Esmeralda's Jaunty Beret by Hatie Clingerman

Esmeralda's Jaunty Beret

Knitting
January 2006
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
30 stitches = 4 inches
in stockinette stitch
US 3 - 3.25 mm
420 yards (384 m)
one size fits average adult woman
English
This pattern is available in print for $5.00.

This is quite an untraditional beret-- but it’s untraditional in a very welcome way. The design works unusually well with a variegated yarn, and those who are squiffy about fair isle (especially two-handed and more involved variations) can relax and not even worry about wielding a cable needle here (the cables are all formed with psso’s). This design has a very pleasing asymmetry, with its seven spokes each of st st and the cable triads; nice to see such a modern reworking of such a very ancient tradition.