Beretta bleu

Cranial circumference: 44/51.5 cm.
Necessary materials:
100 g fir Cascade Yarns Pacific (40% merino, 60% acrylic, 195m / 100 g);
Andre circular no. 4 and no. 3.25;

Elastic with twists: The number of stitches is divided by 4.
Row 1 : *2 front stitches, 2 purl stitches*, repeat *-* until the end of the row.
Row 2: * take 1 stitch on a needle without knitting, Andrea before work, 1 front eye, face the eye on the helper andrea, 2 purl stitches*, it's repeating * – * until the end of the row.
Rows 1 and 2 are repeated.
Knit density: 24 stitches x 32 rows = 10×10 cm.

How to knit a beret:
On Andre no. 3.25 is cast 112/132 stitches. The stitches are closed in a circle and a marker is fixed.
Next will knit circular. It will knit 5 cm elastic with torsades, the last row being the 1st row of the elastic.

In the next row will add stitches as follows: * knit 7/11 stitches elastic torsade, add 1 stitch between 2 stitches*, repeat *-*by 15/11 times = 128/144 stitches.
Next will knit with knitting needles no.4. It will knit the model presented in the scheme no.1 until the detail will measure 18 cm from the first row.
The last row will be row 2 of the scheme.

Top of the beret: Will fix markers after every 16 stitches.
It will knit according to the scheme no.2.

It will knit row 1 of scheme no.2 of 8/9 times = 128/135 stitches.
After knitting row 20 of the scheme no.2 on needle will remain 16/18 stitches.
The working thread is cut, leaving an end of 20.5 cm long.
The end of the thread is passed through the remaining stitches.
The thread is tightened and fixed on the back side of the work.