Beret is a universal headdress. It can be light or warm, openwork or dense. Berets are worn as an independent hat in the cool season or as an elegant accessory to the look. Berets complement brooches, ribbons, decorative beads.
Types of berets
Berets are classic and more modern. Modern ones can have a more voluminous crown, a large pompom, a bow or an unusual print. Classic berets are always made in restrained colors, and brooches or ribbons around the rim are used as jewelry.
Strict berets are best worn with formal suits or with feminine dresses and coats, but more playful models go well with both sportswear and casual wear.
Simple takes
To knit with knitting needles for beginners is not difficult. The description explains in detail how to properly blunt to work and what materials are needed.
It will take 100 g (a skein of 500 m long) Turkish yarn. For gum - knitting needles No. 2, for the crown - No. 3,5.
To cover the head 56-58 cm, you need to dial 140 loops. 4 rows of English elastic are crocheted (first row - 1 l., 1 out., Second row - as loops look, etc.).
After the elastic is connected, use larger diameter needles.
The main part of the beret is knitted with a modified English gum:
- 1 row: 1 l., 1 out .;
- 2 row: 1 l., The crochet and immediately removed the wrong side untied;
- 3 row: loops with a crochet are knitted front, the wrong loops of a row are knitted with a crochet, as in the 2nd row; With such a pattern, you need to knit about 10 cm (depending on the height of the crown of the model).
Such knitting allows you to increase the volume of the beret and give the main fabric volume. In addition, the product made with this pattern is more elastic and holds its shape well.
After the previous rows 4 rows are knitted with a classic English rubber band. To make the crown look beautiful and flat, after 4 rows of elastic, they begin to make reductions. To do this, knit together 2 loops, starting from the front row - 2 together the front, 2 together the wrong side, etc., to the end of the row. The back row is knitted in two, but they start with the way the loops look - if in the last row the last two loops were sewn on the wrong side, then in this row the first two must be knit front.
In this way, the loops are reduced until about 15 remain on the knitting needles. Through the remaining threads, the thread is stretched, and the loops are tightly tightened into the ring.
Beret is sewn from the wrong side.
It turns out a neat pretty beret that will be knitted even by a novice knitter.
Takes for a girl
Beret is a convenient and versatile headpiece. The child takes with knitting needles according to the same patterns as adults. The difference can be in the yarn used (for children it should be very soft and not prickly) and decoration (for example, ears can be sewn onto the top of the head or the border can be decorated with crocheted flowers).
Children's knitting needles knit volumetric. Just like an adult. It is most convenient to knit berets for the girl with knitting needles. Schemes and description are presented in large quantities. A variety of models allows you to find the right one.
In order to knit picks for spring with knitting needles, it is better to use openwork patterns - this will allow the head to breathe, but it will protect against sudden changes in the weather.
After making measurements, they knit a beret according to the same principle as described above - they begin with an elastic band, and then proceed to knitting a pattern, after knitting a number of modified English elastic bands.
The diagram shows only the front rows, the wrong ones fit "as the loops look." Empty cells indicate the absence of a loop - having met this place in the pattern, they immediately proceed to knitting the next element of the pattern.
Circuit designations
The legend of the circuit is classic:
- empty circle - yarn;
horizontal dash - front loop; - the letter "L" with a slope to the left - two loops knitted together with the front and with a slope to the right side;
- the letter "L" with a slope to the right - two loops knitted together and with a slope to the right;
- an empty cell indicates that in this place you need to proceed immediately to the next loop; due to yarn and empty cells, the number of loops in the rows does not change, and the pattern is airy and openwork.
Easy beret
Knitting in the spring with knitting needles is best with an openwork pattern.
This pattern looks great when working with fine yarn and knitting needles No. 2 or 2.5. The product turns out to be airy, however dense enough not to miss the changeable spring wind.
The pattern repeat is 25 loops. The first 3-5 rows are recommended to be tied with a classic English rubber band for easy wearing and elasticity of the edge. Knitting goes from the bottom up - from the rim to the crown.
This pattern can be used as the main one, knitting it 5-7 times, taking into account the volume of the head. A good pattern is also suitable for decoration - in this case, against the background of the main canvas, one or several stripes can be connected with an openwork pattern.
Beret decoration
There are many ideas for decorating such hats. The needlewomen in our article offer explanations on how to knit berets for girls with knitting needles. The diagrams and description help to connect the beret itself, but you have to think about its decoration.
To decorate a baby beret, discreet neat elements made of the same yarn as the whole product are best suited. For example, an openwork beret, knitted fully knitted, will complement the neat crocheted flowers.
Another option is embroidery on the main canvas. To do this, knitting openwork knitting needles. Then, with a contrasting thread, using a hook or tapestry needle (a needle with a blunt end so that the yarn fibers do not delaminate), a pattern or ornament is performed.
An interesting and easy fit is the twisted side on the beret for the girl. With knitting needles (patterns and description of the pattern can be used any), the first row is dialed with an elastic set. Then, the front stitch (the first row - the front, all the rest - as the loops look) knit 5-7 rows. The number of rows depends on the size of the head and the desired thickness of the rim. Then the resulting fabric is neatly twisted into a flagellum. Due to the light and flexible canvas of the front surface such a side holds its shape well and looks beautiful in combination with a large voluminous top.
To decorate a beret, the simplest technique is often used - in every two loops of English gum at the level of the 3rd row, a lace from a chain of air loops crocheted or a thread of yarn of the main or contrasting color is threaded. Small brushes are attached at the ends and the lace is carefully tied to a bow. This decoration gives the beret a French charm and elegance. You can decorate in this way both an adult and a children's hat.
Takes on two knitting needles
The classic beret fits most often on 4 knitting needles. However, you can also knit on two knitting needles. Models connected in this way will have a seam on one side. To knit such a headdress, the set of rows is distributed into 2 knitting needles, and when the loops are reduced, the knitting sites of the two loops are marked together with markers to make it easier to count. It is convenient in this way to knit a beret for a girl. With knitting needles (the diagrams and description are used from any model) it will be more convenient to work with a small number of loops.