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Warm and lofty brioche hat. This beanie is a simple, unisex style so both men and women can wear it.
Three sizes S (M) L to fit a head with circumference 19.5 (21.5) 22.8″ [50 (55) 58 cm]
Measure your head around the widest part above your ears and over your hair.
19 stitches & 30 rows = 10cm (4″) in brioche rib after blocking.
Measuring tape, scissors, tapestry needle
US 2.5 20″ [3mm 50cm] circular needle and a set of double pointed needles or if you are knitting with the magic loop method a long circular needle preferably at least 40″ (100cm). You can also knit with the double pointed needles only but if you are a brioche beginner it is easier to use the circular needle at first.
Adjust needle size to obtain the correct gauge.
I used Novita Nalle (260 meters (284 yards) / 100g, DK weight yarn), 75% Wool and 25% polyamide. Nalle is widely available even in the smallest grocery stores here in Finland. One could say it’s some kind of national yarn. If you are not living in Finland you can buy Nalle from lovecrafts.com.
You can use also other DK weight wool or wool blend yarn.
For sizes S and M you need 1 skein and for size L two skeins of DK weight yarn (skein = 100g).
Learning to knit brioche is really not that hard to learn. I have to admit though that fixing the mistakes was quite awful at first but after a few youtube videos I started to understand how to do it. I warmly recommend you to use lifelines so that it’s easier to fix the mistakes.
If you are not familiar with brioche you can study the basic stitches for instance here. However, this is a beginner-friendly pattern and great for first-time brioche knitters. You should be able to knit the hat with the instructions below without any previous knowledge of brioche.
Loosely cast on 72 (80) 88 stitches.
There will be two sl1yo when the round changes because knit round ends with sl1yo and purl round begins with sl1yo. You can place a stitch marker at the beginning of round to make it easier to spot. If you are unsure how to do the setup this please check this very helpful youtube video.
Round 3 (Brioche knit round): *(brk, sl1yo) *, repeat till the end of round.
Repeat the rows 2 and 3 until the height of the hat is 10 (12) 14″ [25 (30) 33cm] or desired length and start the decreases.
Begin the decreases on a brioche knit round. *(Slip brioche knit stitch with its yarn over knitwise. Then knit together the stitch that was purled in the previous row and the next knit stitch together with its paired yarn over and pass the slipped stitch over, sl1yo.)* Repeat till the end of round. The stitches are reduced to half 36 (40) 44 . See a video tutorial how to do the decreases here.
At this point you can start to use the double pointed needles.
Next: brioche purl round, brioche knit round, brioche purl round and then do the decreases again. Stitches are again reduced to half 18 (20) 22.
Once again brioche purl round, brioche knit round, brioche purl round and then do the decreases once more. Stitches are again reduced to half 9 (10) 11.
On the last round purl together the purl stitches with their yarn overs and knit the knit stitches. At the end of this round you should have standard stitches only.
Break yarn and weave the tail through the remaining stitches and cinch closed.
Weave in ends. You can wet block gently but be careful not to stretch the hat too much.
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