Named for the little town across the lake from where I live, the Birchwood Beanie is my take on that popular store-bought acrylic hat that everyone wears.

I wanted a lightweight hat with a beautiful decrease that poufs a bit at the top and looks nice without a pom pom. This is the hat I’ll be running errands in.

Knit with a worsted/aran weight alpaca blend “blown yarn,” this hat is lightweight, airy, soft, yet still warm (necessary in Minnesota!). You can read more about blown yarns here. https://yarnsub.com/articles/texture/blown-yarns/

I knit this pattern with Wool and the Gang Feeling Good Yarn, and you can find substitutes for the yarn at yarnsub.com. A similar fuzzy look can be achieved by holding a worsted weight and fingering weight mohair together.

Recommended yarn substitutions are:
Cascade Aereo, Knit Picks Wonderfluff, Drops Air, Woolfolk Luft, Camarose Snefnug

Materials Needed:
NEEDLES
US size 8 • 5 mm 16” circular needles and
US size 8 • 5 mm double pointed needles
or size needed to obtain gauge

YARN
Weight 4 • Heavy Worsted/Aran alpaca blend
Used: Wool and the Gang “Feeling Good Yarn”
140 yards for folded brim option, less for standard brim

NOTIONS
Scissors
Stitch markers (5 total, 1 for beginning of round, 4 for decrease rounds)
Darning needle

GAUGE (2” x 2”)
8 sts x 13 rows in stockinette stitch, knit in the round

SIZE AND FINAL MEASUREMENTS
Size: Adult (stretches to fit 18-23” head circumference
Fitted style with a bit of space/pouf at top
Folded brim: 8” W x 12” L (unstretched, unfolded)
Standard brim: 8” W x 9.5” L (unstretched)

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