4ply Family Beanies by Wool Baa

4ply Family Beanies

Knitting
March 2021
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
28 stitches and 36 rows = 4 inches
in Stocking Stitch
US 2 - 2.75 mm
US 3 - 3.25 mm
82 - 185 yards (75 - 169 m)
To fit head sizes 40 (45, 50, 52, 55, 60) cm / 16 (18, 20, 21, 22, 24) ins
English
This pattern is available from woolbaa.com.au for AU$6.00.

Level of Difficulty - Easy Knitting
Who doesn’t love a set of matching beanies for the whole family? Kit out everyone in this set of beanies, from baby through to large adult, in coordinating yarns. The average adult will take the adult size, whereas the large adult size is there for people with lots of wild hair and a big noggin (like me).

Sizes
Baby (Toddler, Child, Teen, Adult, Large Adult),
to fit head sizes 40 (45, 50, 52, 55, 60) cm / 16 (18, 20, 21, 22, 24) ins

Materials

  • 1 ball Adorn Silky Merino 4ply or 1 ball Adorn Silky Cashmerino 4ply or 1 (1, 1, 1, 1, 2) balls Katia Baby Merino Plus 4ply
  • 3.25mm 40cm circular needle and dpns (baby and toddler sizes use dpns throughout)
  • 2.75mm 40cm circular needle/dpns
  • 8 stitchmarkers (suggestion: start of round marker is contrasting)
  • yarn needle for sewing in ends
  • optional pompom (additional yarn may be required)

Pictured: Adorn Silky Merino 4ply in 414 Powder Blue - Toddler

Pattern includes bonus tutorial on how to work jogless stripes in the round, which is a method to make the transitions between stripes almost invisible.