The Arcade Beanie pays homage to Melbourne’s famous laneways and arcades. On a particularly cold and gloomy Saturday in Winter in Melbourne, I thought of my most recent trip into the city, exploring the laneways and stopping in at the chocolate shop in the Block Arcade with my son, back in the Summer holidays. This Winter’s day was one of those slow days that would have been well spent exploring Melbourne, and I thought of the moody coloured skein of Rasta in my yarn basket and the wandering alleyways the CBD has to explore, and came up with this spiraling cable knit - very Melbourne and very Winter! This beanie follows a super simple cable pattern and knits up lightning quick and squishy in a super chunky yarn. And, how fun is it to get out your 10mm needles every now and again?!

Video tutorial links are included in this pattern to help you with the techniques in this pattern.

Size
one size

Measurements
Circumference (unstretched brim):
48cm/12¾in, (19 in)
Height: (unstretched):
24cm/(19½in)

Yarn
One skein of Malabrigo Rasta, or other super bulky yarn

Needles
9.00mm (size 13) circular needles with 30cm/12in cord
10.00mm (size 15) circular needles with 30cm/12in cord
8.00mm (size 11), 9.00mm or 10.00mm DPNS (whatever the largest DPNS you can find!)

Notions
stitch marker
tapestry needle