Do you or your intended recipient hate cold ears in winter? Do you love knitting with hand painted yarn? Then here’s the perfect solution - a beanie hat, knit in the round, featuring short row ear flaps that are incorporated into the brim, with a linen stitch crown. Both help to break up any pooling that may happen, whist showing off the beauty of that special skein.

This is a written pattern and includes links showing you how to do the german short rows, as well as linen stitch.

Many a slip ‘twixt cup & lip - ie, don’t count your chickens before they hatch.