Poet beanie

The Poet beanie is worked from top towards the bottom. The hat is started with the circular cast on method and then increased to the maximum width. The top of the hat is easiest to knit using the Magic Loop Method, but you can also work it on DPNs and change to circular needles when it is wide enough.

The Poet beanie uses the same lace patterns as my other popular Poet designs, including the Poet sweater and tee, Poetria pullover and Poetry pullover. 

Sizes

One size, women’s medium. The size and length of the hat are easily adjustable.

To fit head circumference: 53-58.5 cm / 21-23 inches

Total length (with folded brim): 25 cm / 10 inches

Total length (with brim unfolded): 31 cm / 12.25 inches

Yarn

Note: The beanie uses a strand of fingering weight yarn held together with a strand of lace weight yarn, but they can be substituted for a single strand of DK weight yarn. If you wish to work a DK weight version, omit all the instructions where it says “hold the yarns together” and follow only the yarn amount requirements for the fingering weight yarn.

225 m / 246 yards of fingering weight yarn and 225 m / 246 yards of lace weight yarn. 

Beige sample: 1 skein of Amirisu Trek (100% merino; 350 m / 383 yards per 100 g), shown in colorway #06 Snowtop and 1 ball of Daruma Silk Mohair (60% mohair, 40% silk; 300 m / 328 yards per 25 g), shown in colorway Shironeri.

Burgundy sample: 1 ball of Knitting For Olive Merino (100 % merino; 250 m / 273 yards per 50 g), shown in colorway Bordeaux  and 1 ball of Knitting for Olive Soft Silk Mohair (70% mohair, 30% silk; 225 m / 246 yards per 25 g), shown in colorway Bordeaux.

Needles

• 3 mm / US2.5 DPNs or a circular needle with a cable suitable for small circumference knitting for top of the hat

• 3 mm / US2.5 circular needle with a cable length of 40 cm / 16 inches for the main part

Gauge

• One 20-stitch pattern repeat = 8.5 cm / 3.25 inches, in the round, after blocking
• 24 sts and 32 rounds = 10 cm / 4 inches of lace pattern in the round, after blocking
• Note: Always use the needle size that gives you the right gauge! Measuring gauge from a circular object is hard, so the easiest way is to make a little swatch of the lace pattern starting from Row 17 of the chart forward and measuring the gauge from that swatch. 

Notions

• 1 stitch marker

• tapestry needle

• blocking tools