​Summer Crochet Beret

You’ll need:

100g of 100% cotton yarn (274m/100g);

Circle knitting needles 3,75 and 4 (40 cm long);

Crochet hook 4.

Head circumference: 53,5 cm.

Used Patterns

2 x 2 rib;

Knit2tog with left decline: knit2tog as you usually make;

Knit2tog with right decline: replace the 2^nd and 1^st sts on the left needle and knit them together.

Instructions

Cast on 96 sts with knitting needles 3,5 and turn to circle knitting. After making 5 rows with knit sts, turn to rib pattern.

After 12 rows of rib, change the pattern:

13^th row: *knit2tog*; repeat from * to * to end of row. Totally, 144 sts;

14^th row: knit.

Repeat 1^st-10^th rows x 5 times. Then, make decreases:

1^st row: * 4 purls, (knit2tog with right decline) twice, 4 knit sts, (knit2tog with left decline) twice, 4 purls*; repeat from * to *;

2^nd row: 3 purls, (knit2tog with right decline) twice, 4 knit sts, (knit2tog with left decline) twice, 3 purls*; repeat from * to *;

3^rd row: * 3 purls, 6 knit sts, 3 purls*; repeat from * to *;

4^th row: * 2 purls, (knit2tog with right decline) twice, 4 knit sts, (knit2tog with left decline) twice, 2 purls*; repeat from * to *;

5^th row: * 2 purls, (knit2tog with right decline) twice, 2 knit sts, (knit2tog with left decline) twice, 2 purls*; repeat from * to *;

6^th row: * 1 purl, (knit2tog with right decline) twice, 2 knit sts, (knit2tog with left decline) twice, 1 purl*; repeat from * to *;

7^th row: * 1 purl, 4 knit sts, 1 purl*; repeat from * to *;

8^th row: * (knit2tog with right decline) twice, 2 knit sts, (knit2tog with left decline) twice*; repeat from * to *;

9^th row: *1 knit st, (knit2tog with right decline) twice, 1 knit st*; repeat from * to *;

10^th row: * (knit2tog with right decline) twice, 1 knit st*; repeat from * to *;

11^th row: * (knit2tog with right decline) twice*. You should get 9 sts.

Cut the yarn, draw it through the rest sts, tighten and take out with the help of the crochet hook to the wrong side, fasten off.