Free Knitting Pattern – Beret

The Beret in Hayfield Bonus Aran is a beautiful and romantic headpiece, perfect for adding a touch of elegance to any outfit. This advanced knitting pattern features a delicate eyelet pattern that creates a pretty lace effect above the rib. The combination of simple stocking stitch and the lace effect creates a stunning contrast that will make this beret stand out.

This pattern requires the use of both 5mm (UK6 – USA8) and 4mm (UK8 – USA6) circular needles, as well as a set of 5mm (UK6 – USA8) double pointed needles for crown shaping. The circular needles can be 40cm in length, or longer if you prefer to use the magic loop method.

The beret is knitted using Hayfield Bonus Aran yarn, which is a versatile and soft yarn that is perfect for creating warm and cozy projects. This pattern is part of Sirdar’s Aran Romance collection, which features a variety of romantic and elegant patterns that are perfect for the winter season.

Design No: 10633 and it’s available for download via the Sirdar website, so you can start knitting your very own Beret in Hayfield Bonus Aran today! So, it’s time to put on your knitting needles and start creating this beautiful and romantic beret!

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When I discovered Kate Atherley’s book Circular Knitting for Beginners and Beyond, I wasn’t sure there was enough to say about circular knitting to fill a book. It’s a pretty short book (144 pages) and includes 10 patterns to practice working in the round on small projects, and it provides a decent introduction to the various ways of working in the round.

The book covers using double pointed knitting needles, flexible double points and circular knitting needles with cables. It talks about working using the full circumference of a circular needle and various ways to work smaller circumference projects, such as using DPNs, magic loop and knitting with two circular knitting needles.

In addition there’s a discussion of preventing problems like twists and ladders, swatching in the round without actually swatching in the round, grafting, blocking and weaving in ends.

More specialized techniques likes knitting from the center out, stranded colorwork, helical knitting and jogless stripes are also explored, as well as working pieces like socks or mitts two at a time.

There’s also some information about seamless sweaters, including the different sweater designs that can be worked seamlessly (and why you might want seams in your sweaters) and how they are worked from the top down or the bottom up.

There are 10 patterns in the book, including a basic stockinette stitch cowl and one with a deliberate twist, wrist warmers, mitts and a pair of colorwork mittens, a hat worked in a solid color or in helical stripes, toe up and top down socks and a beret. It would have been nice to have a basic sweater pattern, too, since the book does talk about working larger garments with circular needles, but it’s still a nice collection of basic patterns worked in the round.

If you’re already comfortable working in the round in different ways, I’m not sure there’s much for you to learn in this book, but it is a good reference for people learning circular knitting or who maybe haven’t tried all the techniques yet or need skill building projects to try.

About the book: 144 pages, paperback, 10 patterns. Published 2026 by David & Charles. Suggested retail price $24.99.

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