top down view of the head and shoulders of a man wearing a black coat and knitted beanie on his head. The beanie is a blue and grey marled knitted fabric in garter stitch and a swirl is created by increasing from the centre crown

flat lay of the garter squish beanie on a white background

Garter Squish Beanie

Name: Garter Squish Beanie
SKU: CWD-004
Availability: InStock

Fancy the same warm, squishy hug for your head that your Garter Squish jumper gives your body? You may even have a leftover skein of chunky yarn destined to become a matching hat?

Available in a full range of sizes, but the real beauty of the top-down construction is that this beanie can be easily customised both in length and overall circumference. Try on as you go and make it suit you!

This pattern is now available as a fully customisable OPAF pattern.

Open Pattern Format is a comprehensive file format aimed at yarn based crafts. OPAF patterns have the ability to store dynamic information making it possible to create truly customisable patterns.

Enter your gauge, desired finished head circumference and finished beanie length to generate your bespoke pattern.

Download the OPAF pattern using the link below and visit openpatternformat.com to get started!

Download OPAF pattern

Download PDF pattern

SKU: CWD-004 Categories: Adults, Childrens, Hats, Knitted Accessories, Knitting Patterns Tags: adult, baby, beanie, childrens, chunky yarn, garter squish collection, knitting pattern

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Size Range

XS (Small, Medium, Large, XL).

Finished beanie circumference
14” (16”, 18”, 20”, 22”) / 35.5cm (40.5cm, 45.5cm, 51cm, 56.5cm) measured from the bottom of the beanie body before the start of the ribbed brim.

The beanie is designed with 3” (7.5cm) negative ease, apart from the first size where 1-2” negative ease is recommended. Therefore, pick a size smaller than the actual head circumference.

Finished beanie length
7.5” (8”, 8.5”, 9.25”, 9.75”) / 18cm (19cm, 20.5cm, 22cm, 23.5cm)
The length is measured from the centre top (crown/cast on) to the bottom of the brim, along the curve of the beanie.

Yarn Requirements

Two strands of heavy DK weight yarn held together. E.g. Drops Karisma has 100m (109yds) per 50g.

Any Chunky weight yarn with approximately 100m (109yds) per 100g. Check out what your favourite indie dyer has to offer!

Required Meterage/Yardage

XS (Small, Medium, Large, XL).

66 (74, 85, 97, 110)m / 72 (81, 93, 106, 120)yds.

This equates to 2 (2, 2, 2, 4) balls of Drops Karisma, 100m (109yds) per 50g.

1 (1, 1, 1, 2) skeins of Superwash Merino Chunky, 100m (109yds) per 100g.

Be aware that changes to the overall length of the Beanie will affect the amount of yarn used and may require more yarn.

Needles

7mm (US size 10 ¾) for the main body of the Beanie and 6mm (US size 10) for the ribbed brim OR size needed to get gauge.

Double Pointed Needles (DPN’s) in the larger size may be useful for the pinhole cast on and initial rounds. Please see my video tutorial for instructions on how to do the pin hole cast on and initial rounds.

Circular needles in both sizes – length suitable to knit your chosen size in the round. For example, the baby size beanie has a finished circumference of 14in (35.5cm) therefore choose a circular needle shorter than this to knit comfortably in the round OR a single circular needle long enough for the magic loop method.

7mm (US size 10 ¾) double pointed needles can be used for the Pinhole cast on and initial rounds if you prefer.

Notions

6 stitch markers

Required Techniques

Pinhole cast on

Knitting in the round

PDF also available to download on Ravelry, LoveCrafts and Payhip

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