Heartfelt Reindeer Beanie

PG-001 · Knit in the round · intermediate

Heartfelt Reindeer Beanie

Free Fair Isle reindeer hat knitting pattern

A snowy reindeer with a heart on its side, knit in the round in two colours.

Engine-checkedA4 + US LetterColour + symbol charts3D knit-along code
FreePDF · 5 pages · A4 + US Letter
Free download, no sign-up. You also get a code that unlocks knit-along mode in the 3D viewer.

Sizes & yarn

SizeHeadFinishedSnowCranberry
Child42–45 cm40.0 cm80 m25 m
Teen / Adult XS48–51 cm45.7 cm105 m30 m
Adult M53–58 cm51.4 cm120 m35 m
Adult L59–64 cm57.1 cm135 m40 m

Yarn: engine estimate from the stitch count, with a 10–15% margin.

Checked by the engine

  • Cast-on counts 112 (128, 144, 160) are exact multiples of the 4-st rib and of every chart repeat (8, 16, 4 sts).
  • Every round of every chart uses at most 2 colours. Longest float: 9 sts; every float over 5 sts is marked for catching.
  • Crown: 8 sections; each decrease round removes exactly that many stitches and every size ends with 8 sts.
  • Finished circumference gives 3–11% negative ease across the listed head ranges.
  • Total height is within 0.6 cm of the target for every size; at least 2 plain rounds separate the colourwork from the crown.

Look inside the PDF

Heartfelt Reindeer Beanie PDF, page 1: Cover & key facts
Page 1 · Cover & key facts
Heartfelt Reindeer Beanie PDF, page 2: Sizes, yarn, gauge, abbreviations
Page 2 · Sizes, yarn, gauge, abbreviations
Heartfelt Reindeer Beanie PDF, page 3: Written rounds with stitch counts
Page 3 · Written rounds with stitch counts
Heartfelt Reindeer Beanie PDF, page 4: Colour + symbol charts
Page 4 · Colour + symbol charts
Heartfelt Reindeer Beanie PDF, page 5: Schematic, 3D code, engine checks
Page 5 · Schematic, 3D code, engine checks

The charts

Chart A · Little hearts · 8-st repeat
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Chart B · Reindeer · 16-st repeat
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Chart C · Dots · 4-st repeat
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