Broch Beanie

> **Pattern accessibility** > There are two > versions of this pattern pdf > available. Print (2 column) and low vision. **Broch Beanie** Bust your stash and turn your scraps into gorgeous hats for the whole family. The Broch Beanie includes 3 gauges and 6 sizes for ultimate versatility, so you can enjoy getting creative with the yarn you have. New to stranded colourwork? It doesn’t get much simpler than this 2 stitch, 3 round repeat. The easy to memorise pattern will allow you to focus on finding a comfortable style and easing into the soothing rhythm of alternating colours. The simplicity of the colourwork pattern creates infinite possibilities for combining colours and working with your stash. Highlight the graphic nature of the design with a simple 2 colour combination, or embrace the unexpected by reaching for a random colour for each stripe. Combining a solid colour with a handspun, self-striping or gradient yarn works beautifully, and, of course, Broch is perfect for advent sets and mini-skeins. The pattern includes tips for arranging colours and dealing with the ends in ways that won’t add a tedious chore before you can wear or gift your beautiful, completely unique new hat. **Yarn** Fingering to DK/ worsted weight yarn, in 2 or more contrasting colours. Use table on next page as a guide to approximate yardage for your size, but be aware that this is only a rough guide.  **Shown in** Fingering: Hand dyed sock yarn scraps. Sport weight: Spincycle Yarns Dyed in the Wool (100% wool, 200yds / 183m, 50g) in Ghost Ranch and Spincycle Yarns Wilder (100% non-superwashed American Rambouillet wool, 200yds / 183m, 50g) in light grey. Worsted: John Arbon Textiles Yarnadelic Worsted (100% Falklands Corriedale, 216m, 100g) in brim colour Galleta Guitar with English Sparrows, Wondrous Place, Hey Moon, Woman in Blue, Ordinary Joe, Indigo Dust, Badi Da, and Harmonium **Yarn requirements** Yarn quantities are given for the ribbing, and the background and pattern colour in the upper section. If you’re working with many colours or scraps use this as a rough guide for the total amount of yarn you’ll need. If you’re working with only 2 colours add the amount of yarn required for the ribbing and colour B together to get the total amount required in that colour. **Fingering weight** Ribbing: 30\[30, 35, 35, 40, 35] yds / 25\[25, 30, 30, 35, 35]m Background colour: 80\[85, 90, 100, 115, 120] yds / 65\[70, 75, 85, 95, 100] Pattern colour: 40\[50, 50, 60, 65, 70] yds / 30\[35, 40, 45, 45, 55] **Sport Weight** Ribbing: 25\[25, 30, 30, 35, 30] yds / 25[20, 30, 25, 30, 30] Background colour: 80\[85, 90, 100, 115, 120] yds / 65\[70, 75, 85, 95, 100] Pattern colour: 40\[45, 50, 55, 60, 65] yds / 40\[40, 45, 50, 55, 60] **DK / Worsted** Ribbing: 20\[20, 25, 25, 30, 30] yds / 20\[20, 25, 25, 25, 25]m Background colour: 65\[70, 85, 90, 95, 110] yds / 55\[60, 70, 75, 80, 90]m Pattern colour: 35\[40, 45, 50, 50, 60] yds / 30\[35, 40, 45, 45, 55]m **Gauge** Fingering: 32 sts and 36 rows = 4” / 10cm in tiny zigzag pattern Sport weight: 28 sts and 32 rows = 4” / 10cm in tiny zigzag pattern DK / worsted weight: 24 sts and 28 rows = 4” / 10cm in tiny zigzag pattern **Needles** Fingering: US 2 / 2.75mm and US 3 / 3.25mm Sport weight: US 3 / 3.25mm and US 5 / 3.75mm DK / worsted weight: US 6 / 4mm and US 7 / 4.5mm Dpns or circulars for your preferred method of working small circumferences in the round. 16” / 40cm circular (for sizes above baby) **Notions** Stitch markers **Sizing** baby\[toddler, child–adult small, adult medium, adult large, adult x-large] To fit head circumference of approx: 16\[18, 20, 22, 24, 26]" / 40\[45, 50, 55, 60, 65]cm Finished circumference of approx: 14 1/2\[16 1/4, 18, 19 3/4, 21 1/2, 23 1/2]" / 36\[40.5, 45, 49.5, 54, 58.5]cm **Low vision details:** * The main text is black 24pt sans serif and all text is black on a white background. * No italics are used * The directions are in written form in LV pdf * Images have alt text **Screen readers:** The low vision version is tagged to work with screen reading software and have been tested. Images have alt text. Abbreviations are used in the directions, they are defined but may be read aloud oddly. If this is something you use we’d love your feedback on how we could improve the pattern formatting for screen readers. [1]: https://ysolda.com/products/knitworthy-7 [2]: https://www.knitwork.ysolda.com/