I have a confession. I stay up at night sometimes, tucked into bed, designing beanies in my head. It’s like counting sheep for me, except instead of boring me to sleep, the excitement of a new design seems to keep me up longer. The Diamonds and Braids Beanie was one of these designs. I wanted to combine two different types of patterns to create one unique beanie.
This beanie is made on circular needles which means less finishing upon completion. The ribbing flows into the diamond portion which sets up the beanie for the braided cable pattern. Both the diamond portion and braided cable portion have written instructions as well as graphs.

Materials:
For Baby & Child:
US 8 (5mm) DPN or 32” circular needles for small circumference knitting.
US 9 (5.5mm) DPN or 32” circular needles for small circumference knitting.

For Adult S & Adult L:
US 8 (5mm) 16” circular needles
US 9 (5.5mm) 16” circular needles
Double pointed needles in US 9

Yarn used: Lion Brand Vanna’s Choice (#4 Worsted Weight; 100% Acrylic; 3.5 oz/100g, 170 yards/156m). 1 skein used, Color used: Mustard

GAUGE
16 sts x 22 rounds = 4” with US 9 (5.5 mm) in Diamond Stitch Pattern & Braid Cable Stitch Pattern

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
Baby: 14” x 7.5”/ 40.5cm x 19cm
Child: 16” x 8”/ 46cm x 21cm
Adult S: 18” x 9”/ 51cm x 21.5cm
Adult L: 20” x 9”/ 56cm x 23cm

This beanie is meant to be worn with 1”-2” (2.5 cm-5 cm) negative ease.

Skills to Explore: working in the round, reading charts (written instructions provided), cable knitting, decreasing sts.