Designed during the Great Canadian Wool-a-long by a Canadian Designer with Canadian Wool the Beary Warm Beanie is a great basic for all those bear lovers out there.

Chart is from the AlterKnits Stitch Dictionary by Andrea Rangel, also a Canadian Designer.

Materials: 4.5mm US #7 16-inch circ for ribbing, 5.5mm US #9 16-inch circ and dpn’s for body of beanie, approx. 110grs to 150grs of a heavy aran or llight chunky weight yarn for the beanie, Main colour – mid grey approx. 65 - 80m, secondary colour – dark brown approx. 35 - 50m, and third colour – nat white approx. 20 - 30m, sample was knit with Custom Woolen Mills Mule Spinner 3-ply in the natural shades. Other notions include, markers, scissors, tapestry needle and other regular notions.

Gauge: after blocking – 16 sts in 4 inches in colourwork pattern

Sizes – adult only – after blocking, small - 20 inches around; medium 20.75 inches around; large 21.5 inches around and extra-large 22.25 inches around. Shown in size small.

Notes on Sizing – my 7-year-old grandsons’ head is bigger than mine – he needs a medium adult hat. For those of you with grandchildren with smaller heads, simply drop your needles sizes and try an aran weight yarn to make the hat a little smaller.

Gauge Changes when stranding yarn: For many people stranding yarn in a pattern can cause their gauge to tighten; this is caused by the stranding of the yarn too tightly across the back of the work. If you find that this happens to you, try knitting the fair-isle section of your beanie with a larger needle, maybe a 6.0mm, and use your regular size needle for the other area of your beanie.

Corrugated ribbing – Corrugated ribbing is created when the knit rib is worked in one colour and the purl rib is worked in a second colour.
Corrugated ribbing is a much firmer ribbing than usual because of the carried yarns. There will be little give to the rib, make sure that the ribbing is stretched open horizontally as the knitting progresses. When working corrugated rib carry the colours not in use across the back of the knitting.