Show off your lace knitting with Jo Allport’s fabulous beanie.

Here’s a nice little project to get your needles into. If you’re already a whizz at knitting lace it’s a nice quick knit you can finish in a fairly short time. On the other hand, if you need a bit of practice, it’s small enough to be a great project to have a go at. The yarn, Rico Design’s Fashion Alpaca Dream, is a supersoft wool/alpaca mix – it’s a chainette yarn that’ll keep you warm and cosy.

Rico Design, Fashion Alpaca Dream (64% wool, 30% alpaca, 6% polyamide; 100g/240m), 2 balls of 08
A pair of 6 mm needles
A pair of 7 mm needles