of the Hat measures 3.75 [4.25, 4.75] in/9.5 [10.75, 12] cm (or desired length) from the final increase round of the crown, ending after Rnd 1. Then work next round once as follows:

Decrease Rnd: *ssk, P1; rpt from * to end [120, 140, 160 sts]

Brim

Next Rnd: *K1, P1tbl; rpt from * to end

Repeat this round forming 1x1 twisted rib, until brim measures 1.25 [1.5, 1.75]in/3.25 [3.75, 4.5] cm from decrease round.

Cast-off loosely in pattern, by either using a larger needle or one of the stretchy bind-off methods.

Finishing

With clever weaving in of ends, this Hat will be fully reversible. Alternatively, choose which side you prefer and weave in all ends on reverse.

A gentle wash and blocking is required to help the shaping lines settle in and lay flat. It is best to block this Hat as a circle with the crown at the centre.

Once upon a time, this pattern of mine was a premium pattern. Designed for sock yarn (Trekking in particular) it's a top-down pattern worked in the round.

A few years ago this pattern was parked and put aside for a side project, along with a few other patterns. Life happened and all that, and these patterns have basically stayed parked, in limbo. I'm not sure whether this side project will or won't be a thing, so I'll leave those patterns as they are.

One day late last year as I was sorting out my hard-drives and the many (many) photos, I stumbled across the original shots for this Hat. Opening them up with me raw editing software that I didn't have at the time, they were quickly edited and upon seeing them in better shape than they had been, I figured it was time to bring this pattern off the back burner.

The Pinwheel Beret then became the free pattern of the month, exclusive to The Woolly Hat Society, where it proved rather popular! And now that that month is up, the pattern is available below for one and all.

I'm liking offering free patterns for an exclusive period to The Woolly Hat Society. Not sure I can promise one every month, but it's a nice perk and something to work towards. Given my shoulders as they are, more complex and challenging designs aren't something I can really work on at the moment, whereas simpler designs, especially ones in heavier yarn, are less painful. I'll be working my way through my chunky and bulky stash for the foreseeable, then...