Matching Beanie

For those who read about the scarf I made for Leigh, you'll notice the first thing we did was purchase wool. The obvious problem with this is guesstimating how many balls to buy. Particularly when we hadn't decided on the style or length of the scarf.

We guessed 5.

This turned out to be too many for a scarf, but just enough for a scarf and matching beanie.


The great thing about ribbing (yep, when i said matching i didn't just mean the colour) is that it stretches and contracts. As such, the first 18-19cm of the beanie is dead straight (102 stitches).

That's when it got nerdy! With a pen and paper i devised a system of repeating units and stitch combinations, such that in 8 rows i could get 102 stitches down under 10 - whilst maintaining a relatively linear rate of decrease, and also preserving the rib formation up to the tip of the beanie.


In the end i think it turned out ok. Hooray for Maths!