The American southwest is an incredibly beautiful place, and it has been my great fortune to spend many vacations roaming the canyons and mountains, photographing the plants and birds and watching out for elusive wildlife. This beanie tries to capture some of those experiences.

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 sample was knitted with Happy Sheep Magic Sock Wool and Knit Picks Hawthorne.
SC: (sky color), CC: (cactus color)
Size 18” (46 cm), SC 61 yds (56 m), CC 44 yds (40 m)
Size 21” (53 cm), SC 83 yds (76 m), CC 52 yds (48 m)
Size 23” (58 cm), SC 100 yds (91 m), CC 61 yds (56 m)