Size

Women

AVERAGE

Material

• 1 skein of Merino Single Worsted by Riverside Studio (100% merino; 200 m per 100 g)
• 1 circular needles 40 cm, circumference 3 mm
• 1 circular needles 40 cm circumference 3.5 mm
• 1 set of 3.5 mm double-pointed needles
• 1 wool needle
• 1 marker ring

Techniques

Rib 1/1 = knit one stitch, purl one over the entire row.

Repeat this row.

Increase in the stitch = Knit the stitch once in the front loop then in the back loop = 2 stitches in 1.

sample

20 mx 32 rows for 10 cm by 10 cm with 3.5 mm needles in circular stockinette stitch

Realization

Using 3 mm needles, cast on 88 stitches. Join in a round, taking care not to twist the stitches. Place a marker ring.

Knit in 1/1 rib for 10 rows. Continue with 3.5 mm needles. On the next row, increase as follows:

• Knit 1, 1 increase in stitch *, repeat from * to * across the entire row - 132 stitches.

Continue in stocking stitch until the total height measures 14 cm (measured from the cast-on row).

Begin the decreases for the top of the beret as follows:

row 1: * 10 stitches + 2 stitches together * repeat from * to * to the end of the row - 121 stitches. Knit one row.

row 3: * 9 stitches + 2 stitches together * repeat from * to * to the end of the row - 110 stitches. Knit one row.

row 5: * 8 stitches + 2 stitches together * repeat from * to * to the end of the row - 99 stitches. Knit one row.

row 7: * 7 stitches + 2 stitches together * repeat from * to * to the end of the row = 88 stitches. Knit one row.

row 9: * 6 stitches + 2 stitches together * repeat from * to * to the end of the row = 77 stitches. Knit one row.

row 11: * 5 stitches + 2 stitches together * repeat from * to * to the end of the row = 66 stitches. Knit one row.

row 13: * 4 stitches + 2 stitches together * repeat from * to * until the end of the row = 55 stitches. Knit one row.

row 15: * 3 stitches + 2 stitches together * repeat from * to * to the end of the row = 44 stitches. Knit one row.

row 17: * 2 stitches + 2 stitches together * repeat from * to * until the end of the row = 33 stitches. Knit one row.

row 19: * 1 stitch + 2 stitches together * repeat from * to * to the end of the row = 22 stitches. Knit one row.

row 21: * 2 stitches together * repeat from * to * to the end of the row = 11 stitches.

row 22: * 2 stitches together * repeat from * to * until the last stitch and finish with 1 knit stitch = 6 stitches.

row 23: * 2 stitches together * repeat from * to * until the end of the row = 3 stitches.

Knit in I-Cord on these 3 stitches for 5 rows then cast off the remaining 3 stitches.

Finishes

Tuck in all the wires. Wash with a Eucalan type wool product and let dry flat. (Little tip from Céline: To properly shape the beret, I dry the beret with a plate inside).