Knit Project #10: Prepster Beanie

Gotta love classic colors like kelly green and navy. The cotton yarn I used works up a super soft baby beanie. Love how stretchy knit hats are so fit a wide range of ages! This one sizes around 0-12 months (for the younger months, can fold up the brim).

Notes:

• "I Love This Cotton" yarn from Hobby Lobby 100% cotton in Apple Green and Dark Denim; medium weight (4); 5mm size 8 straight knitting needles; 18 stitches by 23 rows = 4"x4"
• cast on 64
• ribbing of 2 knit 2 purl, repeat until 1 inch wide; at end of row, when flipped over, purl where knits were on the front
• 4 rows main color, 2 rows alternate color (knit on right side, purl on wrong side) until 5 inches reached from cast on edge
• decreasing:
• round 1: knit 6, k2tog. repeat until row ends
• round 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12: purl
• round 3: knit 5, k2tog. repeat until row ends
• round 5: knit 4, k2tog. repeat until row ends
• round 7: knit 3, k2tog. repeat until row ends
• round 9: knit 2, k2tog. repeat until row ends
• round 11: knit 1, k2tog, repeat until row ends
• round 13: k2tog. repeat until row ends
• cut yarn, leaving a 12 inch tail for closing top and mattress stitch hat together
• finished dimensions (unblocked, unstretched): 
• ribbed brim 10 inch circumference (stretches to 15 inches)
• top of crown to bottom edge: 6.5 inches
• sized 0-12 months (fold up edge for smaller newborn)