A beanie featuring Chinese Dragons among temples and bamboo.

Knitted in the round this is an easy pattern if you already know how to knit stranded colorwork and this pattern assumes that you do know how to knit stranded colorwork. If you have not knitted stranded colorwork before then this is an experienced level pattern.

Instructions are given for head sizes 18” (46 cm), 21” (53 cm), and 23” (58 cm). These correspond to child, small adult and medium-large adult sizes.

Fingering weight yarn.
The samples were knitted with Knit Picks Hawthorne / Happy Sheep Magic Sock Wool, and Happy Sheep BabyWool / Viking of Norway Nordlys
BC: (background color), DC: (dragon color)
Size 18” (46 cm), BC 64 yds (59 m), DC 47 yds (43 m)
Size 21” (53 cm), BC 86 yds (79 m), DC 61 yds (56 m)
Size 23” (58 cm), BC 100 yds (91 m), DC 66 yds (60 m)