Knit beanie in stranded colorwork "Genova", child and adult sizes

Have you ever taken a night train, leaving a city behind you? You also leave the lights behind you and dive into darkness. I could never sleep on trains, the darkness while traveling sets me in a special mood.

This stranded colorwork hat incorporates the arcades of Genova as I remember them. It is worked from the bottom to the top in worsted weight yarn. The stranded pattern is charted only, you need to know how to read charts.

Skills Required / What You'll Receive

Difficulty level: intermediate (working in the round on DPNs or circular needles, easy increases and decreases, stranded colorwork)

• k: knit
• p: purl
• m1: make 1: insert left hand needle from front to back under the strand of yarn after the stitch just worked and knit this new stitch through the back loop
• k2tog: knit 2 stitches together

Gauge: 19 stiches/32 rows in stockinette stitch = 10cm/4in.

Size Information

Sizes: child and adult medium, 47, 56cm (18 3/4, 22 1/2in) in circumference, 18, 22cm (7 1/4, 8 3/4in) in length.

Materials List

Yarn: Austermann Merino 105 (100% merino; 105m/50g; 115yds/1.76oz), 1-2 balls of main color, 1 ball of contrast color. Sample in adult size used 130m (142yds) of main color in blue and 17m (19yds) of contrast color in orange.

Needles: 4mm/US 6 set of 5 DPNs or circular needle

Notions: yarn needle, 1 stitch marker (optional when working on circulars)

Additional Details by the Author

You may notice that I am not a native English speaker. All my patterns are tested or edited or both by native speakers. You will also find my contact info in each pattern. Please don't feel shy to ask questions if anything is unclear. I may be in another time zone than you, but will get back to you as soon as possible.

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