Prosta Beanie

Prosta in Polish means easy, which I really wanted this pattern to be. It includes instructions on how to create a reversible, striped beanie. It’s worked fully in the round. Prosta Beanie is also a perfect canvas for a duplicate stitch design of your dreams. I’ve included a chart for my signature Rat and a swirly Rat Tail so that you may also have a very rat hat! MATERIALS: 3.5 mm circular needles with a 40 cm cable 3.5 double pointed needles 3.5 crochet hook ( for provisional cast on ) YARN: I recommend a light DK yarn ( 50 g / 120-150 m ). Fibres that would work great for this hat include: alpaca, cashmere and merino wool. To make a hat with one base colour and two different stripes on each side: 50 g ( 100 g ) of colour A ( base ) 50 g ( 50 g ) of colour B ( stripe ) 50 g ( 50 g ) of colour C ( stripe ) To make a plain hat with two different colours and a duplicate stitch design on each side: 50 g ( 50 g ) of each colour To make a hat with one base colour with stripes on one side and a duplicate stitch design on the other: 100 g ( 100 g ) of colour A 50 g ( 50 g ) of colour B SIZE: S (L) = 55-59 cm ( 59-62 cm) This pattern has negative ease so if you’re on the larger end of the smaller size I recommend sizing up! GAUGE: 20 stitches x 30 rows = 10 x 10 cm in stockienette stitch on 3.5 mm needles