14. Skyla Beanie

Good morning all and a big hey to day 14!

Today's hat release is the Skyla beanie. Sized for a larger newborn (9-10lb) this hat is an absolute gem. It makes great use of colour to create a combination of wavy and straight lines. Also excellent for using up small pieces of yarn!

If you want to make this one smaller, go ahead and drop to a 3.5mm hook, or drop off one increase round. That will make it closer to 38 weeks, or a 5-6lb newborn.

This beanie is a little more challenging, and uses both triple crochets and double triples. But I've wrote out how to do these stitches for you, and once you have the swing of it, they are pretty easy.

Skyla Beanie

You Will Need:
DK Weight/8ply yarn in a main and 3 contrasting colours. A, B, C & D
4mm hook

Sized To Fit:
Large Newborn

Special Stitches:
tr: Yarn over twice, insert hook into stitch, yarn over, pull through, *yarn over, pull through 2 loops*, repeat twice more, tr complete

dtr: Yarn over 3 times, insert hook in stitch, yarn over, pull through, *yarn over, pull through 2 loops on hook*, repeat 3 times. DTR conplete

dc dec over 3 stitches: Yarn over, insert into the first of the 3 stitches, yarn over, pull through, yarn over, pull through 2 loops, yarn over, insert into the next stitch, yarn over, pull through, yarn over, pull through 2 loops, yarn over, insert hook into the next stitch, yarn over, pull through, yarn over, pull through 2 loops.

dtr dec over 3 stitches: yarn over 3 times, insert hook into the first of the 3 stitches, yarn over, pull through, *yarn over, pull through 2 loops*, repeat twice, yarn over 3 times, insert hook into next stitch, yarn over, pull through, *yarn over, pull through 2 loops*, repeat twice, yarn over 3 times, insert hook into the next stitch, yarn over, pull through, *yarn over, pull through 2 loops*, repeat twice, yarn over, pull through all 4 loops. 

With Colour A
1: Into a magic ring ch2, make 12 hdc's, join to the first dc. -12hdc

2: Ch2, hdc in the same stitch, 2hdc in each stitch around, join to the ch2. -24hdc

3: Ch2, hdc in the same stitch, hdc in the next stitch, *2dc in the next stitch, hdc in the next stitch*, repeat around, join. -36hdc

4: Ch2, hdc in the same stitch, hdc in the next 2 stitches, *2dc in the next stitch, hdc in the next 2 stitches*, repeat around, join. -48hdc

5-6:  ch2, hdc in each st around

Change To Colour B

7: Ch2, hdc in each stitch around, join to the ch2.

Change To Colour C

8: Ch1, sc in the first stitch, *hdc in the next stitch, dc in the next stitch, tr in the next stitch, 3dtr in the next stitch, tr in the next stitch, dc in the next stitch, hdc in the next stitch, sc in the next stitch*, repeat around, join to the first sc.

Change To Colour D

9: Ch2, skip 1, dc in the next 3 stitches,  *3dc in the next stitch, dc in the next 3 stitches, dc dec over the next 3 stitches, dc in the next 3 stitches*, repeat around until the last 6 stitches, 3dc in the next stitch, dc in the next 3 stitches, skip the next stitch, dc in the last stitch, join.

Change To Colour C

10: Ch3, skip the next stitch, tr in the next stitch, dc in the next stitch, hdc in the next stitch, *sc in the next stitch, hdc in the next stitch, dc in the next stitch, tr in the next stitch, dtr dec over the next 3 stitches, tr in the next stitch, dc in the next stitch, hdc in the next stitch*, repeat around until you have 6 stitches remaining, sc in the next stitch, hdc in the next stitch, dc in the next stitch, tr in the next stitch, sk the next stitch, tr in the starting ch, join to the ch3.

Change To Colour B

11: Ch2, hdc in each stitch around, join to the ch2.

Change To Colour A

12-14: Ch2, hdc in each stitch around, join to the ch2.

End off and weave in all tails.