Start with the brim and work brioche for 4cm / 1.5" with circular needle, then add stitches using brioche 2 stitches increased technique. After 18cm / 7" of working simple brioche, shape the top with left and right decreases, at this point change circular needles with double point needles. Finish by turning beanie inside out, in order to meet the right side!
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Difficulty Level
Intermediate
Skill Required / Technique Used
- Brioche knit & Brioche purl
- Cast on
- Bind off
- Brioche increases
- Brioche Left Slant Decrease
- Brioche Right Slant Decrease
- Working in the round on circular needles
- Working small circumferences in the rounds on DPNs
Materials
Yarn
Lana Gatto Everest (95% Wool, 5% Viscose, 100 m / 109 yards per 50 gr skein) 2 skeins; sample uses color Perla Melange
Needles
3.5mm/U.S. size 4 40cm / 16" circular needle
3.5mm/U.S. size 4 DPNs needles for working crown
Notions
Tapestry needle
Gauge
18sts and 46 rounds in brioche knitting over 10cm / 4" on 3.5 mm / U.S. #4 needles
Size information
Size to fit 56-61cm / 22-24" head circumference
Finished Measurements approx. 50cm / 19" circumference x 20cm / 8" depth
Instructions
Beginning
CO 88 sts
Round 1: (k1, sl1 yo) to end
Round 2: (sl1 yo, brp1) to end
Round 3: (brk1, sl1 yo) to end
Round 4: (sl1 yo, brp1) to end
Work Rounds 3 & 4 until piece measures 4cm / 1.5"
Body
Inc Round: [(brk1, sl1 yo) x 10, brkyobrk, sl1 yo] to end
Next Round: [(sl1 yo, brp1) x 10, sl1 yo, p1, sl1yo, brp1] to end
Work Rounds 3 & 4 until piece measures 18cm / 7"
Crown
Dec round 1: [brLsl dec, sl1 yo, (brk1, sl1 yo) x 8 times, brRsl dec, sl1 yo] x 4 times. 80sts on needle
Work rounds 2-4 once
Dec round 2: [brLsl dec, sl1 yo, (brk1, sl1 yo) x 6 times, brRsl dec, sl1 yo] x 4 times. 64sts on needle
Work rounds 2-4 once
Change needles to double point needles
Dec round 3: [brLsl dec, sl1 yo, (brk1, sl1 yo) x 4 times, brRsl dec, sl1 yo] x 4 times. 48sts on needles
Next round: (sl1 yo, brp1) to end
Dec round 4: [brLsl dec, sl1 yo, (brk1, sl1 yo) x 2 times, brRsl dec, sl1 yo] x 4 times. 32sts on needles
Next round: (sl1 yo, brp1) to end
Dec round 5: (brLsl dec, sl1 yo, brRsl dec, sl1 yo) to end. 16sts on needles
Next round: (sl1 yo, brp1) to end
Finishing
Work Dec round 5 once more (8sts on needle)
Break yarn leaving a long tail. Thread the yarn into a tapestry needle and pass it through stitches, draw up firmly to close the hole at the top of the crown. Weave in ends.
Finally, turn beanie inside out.
Abbreviations
DPN = Double Point Needles
CO = Cast On
sts = stitches
k = knit
sl1 yo = slip 1 yarn over. More...
brp = brioche purl. More...
brk = brioche knit. More...
Inc = increase
brkyobrk = brioche knit, yarn over, brioche knit into same stitch (two stitches increased). More...
p = purl
Dec = Decrease
brLsl dec = Brioche Left Slant Decrease. More...
brRsl dec = Brioche Right Slant Decrease. More...
On Nancy Marchant's website and books you can find more information about Brioche knitting.