Welcome to Vrtoglavica!

Vrtoglavica is 603 metres deep karst shaft in Slovenia, which is named after the Slovene term for vertigo. Vrtoglavica is composed of two words – vrteti = to spin and glavica = head. Well, they take vertigo quite literally.

I don’t like looking from heights, neither looking to depths. I have been suffering from vertigo my whole life, so I absolutely agree with how Slovenes call it.

This beret’s crown, shaped with decreases to kind of a spiral, is exactly how I feel while going through vertigo!

YARN
2(2, 2, 2)(2, 2, 3)(3, 3, 3) skeins of Schoppel-Wolle Reggaé or other Aran weight yarn.

NEEDLES
Circular needles or DPNs.
Smaller needles: 4 mm = US 6
Larger needles: 5 mm = US 8

GAUGE
21 sts × 30 rows (10×10 cm) in stockinette using smaller needles

SIZE
Circumference:
45(46, 47, 48)(49, 50, 51)(52, 53, 54) cm = 17.7(18.1, 18.5, 18.9)(19.3, 19.7, 20.1)(20.5, 20.9, 21.3) inches
Choose circumference 4–5 cm (2 in) smaller than circumference of your head.