Description

This beanie or ‘toorie’ as we would call it in Shetland dialect was designed to be my ultimate winter hat. ‘Bittersie’ in Shetland dialect is a very cold day. “Hit’s a right bittersie oot dare daday” meaning “it’s very cold out there today” often used for a day where you feel the cold in your bones. There are lots of easy ways to customise this hat to suit your own needs and style.
This hat is knit in the round with no more than 2 colours in each row. Techniques used are stranded colourwork or fair isle knitting plus a double thickness of knitting for the crown, similar to
twined knitting.  It’s a quick knit as it uses larger needles and DK yarn.  Great introduction to stranded knitting.