Kurre Beanie in Novita Venla - Downloadable PDF

Kurre Beanie in Novita Venla – Knitting Pattern Summary

The Kurre Beanie is a charming children's colorwork hat designed by Sari Nordlund and worked in Novita Venla yarn. This downloadable PDF pattern produces a finished beanie with a circumference of approximately 48–50 cm (19–20 inches), making it an ideal fit for children. The design combines a classic ribbed brim with a striking stranded colorwork motif, resulting in a hat that is both functional and visually appealing.

What Is Being Made

This pattern produces a single children's beanie-style hat featuring a folded ribbed brim and a bold colorwork panel worked in the round. The hat is knitted from the brim upward, transitioning from ribbing into stockinette stitch before the colorwork section begins. The crown is shaped through a series of decreases that taper the stitches down to a neat, gathered finish.

Design and Construction Details

The hat begins at the brim using the smaller 2.5 mm needles, where 120 stitches are cast on in Navy (shade 170) and divided evenly across four double-pointed needles. A 13 cm section of ribbing is worked in the round before switching to the larger 3 mm needles for the main body of the hat. The brim is designed to be folded and sewn to the inside at the finishing stage, giving the hat a neat, double-layered edge that adds warmth and structure.

After two rounds of plain stockinette stitch to ease the transition, the colorwork chart begins. The 60-stitch pattern repeat is worked twice per round, covering rows 1 through 32 of the chart. The colorwork section introduces Oat (shade 658) as the contrasting color, creating a two-color stranded design that is characteristic of traditional Nordic knitting. Rows 33 through 45 manage the crown decreases, reducing the stitch count by 4 stitches on each row until only 16 stitches remain. The yarns are then broken and drawn through the remaining stitches to close the crown.

Techniques Used

• Knitting in the round on double-pointed needles throughout
• Stranded colorwork following a charted motif with two colors carried simultaneously
• Crown shaping through regular decreases worked over rows 33–45
• Folded brim finishing, with the cast-on edge sewn to the inside of the hat
• Needle size transition from smaller to larger needles to shift from ribbing to the main body

Stitches Used

• Ribbing in the round: a knit 1, purl 1 rib repeated continuously around the brim
• Stockinette stitch in the round: all stitches knitted on every round, forming a smooth fabric surface
• Colorwork in stockinette: stockinette stitch worked following the two-color chart, with yarn floats carried across the wrong side of the work

Materials Required

• Novita Venla yarn (4-ply / fingering weight): 50 g in Navy (170) and less than 50 g in Oat (658)
• Double-pointed needles in sizes 2.5 mm (US 1½) and 3 mm (UK 11 / US 2½), or sizes needed to achieve the correct gauge

Difficulty and Suitability

This pattern is rated intermediate in difficulty. Knitters should be comfortable working in the round on double-pointed needles and have some prior experience with stranded colorwork, as managing two yarn colors simultaneously and maintaining even tension across floats requires practice. The pattern is a wonderful next step for knitters looking to develop their colorwork skills while producing a practical, wearable accessory. The relatively small stitch count and compact size of a children's beanie make it a manageable and rewarding colorwork project.

The Kurre Beanie pattern