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Berets are a staple wardrobe item of 1990s rom-com heroines. Black is classic, of course, but why not make it more fun with an allover houndstooth pattern? And of course I had to name it after my favorite rom-com heroine, Janeane Garofolo’s Marcy Tizard from The Matchmaker. Although she didn’t wear a beret in the movie, I feel sure Marcy would have owned one.

🧶 Quick Highlights:
Difficulty Intermediate
Sizes Adult S, M, L
Yarn Weight Fingering weight
Construction Beret is knitted in the round. Colorwork pattern is charted only.
Techique(s) Stranded colorwork, working in the round, reading a chart.
Special Features Charted colorwork, only two colors per row.

🧶 Pattern Information:
Sizes
Adult S (M, L)
Finished Measurements
Circumference: 18 3/4 (21 1/4, 24 1/4) inches / 47.5 (54, 61.5) cm
Height: 8 (8 3/4, 9 1/2) inches / 20.5 (22, 24) cm

Sample shown in size S with 2.25 inches/5.5 cm of negative ease at brim.

Suggested Yarn Jamieson’s Shetland Spindrift (100% pure Shetland wool; 115 yd/ 105 m per 0.9 oz/25 g skein);
MC: 2 2, 2 skeins
CC: 1 1, 2 skeins

Sample shown in #580 Cherry (MC) and #103 Sholmit (CC).

Gauge
30 sts/32 rounds = 4 inches/10 cm in single-color stockinette stitch on larger needle
34 sts/38 rounds = 4 inches/10 cm in pattern stitch on larger needle

Needles
2 US 2/2.75 mm circular needles, 16-inch/40-cm (1 spare for joining provisional cast-on to ribbing)
1 US 1.5/ 2.5 mm circular needle, 16-inch/ 40 cm, for ribbing
1 US D-3/3.125 mm or larger crochet hook for crochet provisional cast-on (optional - size isn’t critical)

Notions
1 stitch marker for BOR
(optional) additional stitch markers for marking crown repeats
waste yarn for provisional cast-on
tapestry needle