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Description

The Long Beanie is a standard beanie with a ribbed brim and an extra long stocking stitch body. The crown is shaped with a cartwheel decrease pattern.

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Yarn
88yd/80m/100g
Bulky weight, plied yarn.

Needles & Notions
Set 6mm/UK4/US10 DPNs/Circular or size needed to obtain gauge
Stitch marker as necessary
Tapestry needle

Sample details
Shown in AdrianWool Orso [65% Wool, 35% Dralon, 5% Alpaca]

Gauge
13 sts x 20 rows to 4in/10cm on 6mm needles over St.St.

Sizes
To fit sizes: 17 [19, 23] in/43.25 [51, 58] cm
Finished size: 14.75 [17.25, 19.75] in/37.5 [43.75, 50.25] cm
Not sure which size to make? Check my handy size and measuring guide!

Skills required
Ribbing

Stocking Stitch

Knitting in the round

Increases & decreases

Alternate Cable cast-on

Abbreviations

K: knit

P: purl

rpt: repeat

st(s): stitch(es)

k2tog: knit next 2sts together

Notes

Due to it's bulky nature, there isn't a great deal of yardage to 100g, and the largest size does use most of it. If you swatched and you're knitting the largest size, you may need to reuse the swatch.

This beanie is designed to be long – to either be worn tall (as current fashion dictates) or worn with a folded brim. Should you wish for a more regular length beanie, the length of the body would be approx. 4 [4.5, 5] in/10 [11.5, 12.75] cm before starting the crown shaping.

How to

Using Alternate Cable cast-on method, cast on 48 [56, 64] sts. Join in the round, being careful not to twist sts. Place stitch marker to indicate start of round.

Brim

Now work K1, P1 rib until work measures 2.5 [2.75, 3] in/6.25 [7, 7.5] cm.

Body

Next rnd: Knit all sts

Repeat this round, forming stocking stitch in the round, until work measures 6 [6.5, 7] in/15.25 [16.5, 17.75] cm including the brim.

Crown

17in size jump to Rnd 5, 19in size jump to Rnd 3, 23in size start at Rnd 1.

Rnd 1: *K6, k2tog; rpt from * to end [56 sts]

Rnd 2 and all even rounds: Knit all sts

Rnd 3: *K5, k2tog; rpt from * to end [48 sts]

Rnd 5: *K4, k2tog; rpt from * to end [40 sts]

Rnd 7: *K3, k2tog; rpt from * to end [32 sts]

Rnd 9: *K2, k2tog; rpt from * to end [24 sts]

Rnd 11: *K1, k2tog; rpt from * to end [16 sts]

Rnd 13: *k2tog; rpt from * to end [8 sts]

Break yarn and draw through remaining 8 sts, tighten to close.


Finishing

Weave in all ends. Blocking isn't necessary but is recommended to help the crown shaping settle - block gently to avoid stretching the Hat.


Remember Chunkeanie, the Hat knit for Valentina's brother? Her brother loved it but unfortunately it met it's fate with a washing machine, and being pure made from pure Shetland wool, it didn't fare too well.

And so Valentina asked me if I could knit him another, trading again for a massage. Only this time, I figured I'd knit it from a machine washable wool. I found something suitable, in grey, in our local yarn store. Adrian Wool's 'Orso' is a bulky yarn with 30% Dralon. Not normally a fibre I'd used, but blended with Alpaca and Wool, it's pretty soft next to the skin. The bulky yarn felt a little odd as I've been working with much finer gauges of late, but it wasn't practical to use anything too fine as it would take too long to knit. And he wanted warm, and this would be just that.

Oh, and he asked if perhaps we could make it just a little bit longer. The fashion here is all about these long, over sized but not slouchy beanies. And so I obliged with The Long Beanie.

It's different to Chunkeanie, not only because of the change in yarn and gauge. The crown structure is different, and The Long Beanie has a stocking stitch body compared to the reverse stocking stitch of it's predecessor. It is a simple knit, ideal for beginners or anyone wanting something mindless to knit in front of the TV. And it really is super quick to knit, and a regular length version even more so.

As is my way, a pattern has been written. Even with 3 sizes and notes on knitting a regular beanie, it only took about 15 minutes to write - practice definitely makes pattern writing easier! And it's free, too!

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