Celtic Beauty Beret Hat Pattern
This stunning Celtic-inspired knit hat pattern is great for knitters who want to try their hand at stranded knitting!
It's not every day that you see a fair isle pattern on a beret, but this pattern really makes it work. This Celtic Beauty Beret Hat is just the epitome of fashionable. Knit berets, and other slouchy hat patterns, are completely in right now, so you might even just impress your teenage daughter by wearing this hat. The two charts will teach you how to apply the unique color designs, teaching you how to knit a hat that breaks free from the standard single-color beanie.
Knitting Needle Size6 or 4 mm, 7 or 4.5 mm, Circular Knitting Needles, Double-Pointed Knitting Needles (DPNs)
Yarn Weight(4) Medium Weight/Worsted Weight and Aran (16-20 stitches to 4 inches)
Gauge20 sts and 26 rows = 4" [10 cm] with larger needles in stocking st.
Materials List
- Patons® Classic Wool Worsted™ (100 g/3.5 oz; 192 m/210 yds)
- Main Color (MC): Moss Heather (77525) - 1 ball
- Contrast A: Natural Mix (00229) - 1 ball
- Sizes 4 mm (U.S. 6) and 4.5 mm (U.S. 7) circular knitting needles 16" [40 cm] long.
- Set of four size 4.5 mm (U.S. 7) double-pointed knitting needles or size needed to obtain gauge.
- Stitch marker.
Pattern
Note: When working from chart, carry yarn not in use loosely across WS of work but never over more than 5 sts. When it must pass over more than 5 sts, weave it over and under color in use on next st at center point of sts it passes over. The colors are never twisted around one another.
Hat
With smaller circular needle and A, cast on 96 sts. Join in rnd, placing marker on first st.
1st rnd: (With MC, K2. With A, K2) 24 times.
2nd to 8th rnds: (With MC, K2. With A, P2) 24 times.
Change to larger circular needle and proceed as follows:
1st rnd: (Braided rnd). With MC, P1. *Bring A under MC and P1. Bring MC under B and P1 (this twists yarn as you purl across). Rep from * to last st. Bring A under MC and P1.
2nd rnd: With MC, (K2. M1. K3. M1) 18 times. (K1. M1. K2. M1) twice. 136 sts.
Proceed as follows:
1st rnd: Knit 1st row of Chart I, reading row from right to left, noting 34-st rep will be worked 4 times. Chart I is now in position.
Cont working Chart I to end of chart.
Shape Top
Knit Chart II to end of chart, reading rows from right to left and shaping top as follows:
Note: Change to set of four double-pointed needles when necessary.
1st rnd: *ssk. Pat across 28 sts. K2tog. With A, K2. Rep from * 3 times more. 128 sts.
2nd rnd: *ssk. Pat across 26 sts. K2tog. With A, K2. Rep from * 3 times more. 120 sts.
3rd rnd: *ssk. Pat across 24 sts. K2tog. With A, K2. Rep from * 3 times more. 112 sts.
4th rnd: *ssk. Pat across 22 sts. K2tog. With A, K2. Rep from * 3 times more. 104 sts.
5th rnd: *ssk. Pat across 20 sts. K2tog. With A, K2. Rep from * 3 times more. 96 sts.
Keeping cont of Chart II, dec 8 sts on every rnd, as before, to 16 sts. Break yarn, leaving a long end. Draw end through rem sts tightly and fasten securely.
Abbreviations
- Cont
- Continue(ity)
- Dec
- Decrease(ing)
- inc
- Increase 1 with a KFB
- k2tog
- Knit two sts together
- M1
- Make 1 stitch
- Ssk
- Slip next 2 stitches knitwise one at a time. Pass them back onto left-hand needle, then knit through back loops together