Bullseye Beanie

The request was for a beanie that looked like someone had taken an archery target and pulled it over one’s head. This is the final result.

The beanie is worked circularly from the top to the brim. It is cast on using the magic circle technique. The increases are done as invisibly as possible. Each band of color is a stripe, so techniques for minimizing the jog at color changes are used. The brim is knit using a one by one ribbing, changing to the smaller needle. Finally, the beanie is bound off using a simple stretchy bind off.

Take care when selecting colors. While other worsted weight yarns can be substituted for the one recommended, it is vital that the colors correspond to the colors on an archery target: yellow, red, blue, black, and white.

The pattern is written in a child size (43 cm circumference) and an adult size (51 cm circumference).   There are two lengths for each size included as well--a cap size and a slouchy size.