Rail Bear Bonnet Kit

What You'll Receive:

• 1 ball of Knitting for Olive Merino (50g, 250m)
• 1 ball of Knitting for Olive Soft Silk Mohair (25g, 225m)
• 1 Rail Bear Bonnet paper pattern

Please check our Knitting for Olive yarn collection to see the colours available. At checkout, please leave us a message with your colour choices for the Merino and Soft Silk Mohair. We'll pack your order according to your selected colours.

Rail Bear Bonnet is a beginner-friendly hat with cute little bear ears worked back and forth in garter stitch. You start working the ribbed face band before shaping the top crown, ears and the back crown with simple increases and decreases. Next, you work the ties and back neckband in garter stitch before finishing the bonnet by seaming up the ears and back crown.

This is a good project for some of your smaller quantities of leftover yarn. The bonnet is worked with 1 strand of Merino + 1 strand of either Soft Silk Mohair You will need approx. 12-15 (12-15, 17-20, 20-22, 23-24, 24-25) g Merino + either approx. 9 (9-10, 10-11, 12-13, 12-13, 13-14) g Soft Silk Mohair. 

Sizes: 1 (3, 6, 9, 12-18, 24) months, to fit head circumference: approx. 33-37 (36-40, 39-44, 43-46, 46-49, 49-51) cm [13-14½ (14¼-15¾, 15¼-17¼, 17-18, 18-19¼, 19¼-20)]”

Yarn: 1 strand of Knitting for Olive Merino (250 m [273 yd] / 50 g [1.8 oz]), fingering-weight yarn, 1 ball + either 1 strand of Knitting for Olive Soft Silk Mohair (225 m [246 yd] / 25 g [0.9 oz]), laceweight yarn, 1 ball

Needles: 3.5 mm / US4 circular needles, or in size to obtain gauge

Gauge (after blocking): 22 sts and 44 rows = 10 cm [4”] in garter stitch with 3.5 mm / US4 needles and 2 strands held together

Notions: Stitch markers, tapestry needle