Knitworthy 7 Our latest collection of beautiful accessory patterns, perfect to gift. Knitworthy 7 comprises of six patterns and this year includes access to a dedicated community group in the Knitwork!

Broch Beanie is currently exclusively available in the Knitworthy 7 collection. The single pattern will be available from mid December 2023.

Pattern accessibility There are two versions of this pattern pdf available. Print (2 column) and low vision.

Broch Beanie
Bust your stash and turn your scraps into gorgeous hats for the whole family. The Broch Beanie includes 3 gauges and 6 sizes for ultimate versatility, so you can enjoy getting creative with the yarn you have. New to stranded colourwork? It doesn’t get much simpler than this 2 stitch, 3 round repeat. The easy to memorise pattern will allow you to focus on finding a comfortable style and easing into the soothing rhythm of alternating colours.

The simplicity of the colourwork pattern creates infinite possibilities for combining colours and working with your stash. Highlight the graphic nature of the design with a simple 2 colour combination, or embrace the unexpected by reaching for a random colour for each stripe. Combining a solid colour with a handspun, self-striping or gradient yarn works beautifully, and, of course, Broch is perfect for advent sets and mini-skeins. The pattern includes tips for arranging colours and dealing with the ends in ways that won’t add a tedious chore before you can wear or gift your beautiful, completely unique new hat.

Yarn
Fingering to DK/ worsted weight yarn, in 2 or more contrasting colours.

Use table on next page as a guide to approximate yardage for your size, but be aware that this is only a rough guide. 

Shown in
Fingering:
Hand dyed sock yarn scraps.

Sport weight:
Spincycle Yarns Dyed in the Wool (100% wool, 200yds / 183m, 50g) in Ghost Ranch and Spincycle Yarns Wilder (100% non-superwashed American Rambouillet wool, 200yds / 183m, 50g) in light grey.

Worsted:
John Arbon Textiles Yarnadelic Worsted (100% Falklands Corriedale, 216m, 100g) in brim colour Galleta Guitar with English Sparrows, Wondrous Place, Hey Moon, Woman in Blue, Ordinary Joe, Indigo Dust, Badi Da, and Harmonium

Yarn requirements
Yarn quantities are given for the ribbing, and the background and pattern colour in the upper section. If you’re working with many colours or scraps use this as a rough guide for the total amount of yarn you’ll need. If you’re working with only 2 colours add the amount of yarn required for the ribbing and colour B together to get the total amount required in that colour.

Fingering weight
Ribbing: 30[30, 35, 35, 40, 35] yds / 25[25, 30, 30, 35, 35]m
Background colour: 80[85, 90, 100, 115, 120] yds / 65[70, 75, 85, 95, 100]
Pattern colour: 40[50, 50, 60, 65, 70] yds / 30[35, 40, 45, 45, 55]

Sport Weight
Ribbing: 25[25, 30, 30, 35, 30] yds / 2520, 30, 25, 30, 30
Background colour: 80[85, 90, 100, 115, 120] yds / 65[70, 75, 85, 95, 100]
Pattern colour: 40[45, 50, 55, 60, 65] yds / 40[40, 45, 50, 55, 60]

DK / Worsted
Ribbing: 20[20, 25, 25, 30, 30] yds / 20[20, 25, 25, 25, 25]m
Background colour: 65[70, 85, 90, 95, 110] yds / 55[60, 70, 75, 80, 90]m
Pattern colour: 35[40, 45, 50, 50, 60] yds / 30[35, 40, 45, 45, 55]m

Gauge
Fingering: 32 sts and 36 rows = 4” / 10cm in tiny zigzag pattern

Sport weight: 28 sts and 32 rows = 4” / 10cm in tiny zigzag pattern

DK / worsted weight: 24 sts and 28 rows = 4” / 10cm in tiny zigzag pattern

Needles
Fingering: US 2 / 2.75mm and US 3 / 3.25mm
Sport weight: US 3 / 3.25mm and US 5 / 3.75mm
DK / worsted weight: US 6 / 4mm and US 7 / 4.5mm

Dpns or circulars for your preferred method of working small circumferences in the round.
16” / 40cm circular (for sizes above baby)

Notions
Stitch markers

Sizing
baby[toddler, child–adult small, adult medium, adult large, adult x-large]
To fit head circumference of approx: 16[18, 20, 22, 24, 26]“ / 40[45, 50, 55, 60, 65]cm
Finished circumference of approx: 14 1/2[16 1/4, 18, 19 3/4, 21 1/2, 23 1/2]” / 36[40.5, 45, 49.5, 54, 58.5]cm

Low vision details:

• The main text is black 24pt sans serif and all text is black on a white background.
• No italics are used
• The directions are in written form in LV pdf
• Images have alt text

Screen readers:
The low vision version is tagged to work with screen reading software and have been tested. Images have alt text. Abbreviations are used in the directions, they are defined but may be read aloud oddly. If this is something you use we’d love your feedback on how we could improve the pattern formatting for screen readers.