Baby Beanies for Prem/Newborns – Advanced Knitters!
For the more adventurous or experienced knitters
Using 12 ply wool and two 5.5mm knitting needles cast on 48 stitches.
Knit 8 rows of knit 2, purl 2 rib. Increase one stitch at the end of the last row (49 sts)
Legend:
wrn=pull the wool round the needle towards you so that it makes a stitch when you knit the next stitch
sl 1= slip a stitch onto the right hand needle wit out knitting it
psso= pass the slipped stitch over the knitted stitch
knit 2 tog= knit 2 stitches together
Row 1: Knit 1, (wrn, sl 1, knit 1, psso, knit 3, knit 2 tog, wrn, knit 1) repeat to end of row
Row 2 and every alternate row: Knit 1, purl to last stitch, knit 1
Row 3: Knit 2, (wrn, sl 1, knit 1, psso, knit 1, knit 2 tog, wrn, knit 3) repeat to last 2 sts, knit 2
Row 5: Knit 3, (wrn, sl 1, knit 2 tog, psso, wrn, knit 5) repeat to last 3 sts, knit 3
Repeat the last 5 pattern rows again.
Shape the crown as for previous patterns