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What do you need?
- Knitting yarn (about 75 grams)
- Knitting yarn for bow tie (about 20 grams)
- Circular needle or sock knitting needles size 4 mm/US#6.
Knitting Pattern
Cast on 92 stitches.
Knit 10 lines in rib stitch (1K,1P)
In line 11, double all stitches. This means you go from 92 stitches to 184.
Then, knit 10 lines .
After these 10 lines, decrease the amount of stitches as following:
Line 1: knit 21 - knit 2 together - K21 - K2T - K21 - K2T - K21 - K2T - K21 - K2T - K21 - K2T - K21 - K2T. (8 stitches less makes 176 stitches).
Line 2: knit the whole line (without decreasing stitches).
Line 3: knit 20 - knit 2 together - K20 - K2T - K20 - K2T - K20 - K2T - K20 - K2T - K20 - K2T - K20 - K2T. (8 stitches less makes 168 stitches).
Line 4: knit the whole line (without decreasing stitches).
Line 5: knit 19 - knit 2 together - K19 - K2T - K19 - K2T - K19 - K2T - K19 - K2T - K19 - K2T - K19 - K2T. (8 stitches less makes 160 stitches).
Line 6: knit the whole line (without decreasing stitches).
Line 7: knit 18 - knit 2 together - K18 - K2T - K18 - K2T - K18 - K2T - K18 - K2T - K18 - K2T - K18 - K2T. (8 stitches less makes 152 stitches).
Line 8: knit the whole line (without decreasing stitches).
Line 9: knit 17 - knit 2 together - K17 - K2T - K17 - K2T - K17 - K2T - K17 - K2T - K17 - K2T - K17 - K2T. (8 stitches less makes 144 stitches).
Line 10: knit the whole line (without decreasing stitches).
Line 11: knit 16 - knit 2 together - K16 - K2T - K16 - K2T - K16 - K2T - K16 - K2T - K16 - K2T - K16 - K2T. (8 stitches less makes 136 stitches).
Line 12: knit the whole line (without decreasing stitches).
Line 13: knit 15 - knit 2 together - K15 - K2T - K15 - K2T - K15 - K2T - K15 - K2T - K15 - K2T - K15 - K2T. (8 stitches less makes 128 stitches).
Line 14: knit the whole line (without decreasing stitches).
Line 15: knit 14 - knit 2 together - K14 - K2T - K14 - K2T - K14 - K2T - K14 - K2T - K14 - K2T - K14- K2T. (8 stitches less makes 120 stitches).
Line 16: knit the whole line (without decreasing stitches).
Line 17: knit 13 - knit 2 together - K13 - K2T - K13 - K2T - K13 - K2T - K13 - K2T - K13 - K2T - K13 - K2T. (8 stitches less makes 112 stitches).
Line 18: knit the whole line (without decreasing stitches).
Line 19: knit 12 - knit 2 together - K12 - K2T - K12 - K2T - K12 - K2T - K12 - K2T - K12 - K2T - K12 - K2T. (8 stitches less makes 104 stitches).
Line 20: knit the whole line (without decreasing stitches).
Then, you have to decrease 8 stitches in EVERY line...
Line 21: knit 11 - knit 2 together - K11 - K2T - K11 - K2T - K11 - K2T - K11 - K2T - K11 - K2T - K11 - K2T. (8 stitches less makes 96 stitches).
Line 22: knit 10 - knit 2 together - K10 - K2T - K10 - K2T - K10 - K2T - K10 - K2T - K10 - K2T - K10 - K2T. (8 stitches less makes 88 stitches).
Line 23: knit 9 - knit 2 together - K9 - K2T - K9 - K2T - K9 - K2T - K9 - K2T - K9 - K2T - K9 - K2T. (8 stitches less makes 80 stitches).
Line 24: knit 8 - knit 2 together - K8 - K2T - K8 - K2T - K8 - K2T - K8 - K2T - K8 - K2T - K8 - K2T. (8 stitches less makes 72 stitches).
Line 25: knit 7 - knit 2 together - K7 - K2T - K7 - K2T - K7 - K2T - K7 - K2T - K7 - K2T - K7 - K2T. (8 stitches less makes 64 stitches).
Line 26: knit 6 - knit 2 together - K6 - K2T - K6 - K2T - K6 - K2T - K6 - K2T - K6 - K2T - K6 - K2T. (8 stitches less makes 56 stitches).
Line 27: knit 5 - knit 2 together - K5 - K2T - K5 - K2T - K5 - K2T - K5 - K2T - K5 - K2T - K5 - K2T. (8 stitches less makes 48 stitches).
Line 28: knit 4 - knit 2 together - K4 - K2T - K4 - K2T - K4 - K2T - K4 - K2T - K4 - K2T - K4 - K2T. (8 stitches less makes 40 stitches).
Line 29: knit 3 - knit 2 together - K3 - K2T - K3 - K2T - K3 - K2T - K3 - K2T - K3 - K2T - K3 - K2T. (8 stitches less makes 32 stitches).
Line 30: knit 2 - knit 2 together - K2 - K2T - K2 - K2T - K2 - K2T - K2 - K2T - K2 - K2T - K2 - K2T. (8 stitches less makes 24 stitches).
Line 31: knit 1 - knit 2 together - K1 - K2T - K1 - K2T - K1 - K2T - K1 - K2T - K1 - K2T - K1 - K2T. (8 stitches less makes 16 stitches).
Line 32: K2T, repeat until end (8 stitches less makes 8 stitches).
Cut the yarn and put the end through the last 8 stitches and pull them together.
Your beret is finished!
Version II: The Red Beret.
I made 2 minor changes to my first beret knitting pattern:
1. In stead of doing ribstitch knit 1, purl 1, I did knit 2, purl 2...
2. In stead of knitting 10 line, I knitted 14 lines...
I marked the changes in the following pattern:
Cast on 92 stitches.
Knit 10 lines in rib stitch (2K,2P)
In line 11, double all stitches. This means you go from 92 stitches to 184.
Then, knit 14 lines.
After these 14 lines, decrease the amount of stitches as following:
The rest of the pattern is the same as my previous white beret.