The Coho Beanie is meant to be worn snug to the head. Knitted in the round with a central colourwork section, Coho is both easy to memorise and easy to adapt to suit a higher-crowned head.

Coho is a species of salmon that changes colour as it goes from its spawning ground into freshwater, shifting from silver and blues to greens and reds.

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Sizes: To be worn with approximately 6cm negative ease.
Adult L/XL for 60.5cm/23.75” head circumference (54.5cm/21.5” after blocking)
Adult M/L for 57cm/22.5” head circumference (51cm/20” after blocking).
Adult S for 53.5cm/21” head circumference (47.5cm/18.75” after blocking).
Adult XS/Child for 50cm/19.75” head circumference (44cm/17.25” after blocking).
Toddler for 46.5cm/18.25” head circumference (40.5cm/16” after blocking).

Needles: 3mm needles for rib and crown. I used a 60cm-long circular needle cable for all of the hats apart from the toddler size, which I knitted with 25cm circular needles, and swapped to double-pointed needles (DPNs) for all crown decreases.
3.5mm needles for stranded colourwork.

Gauge: unblocked 12 sts and 13.5 rounds over 5cm. Blocked 11.5 sts and 14 rounds over 5cm.

Grams required: Depends on whether you are knitting a three-colour or four-colour version and which size.
Three-colour version:
Adult L/XL - Yarn A 24g, Yarn B 13g, Yarn C 21g
Adult M/L - Yarn A 24g, Yarn B 19g, Yarn C 8g
Adult S - Yarn A 25g, Yarn B 8g, Yarn C 8g
Adult XS/Child - Yarn A 14g, Yarn B 7g, Yarn C 12g
Toddler - Yarn A 11g, Yarn B 10g, Yarn C 3.5g

Four-colour version:
Adult L/XL - Yarn A 33g, Yarn B 9g, Yarn C 9g, Yarn D 9g
Adult M/L - Yarn A 19g, Yarn B 8g, Yarn C 8g, Yarn D 15g
Adult S - Yarn A 16g, Yarn B 8g, Yarn C 14g, Yarn D 4g
Adult XS/Child - Yarn A 14g, Yarn B 12g, Yarn C 4g, Yarn D 4g
Toddler - Yarn A 15g, Yarn B 3.5g, Yarn C 3.5g, Yarn D 3.5g

Yarn: John Arbon Textiles Yarnadelic, a sportweight wool. This is a beautiful Corriedale wool (non-Superwash) spun in Devon, England. It comes in 25g mini skeins 83m/91yds (also available in 100g skeins).

Yarn substitutes: Something with the same or very similar meterage. It can be a different blend but be aware that meterage requirements will change if you substitute yarns. Ideally, you want something that is soft and squishy that will create a warm fabric but is ever so slightly toothy to help the colourwork bind together.