Bright Stripes Beanie

Hello again beautiful people!

Well its been a busy few weeks. Ive got a lot on the go right now, and some super exciting things in the works. You can expect a lot of patterns coming up and a lot of fun scrap kits and some other crafty endeavours including some baking!

Today I have another small beanie pattern (Hey variety right?) that I designed to work specifically with brighter or darker colours. The ones people often steer clear of when making prem gear (but usually have a heap of scraps and small balls of kicking about. Now obviously you don't want to make a solid navy blue cap for a bub that has passed, I think we can all agree that would look terrible against their skin, however with a little creativity and some contrasting yarn, you can use pretty much any colour successfully to make a beanie for these wee ones. This cap looks especially great with bright colours for the stripes, giving a simple beanie a pop of colour. Again, this is a super simple beanie and even a learner could tackle this!

Made as instructed the beanie will fit 18-20 weeks gestation, however you can easily adjust it to fit larger bubs.

You will need:
dk weight yarn in 2 colours
3.5mm hook
needle for sewing in ends

With your lighter colour
Rnd 1: ch3, dc 10 times into the first chain, join.
Rnd 2: ch3, dc in the same stitch, 2dc in each stitch around
Rnd 3: Join contrasting colour with a sl stitch, ch1, sc in each stitch around, join. (don't end off the yarn, simply drop it and pick up the main colour. This leaves less ends to weave in)
Rnd 4: Pick up main colour, ch2, hdc in each stitch around, join.
Rnd 5: Pick up contrasting colour, ch 1, sc in each stitch around, join.
Rnd 6: Pick up main colour, ch2, hdc in each stitch around, join.
Rnd 7: Pick up contrasting colour, ch 1, sc in each stitch around, join. End off contrasting colour here.
Rnd 8: Pick up main colour, ch2, hdc in each stitch around, join.
Rnd 9: ch1, sc in each stitch around, join.

End off and weave in all ends.

DUTCH TRANSLATION - met dank aan Karin

Wol:
Scheepjes Colour Crafter met haaknaald 3 of 3.5 of Soft van Zeeman met haaknaald 2.5 of 3 in zachte kleurtjes Je kunt dit mutsje ook met verschillende kleuren haken zoals je boven op de foto ziet of in 1 kleur.

Of haakkatoen geschikt voor haaknaald 2 dan wordt het een stuk kleiner maar die maatjes zijn soms ook nodig.

Start met de lichte basiskleur

Rij 1:
Haak 3 lossen (of haak een magische ring) haak 10 stokjes in 1e losse, sluit met halve vaste

Rij 2:
Haak 3 lossen, haak 1 stokje in dezelfde steek, 2 stokjes in elke overige steek, sluit met halve vaste

Rij 3:
Haak met contrasterende kleur verder, haak 1 losse, haak 1 vaste in elke steek, sluit met halve vaste. Hecht de kleuren niet af maar ga haak daar iedere keer verder mee dat scheelt afhechten

Rij 4:
Ga verder met basiskleur, haak 2 losse, haak 1 half stokje in elke steek, sluit met halve vaste

Rij 5:
Ga verder met basiskleur, haak 1 losse, haak 1 vaste in elke steek, sluit met halve vaste.

Rij 6:
Ga verder met basiskleur, haak 2 losse, haak 1 half stokje in elke steek, sluit met halve vaste

Rij 7:
Haak met contrasterende kleur verder, haak 1 losse, haak 1 vaste in elke steek, sluit met halve vaste. Hecht deze kleur af, werk draadje weg.

Rij 8:
Ga verder met basiskleur, haak 2 losse, haak 1 half stokje in elke steek, sluit met halve vaste,

Rij 9:
Haak 1 losse, haak 1 vaste in elke vaste, sluit met halve vaste.

Hecht af en werk draadjes weg

Thats all there is to it :) It shouldn't take more then 30 minutes tops to make one of these. Fast crocheters will probably whip one up in 15-20 minutes.