Chunky Rib Beanie

Knit Hat_Chunky Rib Beanie PDF

Pattern for use by kind permission of Wendy Hinson

A blanket can keep almost all of a child warm, but they still need something to protect their heads from the cold! Please make sure that this Chunky Rib Beanie is large enough to fit a child’s head. Proportionally, a four year old’s head is almost the size of an adult, so please keep that in mind when you are knitting. If the hat fits you, it will fit a child.

Materials and Tools

• Light worsted weight yarn (American)/DK (UK)/8 ply (Aus), approximately 55 grams/2 oz.
• 7.5mm/US 11 needles

Notes

Two strands of yarn are used throughout.

Abbreviations

K2tog: Knit two stitches together

Instructions

To make the Chunky Rib Beanie, using 2 strands of yarn, cast on 60 sts.

Knit in K2, P2 rib until hat measures 6.5” (16.5cm).

SHAPE CROWN

Row 1: K2tog, P2. (45 sts)

Row 2: K1, P2.

Row 3: K1, P2tog .(30 sts)

Row 4: K1, P1.

Row 5: K1, K2tog. (20 sts)

Row 6: Knit.

Row 7: K2tog. (10 sts)

Cut yarn leaving a tail of approximately 18” (50cm).

Finishing Instructions

With a large eyed yarn needle, thread this tail through the remaining 10 sts, gather up tightly and secure. Use this thread to join a back seam on the wrong side of the work. Fasten off neatly and darn in ends.

Sew seam.

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