South American Waves Baby Beanie

This is one of the first beanies I knitted for Rowan. I used two balls of scrap Shepard 3ply baby wool and why knit straight bands as one ball is running out when you can use a South American Waves pattern? Its a multiple of 8 stitches in circular knitting using three needles and its an easy graph to follow:

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As you can see in the top photo there is a ladder where I hadn't got my tension quite right where the needles changed. Knitting this over four needles should reduce the stress on the end stitches.

Pattern:

Needles 3.25, size 3 (6) months

Cast on 88 (96) stitches

First twelve rounds: K2P2

change to 3.75mm needles.

Knit in stocking stitch until work measures 8cm from begining. Join contrasting yarn and work from above graph in fair isle for six rows.

Continuing in contrasting yarn, knit until work measures 11(12) cm from beginning.

Shape Crown:

1st round: *K2tog, K9(10), rep from * to end ...70 (88) stiches

2nd and foll alt rows: Knit

3rd round: *K2tog, K8(9), rep from * to end ...72 (80) stiches

5th round: *K2tog, K7(8), rep from * to end ...64 (72) stiches

Cont dec in this manner until 16 stiches remain

Next round: *K2tog, rep from * to end.. 8 stiches.

Graph stiches together and cast off.

Thanks to Rowan for modelling it for us.