Great Ocean Road Beanie

The Great Ocean Road is an iconic tourist destination in the part of the world where I live. It’s a road that bends and winds and shunts against the Southern Ocean, with its at times huge waves and wild weather. The Tarndie homestead, home of the Polwarth breed, sits nestled amongst the rolling hills just off this road. The proximation of these two favourite places was the inspiration for this beanie.

The Tarndie Origins colours sing a beautiful tune of ocean melodics; the waves, the sand, the cliff faces, the mist all intertwine for a beanie that will take you exploring places near and beyond. Great Ocean Road Beanie is knit seamless in the round from the brim upwards, featuring small waves of fair isle.

Construction:

Great Ocean Road Beanie begins neatly at the brim with an alternative tubular cast-on. From there it is knit bottom up with fair isle work creating images of waves across the body of the hat. Decreases are used to shape the crown.

Sizing:

Size range fits approximately premmie to large adult.

To fit head size: 12”/30.5cm (14”/35.5cm, 16”/40.5cm, 18”/45.5cm) [20”/51cm, 22”/56cm, 24”/61cm]

Length of finished hat approximately:  5¼/13.5 (6/15, 7¼/18.5, 8/20.5) [8½/21.5, 9¼/23.5, 10¼/26] inches/cms

Skill Level:

Intermediate

Techniques used:

Knit and purl 

Tubular cast-on 

Increasing, decreasing

Working in the round on circular needles 

Working from charts 

Stranded colourwork

Yarn Requirements:

* Tarndie Polwarth Undyed 8ply (100% Australian Polwarth; 394yd360m/200g) – 1 skein 

* Tarndie Origins (100% Australian Polwarth; 197yd180m/100g – 3 skeins of different colours

* OR DK/8ply weight yarn in four different colours; 

Main Colour: 30/30 (40/35, 50/45, 60/55) 70/65, 80/75, 90/85yards/metres, 

Contrast Colour 1: 10 yards/9 metres, 

Contrast Colour 2: 30/30 (40/35, 45/40, 50/45) 60/55, 70/65, 80/75yards/metres, 

Contrast Colour 3: 5 yards/4 metres.

Original yarn is a worsted spun low micron Polwarth with a 4ply structure.

Yardage is approximate and may vary depending on your knitting style and yarn selection.

Samples use Tarndie Origins Persimmon (MC), Blue China (CC1) and Verdigris (CC3), and Tarndie Polwarth Undyed Natural White (CC2), and Tarndie Origins Ciderhouse Red (MC), Verdigris (CC1) and Blue China (CC3) and Tarndie Polwarth Undyed Brown (CC2).