Back to Bobbles

Back to Bobbles

A Bobbled and Textured Beanie Design by Corrado Lark

The Backstory:

I designed this beanie during my dry period of designs. I’m actually kinda shocked I took notes while designing it last winter. I remember finishing this hat right after the weather turned warm, even though I started it at the beginning of the season. Honestly, it was that difficult to design or even knit for a while.

I went to the men’s knitting retreat this year, and it sparked my passion for the fiber arts again. I designed a shawl (New Sensations) in a month, my usual pace, and realized I’d been wearing this cute beanie and totally forgot if I had taken notes while I designed it. Thankfully, I had.

If you haven’t knit in Morehouse Farms wool, I’d highly recommend it. I hadn’t used much lace weight before this, other than in a mohair or suri alpaca blend that was mostly used to hold with other yarns. Doubling the lace makes for a really interesting gauge. Filled out, but loose enough to give a really perfect slouch to a hat. And I mean, knit mostly on US 7’s, it flies by. That is, if you aren’t working through other traumas and can actually focus on your knit.

I wanna knit this one again I think, maybe even follow my own pattern. I haven’t followed a pattern in years…would be kinda fun to see how that comes out!

• Hat Circumference, Designed with 2” (5cm) positive ease: 18.25” (20.5”, 22.75”, 25.25”, 27.5”) / 46.5 (52, 58, 64, 69.5) cm.

• Length: Varies depending on how much ribbing you knit. The body and decreases are 5.5” (6”, 7”, 8”, 8”) / 14 (15, 18, 20, 20) cm as written. I knit 4” (10cm) of ribbing in the XL, so a 10” (25.5cm) long hat.

Beginner Friendly. Bobbles and k/p texture.

• One US 6 (4mm), 16”/40cm circular needle.

• One US 7 (4.5mm), 16”/40cm circular needle.

• One set of US 7/4.5mm DPNs or a 32-40” (81-101cm) magic looping circular needle.

• One stitch marker to mark the beginning of round.

• Optional, a handful of stitch markers to mark each of the decrease repeats.

• A darning needle.

The test knit is run through the yarnpond chat room and google doc. Please feel free to reach out with any questions. I love seeing photos of your knits, progress and finished product! Patience is sometimes required if corrections are needed, I like to be extra sure before making any changes. :) 

The designer is offering discounted or free pattern(s) to testers

Feel free to email me after the test knit is complete to receive a free pdf of any of my existing patterns as a thank you for test knitting the pattern!