The Just Knittin’ Beret is a perfect project for knitters who can knit but aren’t sure how to read a pattern or make a project. Using just knit stitches, Just Knittin’ Beret will lead you through a rolled brim (fitted through two different sized needles), to expand your skills through increasing to the hat body, decreasing to the crown all the way down to making an i-cord top. And, the best thing about knitting a hat? You only have to make one of them to use it! And, if you haven’t gotten gauge, or it doesn’t fit you, you can expand your friend circle.Finished size 18 in circumference and 9 ½ in height, Gauge 20 sts x 24 rnds = 4 inches in Stockinette St on larger needle. Students should know the basic knit stitch.

Required Tools

• Yarn: Noro Silk Garden Lite Solo (45% Silk/45% Mohair/10% Wool; 136 y [125 m] per 50 g [1.75 oz] ball), 2 balls in color 2013
• Alternate Yarns: Cascade 220 (100% Peruvian Highland Wool; 220 y [200 m] per 100 g [3.5 oz] hank), color: 9448A Olive Heather, or Cascade Casablanca (56% Wool/ 24% Silk/ 20% Mohair; 220 y [200 m] per 100 g [3.5 oz] hank), color: Iris 24 
• Needles: 16 in circ, sizes US 4 / 3.5 mm and US 6 / 4 mm and set of 5 double pointed, size US 6 / 4 mm, or size needed to obtain gauge 
• Notions: Seven stitch markers, one of a differing kind or color; tapestry needle 

Before class, please wind your skein of yarn into a ball (most yarn stores can do this for you if you ask) – the Noro is already in a ball and doesn’t need to be wound.