Push It is a playful combination of a beanie with a brim and a scarf, named after the hip-hop group Salt-N-Pepa’s hit single from the 80s. The flaps are designed to be tied together under the chin, so you won’t need a separate scarf! However, the earflaps can be knitted to any preferred length. If you’d rather skip the earflaps and brim, you can use this pattern to create a “basic beanie” instead — simply knit it a bit longer for a folded-over ribbing. First, you work the beanie section from the bottom up. Then you pick up stitches from the cast-on edge for the brim, which is worked flat, then folded and secured in place. For the earflaps, you pick up stitches from the remaining cast-on edge stitches. These are first worked flat together and then separated at the back of the neck to form two earflaps.

Sizes
1 (2) 3
Fits a head circumference of 54/56 (56/58) 58/60 cm / 21/22 (22/23) 23/24”.

Finished measurements
Head circumference: 48 (50) 52 cm / 19 (19.75) 20.5”.
Height: 21 (22) 23 cm / 8.25 (8.5) 9”.
Ear flap length: 35 cm / 13.75”.

Yarn
Approx. 220 (240) 260 m / 240 (260) 280 yds of DK-weight yarn or 440 (480) 520 m / 480 (530) 570 yds of fingering-weight yarn holding two strands of yarn together.

Samples knitted with: Blue sample: 3 (3) 4 skeins of G-uld No. 1 (160 m / 175 yds / 50 g, 100% alpaca), knitted holding two strands of yarn together, photographed in colourway Walnut/Indigo.

Brown sample: 1 (1) 2 skein(s) of Sonder Yarn and Co. Sunday Morning 4-ply (100 g / 395 m / 432 yds, 75% Bluefaced Leicester, 25% Masham), knitted holding two strands of yarn together, photographed in colourway French Press.

Needles
3 mm / US 2.5 dpns or 40 cm / 16” circular needles or long circular needles, if you use the Magic Loop technique.

Other materials
Stitch markers, tapestry needle.

Gauge
21 sts × 32 rows = 10 × 10 cm / 4 × 4” in stockinette stitch with 3 mm / US 2.5 needles (after blocking).