I am always attracted to fully reversible accessories, and I also like lengthwise striping. Using the Honeycomb Brioche stitch worked in the round in two colors creates an interesting mix of texture and color on both sides of the fabric. In order to obtain the result shown, the direction of knitting is reversed every so often. This results in an attractive mix of texture and color.

Note: This pattern is available as a combined pattern (e-book) with the Saunter Beret.

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Medium (Long): 20 (28) in / 51 (71) cm length by 8 (8) in / 20 (20) cm width

Yarn Notes:
To make this beret you will need worsted weight yarn in two colors. The yarn used was Berroco Ultra Alpaca, which is a 50% alpaca /50% wool blend. It knits to 5 st to the inch on size 7 US/4.5 mm needles. The yarn has a slight halo due to the alpaca. As shown:
Dark - 140 (195) yd / 128 (178) m - Shown in Berroco Ultra Alpaca Fig
Light - 133 (186) yd / 122 (170) m - Shown in Berroco Ultra Alpaca Pastel Blue

Needles:

• Size 9 US/5.5 mm
• Size 8 US/5.0 mm at least 36 in (90 cm) cable

Gauge: 18 sts/36 rnds = 4 in/10 cm in Honeycomb Brioche stitch in the round using 2 colors with size 8 US/5 mm needles, blocked. To ensure correct size, take time to check gauge.

Notions: Stitch markers and a contrasting marker for beginning of round. Yarn needles for finishing and weaving in ends.

Construction: This project is knit in one piece in the round.

This pattern contains both written and charted instructions as well as a blocking schematic and stitch diagrams.

Skills:

• Join to knit in the round
• Work brioche stitches - knit or purl stitches together with yarn overs
• k2tog/p2tog
• Slip stitches

Experience Level: Intermediate

Technical Notes: This pattern is 4 pages long in 12 pt font and 490 KB in size.