Nore Beanie

This Beanie is a part of The Saami collection. Fishing is a traditional livelyhood for Inari Saami people and I wanted to honour that tradition with a pattern featuring some of the common fish varieties in the region: pike, perch and rainbow trout. Each size features a different fish! Nore means a school of fish in Inari Saami, so it is a very fitting name for this design.

Design notes

Knit bottom up and in the round. 

The work begins with a ribbed cuff.

The colourwork pattern covers the body of the hat and the crown shaping rounds.

There is an individual chart with a graded colorwork pattern for each size. Note that each size features a different fish pattern.

Sizing and fit

SIZES

 1 (2, 3)

TO FIT 

48.5 (54.5, 60) cm / 19 (21.5, 23.75)” head circumference with 3cm / 1.25” of negative ease.

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS

Circumference: 45.5 (51.5, 57) cm / 18 (20.25, 22.5)”.

Height (with brim folded): 20.5 (23.5, 26.5) cm / 8 (9.25, 10.5)”.

Yarn

8ply / DK to worsted weight wool or wool blend yarn.

110 (145, 160) m / 121 (158, 175) yds of Main colour (MC)  

55 (70, 80) m / 60 (76, 87) yds of Contrast colour (CC).

Sample is knit with Fluff and Nonsense Yuruga. (100% Non superwash merino wool, 190m / 208yds - 100g) in Channel Depths (MC) and Floe (CC). 

(Approx. 10g of extra yarn, in any weight, for pompom.)

Needles

3.5mm / US4  50cm / 20” circular needle.

4.5mm / US7  50cm / 20” circular needle AND a set of DPNs or a 100cm / 40” circular needle.

Notions

Stitch markers, tapestry needle, pompom maker (optional)

Gauge

21 sts x 22 rnds to 10cm / 4” on 4.5mm / US7 needles in colourwork in the round, measured from relaxed fabric after blocking.

Techniques

• Long-tail CO
• Knitting in the round
• Stranded colourwork knitting
• Basic decreases: k2tog, SSK and CDD

Skill level

Intermediate