The Chunky Tweed Beanie came about as a sister pattern to my earlier Easy Tweed Beanie (which is an Aran or worsted weight pattern). It has the same benefits as the Easy Tweed Beanie:

 It’s a great stashbuster pattern: use up beautiful leftover partial skeins of yarn.
 It creates a really warm and cosy hat! The stranding which takes place on the reverse side means that most of the hat has a double thickness of yarn.
 The tweed effect created by the simple slip stitches lets you play with colour to create a truly unique hat.
 Only one yarn is used at a time; it’s one of the easiest ways to enjoy colourwork.
 You don’t have to use leftovers – two skeins of yarn will make for two wonderful ‘sister’ hats if you reverse the main and contrast colour. This is particularly nice for gift knitting – similar styles yet different hats.

The Chunky Tweed Beanie has one advantage over the Easy Tweed Beanie though - chunky yarn is much quicker to knit up! Also, only one size of knitting needle is required for this pattern.

Size:
The finished beanie measures around 19”/48cm in circumference, and 9”/22.5cm from brim to crown. The size can be adjusted in width by casting on more (or less) stitches in multiples of 4, and can be adjusted in length by working more (or less) repeats of the slip stitch pattern.

Notions:
Stitch marker (to mark beginning of row)
Tapestry needle (for weaving in ends)