Looking for a unique gift for the wine lover in your life? Want to be the toast of the town at the next wine tasting event?
Knit up a Chateau Chapeau or two! Colors abound from Rosé to Burgandy, Sip a bit, knit a bit and enjoy!

Never worry about bringing a boring old bottle of wine to your next dinner party, whip up a Chateau Chapeau and be the best gift giver EVER! OR treat yourself to a hat or two. Why not knit one to match each of your favorite wines?

Skills needed are cast on, knit, purl, and knit 2 together. Hats work up quickly. Pattern includes tutorial for working with wine cork beads for two effects--> one for an active beads that flop about as you move your head and one for beads that are knitted on, fixed in place.

Tips are given for creating the wine cork beads. Free tutorials will be linked soon to the treasuregoddess blog at www.treasuregoddess.com (and this pattern summary page too!) Packages of Wine Cork Beads will be available for purchase soon on the treasuregoddess etsy site too!

Needle Size 10.5 US (6.5m)
Use handspun bulky yarn in soft wool blends with WPI of 6 or 6.5 or commercial yarn that knits up at about 3 stitches per inch. Have fun finding a range of yarn from lightest pink fruit wines to rich, deep burgandies.