Pattern for knitting New Grass Beanie by Anna Morwen

This beanie is a part of the accessories collection “New Grass’’. It’s worked in the round, bottom-up, starting with two-color/corrugated half-twisted ribbing 1х1, using left and right cross cables in the body to recreate a tender texture of sprouts of new spring grass. There are 2 sizes (Adult S-M, Adult L) and 2 lengths proposed (standard and long). The pattern is very friendly to beginners; it contains clear and full instructions and links to captioned video tutorials.

Available in English and Ukrainian.

Number of pages: 6

Skill level: intermediate

Estimated time spent: 3-5.5 hours depending on size, your skills and how clear the pattern works for you 

Techniques and skills involved:

• elastic cast on
• knitting in the round
• right twist (mock cable)
• 2 over 2 cross cables
• two-color/corrugated ribbing

Sizes and final measurements:

Adult S-M (to fit head circumference 51-56 cm/20-22’’)

circumference - 45 cm/17.7’’

standard length - 21 cm/8.3’’

long length - 27 cm/10.6’’

Adult L (to fit head circumference 55-61 cm/21.65-24’’)

circumference - 48.5 cm/19’’

standard length - 24 cm/9.5’’

long length - 30 cm/11.8’’

Yarn:

      DK/Light worsted 

      The samples were knitted with Drops Karisma (100% superwash wool)  

       200 m per 100 gr/218 yds per 3.5 oz (#45 Light Olive and #73 Petrol)

Meterage/yardage:

Adult S-M size standard length: 

-main color - 55 gr/2 oz, or 110 m/121 yds

-contrast color - 6 gr/0.2 oz, or 12 m/13 yds                                                          

Adult S-M size long length: 

-main color - 66 gr/2.32 oz, or 132 m/144 yds

-contrast color - 12 gr/0.5 oz, or 24 m/27 yds

Adult L size standard length: 

-main color - 60 gr/2.1 oz, or 120 m/132 yds

-contrast color - 8 gr/0.3 oz, or 16 m/18 yds

Adult L size long length: 

-main color - 76 gr/2.7 oz, or 152 m/166 yds

-contrast color - 14 gr/0.5 oz, or 28 m/31 yds

Needles: 

circular needles of your preferred length and double pointed needles for crown (optional) of size 

4.5 mm/US7/UK7. 

(Only 1 size of needles is used because of the nature of the ribbing - it doesn’t contract much.)

Gauge: 

23.1 stitches and 28.4 rounds in 10 cm/23.5 stitches and 28.9 rounds in 4’’ in the cable pattern in the round with needles 4.5 mm/US 7/UK 7 after blocking

Why is my gauge so precise?

I believe that the most accurate method to determine the gauge is to measure the whole length and width of the blocked swatch and to divide each value accordingly to the amount of the stitches and rows/rounds that you made to create your swatch. In this case, you will get fractions. Rounding these fractions to smaller or bigger whole numbers will lead to inaccurate measurements of the finished object. Only the sum of all the stitches and rows/rounds used to make an object could be rounded to maximum half of the whole number.

Additional materials and tools:

*cable needle

*1 stitch marker

*tapestry needle