Blackfriars Beret by Katya Frankel

Blackfriars Beret

Knitting
February 2011
DK (11 wpi) ?
22 stitches and 28 rows = 4 inches
in Stocking stitch
US 4 - 3.5 mm
US 5 - 3.75 mm
200 yards (183 m)
18 (20, 22, 24) in / 45.5 (51, 56, 61) cm head circumference.
English
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Knit in a lightweight alpaca, this little beret is perfect for those interim seasons, when the spring’s just behind the corner yet it’s still too chilly to flaunt your sun dresses. Finer DK yarns would suit this project best.
All over cable pattern grows naturally from the brim into the hat’s body and further into the crown, with shaping integreated into the pattern. The cable pattern is both charted and written out as a line by line instructions.

  • DIFFICULTY Intermediate – working in the round, simple increases and decreases and finishing.

  • TO FIT SIZE 18 (20, 22, 24) in / 45.5 (51, 56, 61) cm head circumference.

  • FINISHED MEASUREMENTS 16 ¼ (18, 20, 21 ¾) in / 41.5 (46, 51, 55.5) cm brim circumference.

  • YARN Artesano 100% Alpaca DK (109 yds / 100m / 50g) in colour Fern C743; 2 balls.

  • GAUGE 22 sts and 28 rnds = 4in / 10cm in Stocking Stitch using 3.75mm (US 5) needles