Top Down Beanie - Large Man Size (loom knitted)
©2008 Helen Jacobs-Grant published Sunday 14th December, all rights reserved.

Pattern Notes :
This style of Beanie hat can be made in any size by adjusting the number of pegs you cast on for your circle top piece at the beginning.

In this example I have used a half an inch gauge loom and 25 pegs. This gives a beanie hat in a large man’s size.
Ladies and Teenagers I recommend using 20 to 22 pegs, Children aged between 7 and 12 years I have used 17 to 18 pegs, ages 1 to 11 years, 14 to 17 pegs and for babies under a year old 12 pegs.

The size of the finished hat is largely dependent on your sides and how deep they are, and the most important part of the finished hat is your bind off row.

For the hat pictured here I did not pull on the yarn much at all in between each knit stitch allowing the weight of the hat itself to dictate the tension. I also found it useful to hook parts of the hat which had already been cast off on the loom itself which helped to keep the bind off row from becoming too tight.

Materials :
1/2 inch gauge adult hat loom
loom hook
tapestry needle

Yarn :
1 x 50g ball Adriafil Regina 100% merino in charcoal grey
1 x 50g ball Debbie Bliss Merino in black