14ply Family Beanies by Wool Baa

14ply Family Beanies

Knitting
March 2021
Fiddlesticks Peppin 14ply
Bulky (7 wpi) ?
13 stitches and 19 rows = 4 inches
in Stocking Stitch
US 9 - 5.5 mm
US 10½ - 6.5 mm
44 - 70 yards (40 - 64 m)
To fit head sizes 40 (45, 50, 52, 55, 60) cm / 16 (18, 20, 21, 22, 24) ins
English
This pattern is available from woolbaa.com.au for AU$6.00.

Level of Difficulty - Easy Knitting
Who doesn’t love a set of matching beanies for the whole family? Kit out everyone in this set of beanies, from baby through to large adult, in coordinating yarns. The average adult will take the adult size, whereas the large adult size is there for people with lots of wild hair and a big noggin (like me).

Sizes
Baby (Toddler, Child, Teen, Adult, Large Adult),
to fit head sizes 40 (45, 50, 52, 55, 60) cm / 16 (18, 20, 21, 22, 24) ins

Materials

  • 1 ball Peppin 14ply or 1 ball Patons Gembrook or 1 (1, 1, 2, 2, 2) balls Patons Inca or 1 (1, 1, 2, 2, 2) balls Adorn Silky Merino DK/Bellissimo 8ply with two strands together
  • 6.5mm 40cm circular needle and dpns (baby and toddler sizes use dpns throughout)
  • 5.5mm 40cm circular needle/dpns
  • 8 stitchmarkers (suggestion: start of round marker is contrasting)
  • yarn needle for sewing in ends
  • optional pompom (additional yarn may be required)

Pictured: Peppin 14ply in 1421 Sage - Adult

Pattern includes bonus tutorial on how to work jogless stripes in the round, which is a method to make the transitions between stripes almost invisible.