Charlie Beanie

This beanie is a heavier weight version of my “Brodie Beanie” which is knitted in a lighter fingering weight yarn. Both beanie patterns were written as a way to show that by playing with colour and tone a relatively simple pattern can look a lot more complex than it is! Both beanies use just four shades of yarn – I would suggest that you choose three that are fairly similar in shade and tone plus a fourth stronger contrast. For these patterns it is important to keep the pattern stitches dominant otherwise they may be lost in the background shades. There is a hyperlink below to those who are unfamiliar with doing this. The pattern is knitted entirely in the round, rib upwards, and decreases at the crown are done by using centered double decreases (CDD) again there is a hyperlink should this technique be new to you.