Sea Smoke

Once upon a time I needed a simple, quick, baby bonnet. I came up with one and used it for quite a long time. Then, I thought of ways I could vary it or improve it. This is the result of that. It is a great use of small amounts of yarn, leftovers from other projects, even some angora bits and bobs or some other luxury or novelty yarn, as I did with my sample. I have the sample knit with a stripe pattern, but the pattern includes instructions for making it in a solid version. This is a tabula rasa, and the only limit is your imagination.

Materials:

Striped Version - Main Color (MC): approximately 45 (50, 60) yards sport weight yarn

Contrast Color (CC): approximately 5 (10, 15) yards sport weight yarn

Solid Version - approximately 50 (60, 75) yards sport weight yarn

Skills Required: Increasing and decreasing, picking up and knitting stitches, three needle bind off.

Yarn weight: Sport (12 wpi)
 
Gauge: 22 stitches and 30 rows = 4 inches in Stockinette

Needle size: US 4 - 3.5 mm

Sizes available: preemie (newborn, 3-6 mos)

Languages: English