Carrot Cake Beanie

I thoroughly liked the reversible chevron pattern when I first came upon it, but I have yet to try it in any design I've made. The reason was that I saw it as complete pattern, with little room for me to improve on, or add my own touch. Also, many others have already made several nice designs out of it. So when I tried to make a beanie from this dotted tweed yarn that I had at hand, I decided to give this pattern a try. After several trials, I ended up with a reversible beanie that looks beautiful worn on both sides. It's very simple to make, just follow the (k, p) rounds and add the (k3tog) to carve it up. 

Skill level: Intermediate

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Materials:

• Yarn: Alize Borcum Nokta, 100% acrylic, 3.53 oz (100 g), 230 yards (210 m), in the color 5887: 1 skein.
• Circular knitting needles 16" (40 cm) long, sizes US 4 (3.5 mm) and US 8 (5 mm).
• Tapestry needle.
• Ring stitch marker.

Measurements: One size; A= 12" (30 cm), B= 9.5" (24 cm), approx. 

Gauge: 18 sts and 32 rounds = 4"x 4" (10 cm x 10 cm) in (p 1,k 1) ribs pattern and US 4 (3.5 mm) knitting needles.

Yardage: 200 - 205 m/ 220- 225 yds.

knitting Terms:

• st: stitch.
• sts: stitches.
• k: knit.
• p: purl.
• m1: make one st increase.
• s2s1ktog: knit 2 sts together, slip third one knit-wise, pass the knitted st over the slipped one (centered double decrease).

Instructions:

With US 4 (3.5 mm) circular knitting needles, cast on 80 sts, join in the round. Don't know how to join in the round? here is a short tutorial on how to do it (from 0:26 - 1:15 min): 

 

Put a ring stitch marker at the beginning of rounds.

Rib round: (p 1, k 1), repeat to end.

Repeat rib round eight times.

Change to US 8 (5 mm) knitting needles and work the following:

Increasing round: [(p 1, m1, k 1, m1) twice, p 1, (k 1, m1, p 1, m1) twice, k 1], repeat between [ ] to end. (144 sts)

Reversible chevron pattern:

rounds 1 - 4: [(p 2, k 2) twice, p 1, (k 2, p 2) twice, k 1], repeat between [ ] to end.

rounds 5 - 8: p 1, *k 2, p 2, k 2, p 3, repeat from * to last 8 sts, (k 2, p 2) twice.

rounds 9 - 12: [(k 2, p 2) twice, k 1, (p 2, k 2) twice, p 1], repeat between [ ] to end.

round 13 - 16: k 1, *p 2, k 2, p 2, k 3, repeat from * to last 8 sts, (p 2, k 2) twice.

Repeat rounds 1 - 12 once.

Decreasing rounds:

round 1: k 1, *p 2, k 2, p 2, s2s1ktog, p 2, k 2, p 2, k 3, repeat from * to last 17 sts, p 2, k 2, p 2, s2s1ktog, p 2, k 2, p 2, k 2. (128 sts)

rounds 2 to 4: k 1, *p 2, k 2, p 2, k 1, p 2, k 2, p 2, k 3, repeat from * to last 15 sts, p 2, k 2, p 2, k 1, p 2, k 2, p 2, k 2. (128 sts)

round 5: (p 2, k 2, p 2, s2s1ktog, p 2, k 2, p 2, k 1), repeat to end. (112 sts)

rounds 6 to 8: (p 2, k 2, p 2, k 1), repeat to end.

round 9: p 1, *k 2, p 2, s2s1ktog, p 2, k 2, p 3, repeat from * to last 13 sts, k 2, p 2, s2s1ktog, p 2, k 2, p 2. (96 sts)

round 10: p 1, *k 2, p 2, k 1, p 2, k 2, p 3, repeat from * to last 11 sts, k 2, p 2, k 1, p 2, k 2, p 2.

round 11: (k 2, p 2, s2s1ktog, p 2, k 2, p 1), repeat to end. (80 sts)

round 12: (k 2, p 2, k 1, p 2, k 2, p 1), repeat to end. 

round 13: k 1, *p 2, s2s1ktog, p 2, k 3, repeat from * to last 9 sts, p 2, s2s1ktog, p 2, k 2. (64 sts)

round 14: k 1, *p 2, k 1, p 2, k 3, repeat from * to last 7 sts, p 2, k 1, p 2, k 2. (64 sts)

round 15: (p 2, s2s1ktog, p 2, k 1), repeat to end. (48 sts)

round 16: (p 2, k 1), Repeat to end.

round 17: p 1, *s2s1ktog, p 3, repeat from * to last 5 sts, s2s1ktog, p 2. (32 sts)

round 18: p 1, *k 1, p 3, repeat from * to last 4 sts, k 1, p 2.

round 19: (s2s1ktog, p 1), repeat to end (16 sts)

Cut yarn, leaving a 6" (15 cm) long yarn tail, pull it through all sts and tighten tog. Weave in loose ends.

Lastly, feel free to leave a comment if you have any questions or find something confusing in the pattern.

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