Materials
2 knitting needles, with tips at one end, size 5
9-ply wool - grey, but other colours will work.
Measurements
For a large head.
Directions
Start:
Cast on 84 stitches. Row 1 and every alternate row: Purl
Row 2: p1; *slip next stitch onto cable needle and hold to the front of the knitting, k1, knit the stitch on the cable needle, k1, slip next stitch onto cable needle and hold to the back of the knitting, k1, knit the stitch on the cable needle, p2; repeat from * to the last stitch, p1.
These 2 rows form the pattern.
Repeat the pattern 22 times.
Shape the Crown:
Decrease for crown: p1, k2 together, k1, k2 together, p1 to end.
P1 p2 together to end.
P2 together to end.
Take stitches off by passing end stitch one buy one off all the others.
Draw thread through and use it to sew up.
How does it look?
The brim rolls up a bit. The pattern looks like a wheat sheaf.
My son loves it, and declined crochet flowers, pom-poms or any other decoration.
But . . . having grizzled about the very baggy "headsocks" I'd made him all year, he now is saying "mind you, Mum, a headsock would be good too".
His beanies are popular with his friends, who say, "can we 'borrow' your beanie David" and then keep them. Isn't that a nice thing for a knitter! My beanies are all over Wellington and Christchurch!
Enjoy, and pass on to other knitters or make for your local op-shop and church sale.
