Lepidoptera Beanie by Alecia Hornfeldt

Lepidoptera Beanie

Knitting
March 2021
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
32 stitches and 42 rows = 4 inches
in stockinette
US 2 - 2.75 mm
US 1 - 2.25 mm
155 - 240 yards (142 - 219 m)
toddler (child/teenager, adult MD)
English
This pattern is available as a free Ravelry download

This lightweight cabled beanie is great for transitional weather or warmer climates. The beanie starts off with ribbing, moves into prominent cabled butterfly motifs, then finishes with a slightly gathered crown. This beanie is offered in three sizes to fit from toddler to adult MD. All charts also have written instructions.

Size
toddler (child/teenager, adult MD)
to fit head circumference 18” (20”, 22”) | 45.5cm (51cm, 56cm)
actual circumference 16.5” (18”, 20”) | 42cm (45.5cm, 51cm)
actual height 6.5” (7.25”, 8.25”) | 16.5cm (18.5cm, 21cm)

Yarn
1 skein of Cascade Heritage or
approximately 155 (190, 240) yards | 140 (175, 220) meters of comparable fingering-weight yarn (437 yards per 100g | 400 meters per 100g) with good stitch definition

Gauge
32 sts and 42 rows over 4” | 10cm in stockinette

Materials
size US1 | 2.25mm needles (or two sizes smaller than your gauge needle) for working a small circumference in the round
size US2 | 2.75mm needles (or size needed to obtain gauge) for working a small circumference in the round
a cable needle or spare DPN
12 stitch markers
yarn needle to weave in ends

Skills
magic loop or otherwise knitting in the round, cabling, increasing, decreasing