The BALABEANIE pattern consists of a beanie and a hood worked in broken rib. The beanie is simple in shape, and the fit of the hood leaves room for the beanie to be worn under it. The pattern for both parts is written in both a solid-colored
version and a striped version.
The beanie is worked from the bottom up. The stitches are cast on using the Italian cast-on technique, and the beanie is worked in the round.
The hood is worked from the top down. First, a square is worked, which forms the top of the hood. Then, stitches are picked up and knitted along the sides of the square, and the joined below the chin, and the hood is worked in the round to
the bottom edge, bound off using the Italian bind-off technique. At the end, a rib edge is worked around the face opening.
Sizes
Sizes: one size
Needles
3 mm double-pointed needles
3 mm circular needle, 40 and 60 cm
Optionally: A straight 3 mm needle for the Italian cast on
Gauge
24 sts x 38 rows in PATTERN on a 3 mm needle = 10 x 10 cm
Materials
Solid colored version
Beanie
Color A: 32 g Meriana 2 by Garna, fv grå (100 % cashmere; 112 m/25 g)
Color A: 11 g Cumulus by Garna, fv lysegrå (74 % cashmere, 26 % silk; 300 m/25 g)
- the two yarns are held together throughout
Balaclava
Color A: 64 g Meriana 2 by Garna, fv grå (100 % cashmere; 112 m/25 g) 269 m
Color A: 23 g Cumulus by Garna, fv lysegrå (74 % cashmere, 26 % silk; 300 m/25 g)
- the two yarns are held together throughout
Striped version
Beanie
Color A: 25 g Meriana 2 by Garna, in color natur hvid (100 % cashmere; 112 m/25 g)
Color A: 9 g Cumulus by Garna, in color natur hvid (74 % cashmere, 26 % silk; 300 m/25 g)
- the two yarns are held together throughout
Color B: 9 g Meriana 2 by Garna, in color sort (100 % cashmere; 112 m/25 g)
Color B: 3 g Cumulus by Garna, in color sort (74 % cashmere, 26 % silk; 300 m/25 g)
- the two yarns are held together throughout
Balaclava
Color A: 50 g Meriana 2 by Garna, in color natur hvid (100 % cashmere; 112 m/25 g)
Color A: 18 g Cumulus by Garna, in color natur hvid (74 % cashmere, 26 % silk; 300 m/25 g)
- the two yarns are held together throughout
Color B: 15 g Meriana 2 by Garna, in color sort (100 % cashmere; 112 m/25 g)
Color B: 5 g Cumulus by Garna, in color sort (74 % cashmere, 26 % silk; 300 m/25 g)
- the two yarns are held together throughout
Yarn alternatives
- Nobilis held together with Cumulus by Garna
- Eco Cashmere Vintage by Gepard
- Alpaca 2 by Isager (two strands held together)
