I've been knitting beanies as examples for our
public participation beanie knitting project and discovered a few mistakes in the pattern I left at Fibres last meeting. Apologies! You've probably worked things out for yourselves by now, but here's the revised version:
Beanie
Revised Version
Using 8 ply knitting yarn (not wool but something like acrylic which will wash easily) and size 4mm or 5mm needles, cast on 60 stiches (for a child), 70 (for a woman), 80 (for a man). Knit in plain garter stitch for 6 inches (child), 7” (woman), 8” (man). At this point knitters from Fibres will take over from participants to shape the crown.
To shape the crown in any of the sizes:1st row: For all sizes **(knit [8] stitches, knit 2 together)**, repeat **(...)** to end of row.2nd row: knit.Repeat these two rows reducing the number of knitted stitches [..] between the ‘k 2 tog’ each time: first repeat knit [7], then next repeat [6], next [5],and so on ... [4],[3],[2],[1],[0] until there are. 6 stitches (child size), 7 stitches (woman size) or 8 stitches (man size) remaining.Now cast off.Fold in half length wise and sew edges together from crown to cuff.
I suggest we knit a few examples and then knit a few with just the cast on and about 10 rows knitting to get particpants started.
