My mother-in-law likes these little berets for her morning walks, just for a little bit of extra warmth. She is having a birthday later in June, and since she asked for more, I knitted some.
A few comments about this pattern:
1. They're standard gauge, and made from 50 grams of self-striping sock yarn. You could use whatever works well on your standard gauge, but I enjoy the interesting designs that self-striping yarns make on the crown. Besides, I often have 50 grams of sock yarn - sometimes I'll even buy single balls on the sale table in the yarn shop. 50 grams won't make a pair of socks, but it'll make a beret.
2. These have a sew-as-you go ribbed cuff. You make the cuff first, using the ribber, and take it off on contrasting waste knitting. Then you hang a stitch on every other row (as explained in the video).
3. I do see one change I like to make to the video - cast on 200 stitches for the ribbing. That gives you one extra stitch on each edge of the band for a selvedge.
4. Obviously, I think they're fun to knit. After all, I made four over just a couple days! These three are in the mail to John's mom, and the other one just wasn't her colors.
5. I block them over a dinner plate. I pull the hat over the plate, sew around the ribbing edge with a piece of smooth yarn, and pull it and tie it to tighten the hat. Then I steam the hat and leave it to dry.
