Basic Beanie Using Rowan Big Wool
The Design
Warm weather seems to be a long way off. Mornings are frosty, the wind is chilly, the cold is nipping at our nose and ears... Well, we can take care of that! This basic beanie in a bulky wool will be on your head in—if not a few hours—a few nights of knitting. It’s a free pattern, so all you need to do is pick a color and then decide what sort of brim you’d like—the casual, rolled edge featured here? Or maybe a short band of ribbing? Up to you!
For a hat both warm and quick, we love Rowan Big Wool. It’s a woolly mammoth of a yarn at two and a half stitches to the inch (there’s the quick) and 100% merino wool (there’s the warm). We’ve chosen a mellow palette of colors—calm neutrals and a pretty bright.
The Details
FINISHED SIZES
Adult Medium 20" (Adult Large 22").
Directions for adult medium size given, with adult large size in parentheses ( ).
YARN
1 skein Rowan Big Wool (87 yds/80m each). Sample shown in color 7 Smoky with rolled edge.
NEEDLES & NOTIONS
US 15 (10mm) 16" circular & double-point needles, or size to obtain gauge.
US 13 (9mm) 16" circular needle, or one size smaller than needle used to obtain gauge.
5 stitch markers, 1 in a different color.
Darning needle to finish.
GAUGE
10 sts = 4" in stockinette stitch.
COLOR: 8 Black. Black.
COLOR: 43 Forest. Forest green.
COLOR: 1 White Hot. Bright creamy white.
COLOR: 7 Smoky. Dark muted slate.
COLOR: 48 Linen. Pale natural linen.
COLOR: 79 Pantomime. Fuchsia pink.
COLOR: 64 Prize. Dusty mauve.
COLOR: 21 Ice Blue. Pale icy blue.
Free digital Basic 'Big Wool' Beanie pattern. (Download)
COLOR: 89 Cerise. Nearly-neon fuchsia.
COLOR: 90 Pumpkin. Exactly how it sounds.
COLOR: 91 Citron. Electric lemon-lime.
COLOR: 92 Oasis. The clearest summer day sky.
COLOR: 93 Midori. Is this melon liqueur or yarn?
