Brioche Tweed

One easy, fun, comfy, cozy, trendy, unisex, warm and grateful fall / winter / early spring beanie. A simply brioche motive “weaves” zig zag (like tweed) texture and snowflake crown. For this prototype I used shades of gray, but you can choose your favorite, cheerful color combination.Needles: * 16” (40cm) circular needle (for hats) or 4+1 DPN’s, in US 4 / 3,5mm (for brim) and US 7 / 4,5mm; * US 7 / 4,5mm DPN’s (4+1 double pointed needles) for crown; * tapestry needle for weaving in ends;Yarns: shown beanie is made with budget friendly yarns, in total weight ~ 50gr: a) MC (main color, on front side) approx. 30gr of Ice yarns Master alpaca (175m~190 yds/50gr) in light gray (MC yarn is thicker then CC yarn); you can use any DK weight yarn; b) CC (contrast color, on back side) approx. 20gr of Nako Angora elite trend, self striped with long color, in shades of gray (moher, 490m~530yds/100gr); you can use also some DK weight yarn;