The Robin beanie is knitted with two strands of yarn and the brim is folded twice for triple thickness around the ears bringing you extra warmth and coziness during the winter months. Combining a strand of silk-mohair knitted together with a fingering weight merino yarn makes the hat really soft and gives it a beautiful halo.
You can knit the beanie using the hat also without mohair using just a single strand of DK weight yarn. If you wish to make the DK weight version, omit all instructions where it says “hold both yarns together” and work with a single strand instead.
You can easily adjust the length of the hat to get the fit you want. The hat is knitted from top down, so you can try it on as you knit it to make sure the length is just perfect for your head. After the crown shaping the rest of the hat is just simple 2x2 ribbing.
The Robin beanie is designed for everyday use, and it knits up surprisingly fast. This is the perfect project to use the precious hand dyed skeins from your stash, as the simple texture really highlights the colors and texture of the yarn! You can either go for a muted look by choosing matching solid colorways for both yarns, get a marled look by choosing different colors for the fingering weight yarn and the mohair, or go for extra speckles by picking both yarns in speckled colorways (either the same colorway or both different).
Size
To fit head circumference: 53-58.5 cm / 21-23 inches
Length with brim unfolded: 44 cm / 17.5 inches (adjustable)
Length with brim folded twice (triple thickness): approximately 23 cm / 9 inches
Yarn
Note: The pattern 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.
300-350 m / 330-385 yards of fingering weight yarn
held together with 300-350 m / 330-385 yards of lace weight mohair yarn
Brown-gray sample: 2 skeins of Biches Et Bûches Le Petit Lambswool (100% wool; 248 m / 271 yards per 50g), colorway Grey brown and 2 skeins of Biches Et Bûches Le Petit Silk & Mohair (70% mohair, 30% silk; 212 m / 232 yards per 25g), colorway Grey brown.
Pink sample: 1 skein of Les Petits Points Parisiens Basique Sock (75% merino SW, 25% nylon; 425 m / 465 yards per 100g), colorway Remember and 1 skein of Les Petits Points Parisiens Mohair Et Soie (72% kid mohair, 28% silk; 420 m / 459 yards per 100g), colorway Fluo rose.
Needles
3 mm / US 2.5 DPNs or circular needle for Magic Loop knitting for the top of the hat
3 mm / US 2.5 circular needle with a cable of 40 cm / 16” for the main part
Always use the needle size that gets you the right gauge!
Gauge
26 sts and 32 rounds = 10 cm / 4 inches of 2x2 ribbing in the round holding both yarns together, after blocking, slightly stretched.
Notions
4 stitch markers
sewing needle
