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2.28.2025 - I am so excited to announce that Over the Rainbow Beanie knitting pattern has had an upgrade today! Originally published in February of 2024, this is the same great pattern and design… now with 5 additional pages! this revised edition includes beautiful full colour schematics, more sample images showing alternative colour schemes, is fully charted in all sizes, extra tips are sprinkled throughout, extra info about colourwork and blocking with this unique nonsuperwash, super bulky merino yarn… plus, the story of how this design came to life in 2023, in my attic in Maine!

Over the Rainbow Beanie is the pioneer design in my Over the Rainbow knitting pattern collection…

a size inclusive, fun, whimsical, seamless winter toque featuring a modified corrugated ribbing stitch with a stranded colourwork rainbow motif.

an exquisitely comfortable, fun and quick to knit winter beanie to help you feel proud of being human and grateful to be alive today!

A true original, this one!

includes: detailed supplies list, concise, no-nonsense step by step classic written pattern instructions, thorough terms and abbreviations list, stitch guide, bonus tips, beautiful full colour schematics and is fully charted in all sizes!

plus…lots of sample images with alternative yarn suggestion and colour specs

sizes: 1 (2, 3)
to fit head sizes:
18-20, (20–22, 23 +)”/ 46-51, (51-56, 58+) cm circumference
(school age kids through adult vikings!)

yarn: 7 colours of super bulky/6 wt. yarn. 70-115 yards (64-105 m) total (approx.).
one main colour: (MC) one 90-yard (82m) hank will make any size
six contrast colours: (CC1-6) 5-8 yards (4.5-7.5 m) of each colour (approx.)
samples shown in Malabrigo Rasta: super bulky, 100% merino, approx. 90 yards (82m) per 150g hank

this a great stash buster for the tiny balls of yarn you have left from other projects

you can use super bulky yarn or create your own super bulky by holding thinner yarns together and have fun playing with colour schemes! the options are truly endless…

needles: US sizes #15/10mm, #13/8mm, #17/12mm 16”/40cm circ needles, or DPNs

Novice knitter friendly! but I recommend knitting my Nocturnal Headband pattern first to get some practice if you have no experience with stranded knitting

available on my website, nomadsknits.com:
https://nomadsknits.com/b/overtherainbowbeanie

I offer hats and headbands I hand knit from my own designs and Over the Rainbow has consistently been my top selling beanie both online and in shops for 3 winters now!

This one-of-a-kind wonder hat has become quite the trend here in Maine but I have shipped customs of this beauty all the way over to the west coast too! super warm and super standout hat!

every time I wear mine, I get compliments or sales for made to order hats… and run out of business cards!

thanks for helping Endless Roots Garden grow! all sales support our food forest and veg gardens

designed with island pride, in honour of my ancestors
Ua mau, ke ea o ka aina, I ka pono, o Hawai’i
with deep love and respect,
C. Writes

this pattern has been tech edited, preview/test knit and wear tested in the field by my Wear Tester crew!

additional designs from Over the Rainbow Collection:
https://nomadsknits.com/b/overtherainbowheadband