Hand Knitting Pattern: Hat, beret

Yarn weight: Fingering (14 wpi)
Suggested yarns: Manos del Uruguay Alegría, Ancient Arts Fibre Crafts Reinvent

This is the hat for both trend setter and classic wardrobes everywhere! Absolutely unisex, if animal print is your thing. The style is more of a military silhouette, rather than a tam. The colour chart is such that two handed colour-work technique would work great!
I’ve chosen to use sock yarn to produce a fine fabric that still stays thin even with two colours being stranded along. You will want a dark solid colour for the band and foreground (A); the background (B) can be a variegated or multi colour yarn, as long as there are no colours in it close to the colours used for (A). I chose a soft grey / peachy tan mix to get a more realistic animal colour.

Rated: Intermediate
Skills required: garter st in round, colour-work in round, follow chart, decreases, double point needles
Sizes available: 3 adult band sizes
Band should fit with negative ease of 5-10 cm / 2-4 in

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
Circumference of band : 45.5 (48, 51) cm / 18 (19, 20) in
Circumference of crown: 66 cm / 26 in
Depth of charted area, before point: 19 cm / 7.5 in

MATERIALS
Yarn
1.05 oz / 30 g (133 yd / 122 m) EACH for colour A (dark) and colour B (light) of fingering / sock weight yarn
Colour A shown in: Manos Del Uruguay ALEGRIA (75% wool, 25% polyamide; 445 yd / 405 m per 3.5 oz / 100 g skein) Black A2500
Colour B shown in: Ancient Arts REINVENT (49% wool, 34% mohair, 11% nylon, 4% acrylic, 2% silk; 437 yd / 400 m per 3.5 oz / 100 g skein) Shasta Cat

Needles and notions
· US 1 / 2.5 mm circular needle, 16 in / 40 cm long, or size to achieve gauge
· US 4 / 3.5 mm circular needle, 16 in / 40 cm long, or size to achieve gauge
· A set of US 4 / 3.5 mm double point needles
· 6 stitch markers (one different from other 5)
· Yarn needle

TENSION GAUGE
28 stitches and 30 rows = 10 cm / 4” over stockinette following colour chart

PDF has 4 pages: 1 page colour front cover, 2 pages of text with colour photos, full size chart on one page, Metric and Imperial measurements