Essential Materials and Instructions for Knitting Projects

You’ll Need:

2 skeins of yarn (85% wool, 10% silk, 5% cashmere; 95m/50g);

Knitting needles 4.5 and 5.

Measurements

Head circumference: 53 cm;

Depth: 28 cm.

Stitches Control

1.5 sts x 2.2 rows.

Instructions

Upper Part (Bell)

Cast on 5 sts with knitting needles 5. Place marker and circle your work in the ring.

1^st row: increase 1 st in every st (10 sts);

2^nd row: knit;

3^rd row: increase 1 st in every st (20 sts);

4^th row: knit;

5^th row: *1 knit st, increase, 3 knit sts, increase*; repeat from * to * (30 sts);

6^th row: knit;

7^th row: *1 knit st, increase, 5 knit sts, increase*; repeat from * to * (40 sts);

8^th row: knit;

9^th row: *1 knit st, increase, 7 knit sts, increase*; repeat from * to * (50 sts);

10^th-11^th rows: knit;

12^th row: *1 knit st, increase, 9 knit sts, increase*; repeat from * to * (60 sts);

13^th-15^th rows: knit;

16^th row: *1 knit st, increase, 11 knit sts, increase*; repeat from * to * (70 sts);

17^th-20^th rows: knit;

21^st row: *1 knit st, increase, 13 knit sts, increase*; repeat from * to * (80 sts).

Continue work all the rows with knit sts until the length is 15 cm from the set-up row.

Flap

Change to knitting needles 4.5 and make 1 circle row. Turn your work, cast on 20 sts, using the auxiliary needle.

1^st row: yarn in front of work, slip 1 purl, 18 knit sts, knit2tog (catching 1 st of the main work), turn;

2^nd row: yarn in front of work, slip 1 purl, 19 knit sts, turn.

Repeat 1^st-2^nd rows only on 20 sts. Continue work until the length of flap is the same as the length of the main part, then, repeat only the 2^nd row for 5 cm more. Bind off the sts.

Weave in the ends.

Sew the buttons through both details.