12. The Jack Beanie

Welcome all to day 12. Today's beanie is a sweet earflap beanie with a side cluster stitch. It looks great in a solid colour, but also when you use a contrasting colour for the side cluster round.

I think, of all the beanies I designed this year, this one would have to be one of my favourite.

Jack Beanie

Sized To Fit:
30 weeks gestation

You Will Need:
DK weight/8ply yarn
4.5mm hook

All stitches are in American terms

Special Stitch: Side Cluster: Worked around the bar of the stitch before it. *yo, pick up a loop around the post of the previous stitch, yo, pull through 2 loops* (2 on hook), repeat from * to * (3 on hook), repeat from * to * (4 on hook), yo, pull through all 4 loops.

1: Into a magic ring, ch3, dc 12 times, join to the first dc. - 12

2: Ch3 (counts as first st), dc in the same stitch, 2dc in each stitch around, join to ch3. - 24. (6cm/2.3”)

3: Ch3 (counts as first st), dc in the same stitch, dc in the next stitch, *2dc in the next stitch, dc in the next stitch*, repeat around, join to ch3. - 36 (9cm/3.5”)

4-6: Ch3 (counts as first st), dc in each stitch around, join to ch3. - 36

7: Ch3, skip the first stitch, *dc in the next stitch, side cluster, skip 1*, repeat around, skip the last stitch and join to the ch3. - 18 clusters + ch3

8: Ch1 (counts as first st), sc in each stitch around, sc in the joining stitch from the previous round, to make up for the skipped stitch, join to the ch1. -36

9: Ch1 (counts as first st), slst in the same stitch, slst in the next 4 stitches, hdc in the next 6 stitches, ch1, turn, hdc2tg 3 times, ch1, turn, sc 3, end off. Count off 14 stitches and rejoin yarn with a slst, ch1, hdc in the same stitch and the next 5 stitches, ch1, turn, hdc2tg 3 times, ch1, turn, sc 3.

10: Ch1 (counts as first st), sc in the end of each earflap row, sc in each stitch around to the next earflap, work a sc in the end of each earflap row, a sc along the top of the earflap and a sc in the ends of each earflap row, continue to sc in each stitch around, sc in the end of each earflap row, sc in each st along the top of the earflap and join to the first sc. End off and weave in tails


Finished Measurements: Total height from crown to brim 11cm/4.3”, height from crown to bottom of earflap 12.5cm/4.9” and width across brim 14cm/5.5”