With one pattern make four different beanies, in two different yarn weights! This simple and cute pattern has two options for the brim (garter stitch or rolled edge) and two options for the crown (flat, or with a stalk). Combine as you prefer for a total of four different designs. Knit in a single colour, or add some variety by using two colours and striping your hats. The pattern is also designed to work with either 4 ply/fingering weight or 8 ply/dk/double knit yarn, given you a total of eight different beanies, with sizing options for infant, child, and adult. This makes this a wonderful choice for charity knitters, or for making gifts when you suddenly find yourself with a long list of impending babies in your life to knit for. Use Broadway Yarns NZ Merino in DK or Baby weights, for a soft, smooth, luxurious yarn, using all NZ grown fibres, that is still a great price. What You Need to Make Beanie 4 Ways 1 – 2 x 50 g ball of Broadway Yarns NZ Merino DK or Broadway Yarns NZ Baby Merino, or 1 x 50 g ball of any suitable 4 ply/fingering or 8 ply/dk/double knit yarn Baby and child is 1 x 50 g ball, or 1 x 50 g ball for each colour if working stripes Small or large adult is 1 x 50 g ball, or 1 x 50 g ball for each colour if working stripes Needles suitable to the weight of yarn you have chosen For 4ply: 3mm needles, in your preference of needle style for working in the round (eg 40cm circular, or double pointed needles) For 8ply: 4mm needles, in your preference of needle style for working in the round (eg 40cm circular, or double pointed needles) Who Do We Recommend Beanie 4 Ways For? This is an easy pattern, knit in the round. It uses knit, purl, and decreases. About Broadway Yarns Broadway Yarns is a New Zealand owned brand, started in recent years by a family-owned craft products business that has been supplying New Zealand craft stores for decades. Broadway Yarns is named after the street they started in many years ago. Broadway Yarns have carefully crafted a range of yarns specially designed for New Zealand tastes, all spun to their specifications by the best mills in Italy (due to a shortage of mills and spinning capacity in New Zealand) and have in-house designers who create cute and versatile patterns for their yarn products.
