Nore Beanie by Susanna Kaartinen

Nore Beanie

Knitting
December 2023
DK (11 wpi) ?
21 stitches and 22 rows = 4 inches
in colourwork pattern knit in the round
US 7 - 4.5 mm
US 4 - 3.5 mm
186 - 262 yards (170 - 240 m)
1 (2, 3)
English
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This Beanie is a part of The Saami collection. Fishing is a traditional livelyhood for Inari Saami people and I wanted to honour that tradition with a pattern featuring some of the common fish varieties in the region: pike, perch and rainbow trout. Nore means a school of fish in Inari Saami, so it is a very fitting name for this design!

Sizing and fit
SIZES
1 (2, 3)

TO FIT
48.5 (54.5, 60) cm / 19 (21.5, 23.75)” head circumference with 3cm / 1.25” of negative ease.

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
Circumference: 45.5 (51.5, 57) cm / 18 (20.25, 22.5)”.
Height (with brim folded): 20.5 (23.5, 26.5) cm / 8 (9.25, 10.5)”.

Yarn
8ply / DK to worsted weight wool or wool blend yarn.
110 (145, 160) m / 121 (158, 175) yds of Main colour (MC)
55 (70, 80) m / 60 (76, 87) yds of Contrast colour (CC).
(Approx. 10g of extra yarn, in any weight, for pompom.)

Blue sample is knit with Fluff and Nonsense Yuruga. (100% Non superwash merino wool, 190m / 208yds - 100g) in Channel Depths (MC) and Floe (CC).

Turquoise sample is knit with Woolly 8ply in Splash (CC) and Cascade 220 in natural (MC)

Notions
Stitch markers, tapestry needle, pompom maker (optional)

Design notes
This beanie is knit bottom up and in the round.
The work begins with a ribbed cuff.
The colourwork pattern covers the body of the hat and the crown shaping rounds.
There is an individual chart with a graded colorwork pattern for each size. Note that each size features a different fish pattern.

Techniques

  • Long-tail CO
  • Knitting in the round
  • Stranded colourwork knitting
  • Basic decreases: k2tog, SSK and CDD

Skill level
Intermediate