6. The Makenna Beanie

Morning all and welcome to day 6. Half a dozen already!
I love today's beanie, it is one of my favourites. I love the stripes, I love that it can be completely random and I love that I can use up all sorts of almost gone balls of yarn to make one hat!

Pay particular attention to the increases in round 3, they can be a little tricky, but totally worth the effort.

The Makenna Beanie

Sized to fit:
24-26 Weeks Gestation

You Will Need:
DK weight/8ply yarn in 3 colours. I used Moda Vera Marvel and ThoroBred
4mm hook

Note: The colour for each stripe in this hat was picked at random, you can follow my colour changes, or choose your own. You may like to use more than 3 colours and that is fine too, or you could use 2 for alternating stripes.

For the sake of the pattern, A = white, B = light blue and C = dark blue

All stitches are in American terms.

Colour A
1. Into magic ring ch2, *hdc, ch1* 8 times, join to first hdc -8hdc, 8chs

Colour B
2. Ch3 (counts as hdc and ch1), hdc in the same stitch, ch1, *(hdc, ch1, hdc, ch1) in the next ch1 space and each ch1 space around, join to the 2nd chain - 16hdc

Colour C
3. Slst into the first ch1 space, ch3 (counts as hdc and ch1), hdc in the same space, ch1, *hdc in the next ch1 space, ch1, (hdc, ch1, hdc) in the next ch1 space, ch1*, repeat around, join to the 2nd chain. - 24hdc (7cm/2.7" across)

Colour B
4. Slst into ch1 space, ch3 (counts as hdc and ch1), *hdc in the next ch1 space, ch1*, repeat around, join to 2nd chain. 24hdc

Colour A
5. Repeat round 4

Colour B
6. Repeat round 4

Colour C
7. Repeat round 4

Colour A
8. Repeat round 4

Colour B
9. Repeat round 4

Colour C
10. Repeat round 4

Colour B
11. Slst into the next ch1 space, ch2 (counts as sc and ch1), *sc in the next ch1 space, ch1*, repeat around, join to 1st chain. 24sc

Colour A
12. Repeat round 11.

Colour B
13. Repeat round 11.

End off and weave in tails.

Finished Measurements: 10.5cm/4.1" total height, 13cm/5.1" total width