Purple Fig Beanie

This beanie is quite easy to make and can be made in a couple of days. The fig accesories (eg. stalk, leaves...) can be added to any purple beanie to create a fig beanie. I used four balls of purple wool in different shades for the main body of the fig. The four strands at once make the beanie thicker and quicker to knit and the varying shades of wool colour make it more interesting. You can use all one colour to make a more 'consistent' fig, but it is easier to work with four seperate balls, and it can be hard to judge how much wool is needed when cutting the four strands from one ball. If you have any suggestions on improving the beanie or any questions please don't hesitate to ask them in the comments sections at the bottom of the page.

What you need:
• 4 balls of purple wool in different shades
• 2 balls of green wool in different shades
• 7.00 mm knitting needles (UK- size 2, USA- between size 10 ½ and 11)
• 3.5 mm knitting needles (UK- size 10, USA- size 3)
• Purple thread
• Green thread
• Scissors
• Needle (with large eye that fits wool strand)

Note: Take care when using scissors and needle

Step 1: Purple section of beanie

Cast on 25 stitches, using all four strands of purple wool, onto the larger of the two sets of needles. Leave a tail of at least 45 cm.
Knit one row, being careful to pick up all four strands with each stitch.
Purl the next row, knit the next, then purl the fourth.
Knit for 55 rows.
Then knit one row, purl one row, knit one row, purl one row.
Cast off, leaving a tail of at least 45 cm.
The beanie should now look like a rectangle with the two opposite edges curled inwards, on the same side.
Fold your work in half so that the two curled edges are facing outwards.
Thread the needle with some wool off one of the darker shades of purple.
Sew along the side which does not have the tails (bring the needle through, out and over, and through again, from the same side.)
Unroll the curled edges and sew them together as well.