Set Easy Beret and Snood

Discover the joy of knitting with our all-inclusive Easy Semilla Beret & Snood Pattern! Perfect for intermediate knitters, this pattern offers a delightful challenge with a stylish result. Choose between a cozy beret and a snuggly snood, or create both for a matching set.

Sizes

• Beret: 56-57 cm in diameter (the widest part is about 25 cm)
• Snood: width 28-30 cm, length 35 cm

Materials

• 3 skeins of BC Garn Semilla (100% organic wool, 160m/50g)
• Circular needles size 3.5 and 4 mm, with cables 40 and 60 cm long
• Double-pointed needles 4 mm
• Markers (8 pcs)
• Scissors

Gauge

• Stockinette stitch 10×10 cm (needles 4 mm): 23 sts / 30 rows
• Snood pattern “Rice” (needles 3.5 mm): 21 sts in 10 cm

If your gauge differs, select needles 0.5-1 mm larger or smaller than recommended in the description.

Used Patterns

• 1×1 Rib: 1 knit st, 1 purl st, repeat until end of row
• Stockinette stitch in the round: all knit sts
• Rice: 1st-2nd row: 1 knit st, 1 purl st, repeat until end of row; 3rd -4th row: 1 purl st, 1 knit st, repeat until end of row. Alternate 1st-4th rows.

Necessary Skills

• Increase with right slant (referred to as “increase”): lift the strand with the right needle from front to back, transfer to the left needle, and knit through the front loop.
• Decrease with left slant (referred to as “decrease”): knit 2 sts together through the back loop.

Beret

Cast on 104 sts + 1 edge st on 3.5 mm needles for joining in the round, set the beginning-of-round marker (BOR), and knit 1×1 rib for 3 cm.

Next, distribute sts into 8 sectors. To do this, knit 1 row in stockinette stitch, placing markers every 13 sts. A total of 8 markers on needles (including BOR).

Switch to 4 mm needles.

1st row: 13 knit sts, increase, repeat until end of row
2nd row: all knit sts
3rd row: 14 knit sts, increase, repeat until end of row
4th row: all knit sts
5th row: 15 knit sts, increase, repeat until end of row
6th row: all knit sts
7th row: 16 knit sts, increase, repeat until end of row
8th row: all knit sts
9th row: 17 knit sts, increase, repeat until end of row
10th row: all knit sts
11th row: 18 knit sts, increase, repeat until end of row
12th row: all knit sts
13th row: 19 knit sts, increase, repeat until end of row
14th row: all knit sts.

A total of 160 sts on needles. Continue knitting in stockinette stitch without increases to a height of 10-12 cm from the cast-on edge.

Shaping Decreases

Begin decreases at the end of each sector every other row (every 2nd row).

1st row: 18 knit sts, decrease, repeat until end of row
2nd row: all knit sts
3rd row: 17 knit sts, decrease, repeat until end of row
4th row: all knit sts

Continue until only 8 sts remain on the needles.

As necessary, switch to double-pointed needles or needles with a long cable and continue knitting using the magic loop method.

You can gather the stitches of the beret and attach a pompom or knit a “beeper”.

Beeper

On the needles, 8 sts. Decrease the stitches by half (knit all sts 2 together), place them on one needle and knit a hollow cord. Without turning the knitting, knit 6 rows of knit sts, then knit all 4 sts together and hide the tail inside the “beeper”.

Snood

For the snood, use needles 0.5 mm smaller than those used for the beret.

Cast on 126 sts + 1 edge st on 3.5 mm needles for joining in the round, set the beginning-of-round marker (BOR), and knit in the “Rice” pattern to a height of 40 cm.

Bind off the stitches loosely without tightening the edge.

Care Instructions

Wash organic wool with a special wool product containing lanolin.

In warm water (30 degrees), soak the item for 10-15 minutes and gently rinse. Do not wring; press out the water in a towel.

Lay flat to dry.

Beret Life Hack

To give the beret the right shape, dry it on a plate: place the beret on a plate with a diameter similar to the beret’s (about 25 cm). Place the plate on a cup or mug to avoid creases.

Recommended Yarn

• BC Garn Semilla Melange GOTS (needle size 4.0 mm)
• BC Garn Alba Gots (needle sizes 3.0-3.5 mm)
• BC Garn Babyalpaca 10/2 50g (needle sizes 2.5-4.0 mm)