DIY Beanie by Woolly Wormhead

Beanie has a wide brim and stockinette body, knit in a color stripe yarn that has uneven swirls around the body of the hat.

Accessibility statement: The main PDF for this pattern is colour blind accessible. It uses black text on a white background and does not rely on colour. The videos are fully captioned and transcripts are also provided.

Designer’s description: Beanies are quick and fun to knit and the perfect project for showing off a treasured skein of yarn. In this free workshop, I welcome you into my working studio to help you dream up and design a beanie you’ll love! We’ll cover everything from measuring for a perfect fit, swatching, negative ease and number crunching, to all the key elements of a bottom-up beanie to give you the confidence to design a custom fit beanie for any gauge of yarn. What You’ll Get: A free course covering all the basics of designing your first beanie, equivalent to material typically covered in a 3 hour in-person workshop. Fully planned and prepared video class segments, created drawing on my background in teaching and education + my years of experience teaching knitting workshops. Fifty minutes of professionally filmed + edited, fully subtitled video content from my working studio. An 8-page eBook to reinforce knowledge and provide information in a different format. Full transcripts of all video. Live and in-person support available in multiple settings: if you get stuck or have a question, we’re here to help! The confidence to design and knit your first bottom up beanie!

This pattern and video course are free.

Link to the Design Your Own Beanie page in Woolly’s School