I designed this to look like the plastic duffle bags I remember using to carry my gym clothes and shoes to school when I was a child. Those duffle bags were in turn inspired by sailors’ duffle bags.

This was inspired by ’Inga’ hat by Sheila Macdonald - I wanted a shorter hat, with a smaller pattern and more decreases for the top. I knit three different versions using three different yarns - my own handspun Jacob for mark 1 (hence the name of the beanie!), Fiesta Ballet handpainted alpaca/tencel for Jacob mark 2 and a standard pure wool DK ...