Swirly bereanie by Sarah Longwell-Stevens

Swirly bereanie

Knitting
February 2008
5 stitches = 1 inch
in stockinette
US 5 - 3.75 mm
US 6 - 4.0 mm
120 - 200 yards (110 - 183 m)
16" head opening unstretched, can stretch up to 22"
English
This pattern is available for free.

It’s a beret, it’s a beanie, its fabulous! Actually it probably is mostly like a beret except that the berets I’m obsessed with are big and slouchy and this one is not. It fits close to the head like a beanie but the opening fits around your head more like a slouchy beret.

Using two different colorways of Kureyon makes the stripes shift magically and makes for very entertaining knitting.