Strike Through Beanie

STRIKE-THROUGH BEANIE Can there ever be such a thing an an elegant beanie? This question was posed by a group of us knitters some years ago, whilst discussing the stylistic merits of knitted accessories. We were watching *Law and Order: Special Victims Unit*, of late 1990s- early 2000s vintage. The detectives on the show seemed insistent on wearing very casual knitted beanies paired with very formal overcoats. Some of us thought it looked nice. Some of us thought it looked meh. But all of us *noticed* ...and decided to knit our own versions. You know, of the type of beanie we ourselves might wear with a stiff wool overcoat, if we were say a judge or a district attorney, nipping out into the cold for a quick coffee. The version I came up with was promptly nicknamed the Strike-Through Beanie, because of the distinct indent-like stripes running through the fabric. The Strike-Through Beanie has gone though a number of iterations over the years. I've experimented with different lengths, different ways of closing the crown, with different distances between the stripes. I even discovered the joys of knitting it in two colours. This simple pattern is the culmination of all this, with instructions for a range of yarn weights and sizes. {Note: This is *not* a brioche hat. While visually similar to brioche, the fisherman's rib stitch is straightforward to learn and does not require prior knowledge of the technique. The written instructions are accompanied by a handy chart.} .................... SIZING baby (child, adult, adult+) to fit head circumference approx 45cm (50cm, 55cm, 60cm) YARN instructions provided for fingering-weight, sport-weight, DK-weight, Aran-weight, and chunky-weight yarns YARN QUANTITIES fingering-weight: one 100g skein sport-weight: one 100g skein DK-weight: 1 (1, 1, 2) 100g skeins Aran weight: 1 (1, 2, 2) 100g skeins chunky: 1 (2, 2, 2) 100g skeins Nutiden: 50g or less GAUGE fingering-weight: 24sts/ 10cm sport-weight: 20sts/ 10cm DK-weight: 17sts/ 10cm Aran-weight: 13sts/ 10cm chunky: 10sts/ 10cm NEEDLES
 circular needles, sized depending on yarn weight and gauge (pattern provides guide) 

 NOTIONS
 removable stitch markers, tapestry needle, scrap yarn

 SPECIAL TECHNIQUES 
Fisherman’s rib in the round
 CONSTRUCTION worked in the round, from the brim up FIT & STYLING This hat can be worn either with the brim turned up, or as a 'slouchy beanie' with the brim unfurled and the fabric scrunched up according to preference. The placement of the 'strike-thoughs' facilitates the scrunching up process and gives the hat an interesting structure. .................... SAMPLE INFO taupe-grey beanie Eden Cottage Yarns Millburn DK in the steel colourway white beanie Knitting the Stash Shorn (undyed natural white) fuchsia and teal beanie Folklore Yarns Banbha in the Ocean and Cyclamen colourways pink and grey beanie Höner och Eir Nutiden (held double) scrap yarn amounts from older collections