Lace Pattern Beret & Mitts by woolly-minded-knits I designed this pattern to produce a neat, French style beret with just enough ‘slouch’ to give a fashionably casual air when worn. Measurements Rim of beret measures approx. 21” when blocked. Mitts to fit average hand. Remember that natural yarns are quite elastic, so your beret and mitts will grow a little with use. Yarn notes I was inspired to create this pattern by the delightful alpacas and their gorgeously soft yarn available just down the road from me at lattonalpacas.co.uk – I think that yarn miles matter as much as food miles! This yarn comes as a worsted double knitting weight in 50g/110m balls, available in environmentally friendly un-dyed natural fleece colours. The beret and mitts each took about one and a half 50g balls of Latton Alpaca yarn; so 3 balls should be just about enough to knit both. Of course, any double knit yarn can be used but these may give differing results and differing quantities may be needed. Materials 2.75mm knitting needles 3.25mm knitting needles Although this beret is knit flat and then seamed, youmay find circular needles easier to use than straightneedles as there are a lot of stitches. 3 x 50g Latton Alpaca DK yarn should be sufficient forboth the beret and the mitts Darning needle to sew seam Tension: In my experience, tension varies greatly between different yarns types and also depends on the mood ofthe knitter! Abbreviations: k knit kfb knit into the front and back of the next stitch, thus increasing one stitch k2tog knit 2 stitches together p purl p2tog purl 2 stitches together p3tog purl 3 stitches together rs right side ssk slip 2 stitches one at a time from LH onto RH needle as if to knit, insert LH needle into front of these stitches and knit them together, thus decreasing one stitch sssk as above, but slipping 3 stitches, thus decreasing 2 stitches sts stitches ws wrong side yo yarn over: bring yarn to the front of the work, as if to purl, before knitting the next stitch Lace Pattern Beret With 2.75mm needles, cast on 121 sts and work 6 rows in K1, P1 rib. Next row: (K1, Kfb) repeat to end (181 sts) Next row: Change to 3.25mm needles and purl all stitches Continue with the following eight row lace pattern, working a total of 5 repeats. If you wish to make a deeper beret you can simply work another repeat ortwo.
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I designed this pattern to produce a neat, French styleberet with just enough ‘slouch’ to give a fashionably
casual air when worn.
MeasurementsRim of beret measures approx. 21” when blocked. Mittsto fit average hand. Remember that natural yarns are
quite elastic, so your beret and mitts will grow a littlewith use.
Yarn notesI was inspired to create this pattern by the delightfulalpacas and their gorgeously soft yarn available justdown the road from me at lattonalpacas.co.uk – I thinkthat yarn miles matter as much as food miles! This yarn
comes as a worsted double knitting weight in 50g/110mballs, available in environmentally friendly un-dyednatural fleece colours. The beret and mitts each took
about one and a half 50g balls of Latton Alpaca yarn; so3 balls should be just about enough to knit both.
Of course, any double knit yarn can be used but thesemay give differing results and differing quantities maybe needed.
Materials2.75mm knitting needles
3.25mm knitting needles
Although this beret is knit flat and then seamed, you may find circular needles easier to use than straight
needles as there are a lot of stitches.3 x 50g Latton Alpaca DK yarn should be sufficient for both the beret and the mitts
Darning needle to sew seam
Tension:In my experience, tension varies greatly betweendifferent yarns types and also depends on the mood of the knitter!
Abbreviations:k knit
kfb knit into the front and back of the nextstitch, thus increasing one stitch
k2tog knit 2 stitches together
p purlp2tog purl 2 stitches together p3tog purl 3 stitches together
rs right sidessk slip 2 stitches one at a time from LH
onto RH needle as if to knit, insert LHneedle into front of these stitches and
knit them together, thus decreasing one
stitchsssk as above, but slipping 3 stitches, thus
decreasing 2 stitchessts stitchesws wrong side
yo yarn over: bring yarn to the frontof the work, as if to purl, beforeknitting the next stitch
Lace Pattern Beret
With 2.75mm needles, cast on 121 sts and work 6 rowsin K1, P1 rib.
Next row: (K1, Kfb) repeat to end (181 sts)Next row: Change to 3.25mm needles and purl allstitches
Continue with the following eight row lace pattern,working a total of 5 repeats. If you wish to make adeeper beret you can simply work another repeat or
section to end of row, ending with p2tog on last repeatRow 4: purl all stitchesRow 5: p2tog (p1, k2, yo, k3, yo, k2, p1, p3tog) repeat ()section to end of row, ending with p2tog on last repeatRow 6: purl all stitches
Row 7: p2tog (k2, yo, k5, yo, k2, p3tog) repeat ()section to end of row, ending with p2tog on last repeatRow 8: purl all stitches
Continue with decrease rows as follows:Row 1: p1 (k2tog, k2tog, k3, ssk, ssk) repeat () section
to end of rowRow 2: purl all stitchesRow 3: p1 (k3tog, k1, sssk) repeat () section to end of
rowRow 4: purl all stitchesRow 5: (k1, k3tog) repeat to end of rowRow 6: purl all stitches
Break off yarn leaving a long thread. Using darningneedle draw thread through remaining stitches andfasten off.
To make up beretFasten off securely and weave in all ends. Join seam
using an edge to edge seaming method to avoid leavinga ridge. If you are unsure about this there are someu s e f u l t i p s herehttp://knitty.com/ISSUEspring04/mattress.html.
Dampen beret using a teaspoon of hair conditioner toabout half a pint of warm water (I use a spray bottle for this), gently pat into shape and leave till dry.
Lace Pattern Mitts
Lace Pattern MittsWith 3.25mm needles cast on 48 sts. Work in k1, p1 ribfor about 2.5” or until cuff is of desired length ending
with a ws row. Make a note of the number of rowsworked so that your second mitt will match the first.
Continue with the following eight row lace pattern,
working a total of 4 repeats. If you wish to make longer mitts you can simply work another repeat.Row 1: p1 (p3, k5, p4) repeat () section to end
Row 2: purl all stitchesRow 3: p2tog (p2, k2, yo, k1, yo, k2, p2, p3tog) repeat ()section to end of row, ending with p2tog on last repeatRow 4: purl all stitches
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