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