Here is the free pattern. —> (click) Grace Lace Beret.
And here’s what I have to show for my attempt at the pattern thus far. It would make a great dishcloth or doily without the brim, I’m thinking.
It’s too big here, so I tossed it in the washing machine to felt down for a while, and I think I’ve decreased the size by about 1/3rd. We shall see when it’s finished drying again.
I also didn’t do the ribbing on the brim as shown on the original pattern. My brim looks more like an eye of the partridge heel on a sock – or maybe a seed stitch – and I really like it. It was, of course, one of those “happy accidents”. What happened was, I didn’t have the picture of the beret in front of me, and the instructions for knitting the ribbing don’t just say “do a K1P1 rib” – which would have made total sense to me – and I think I tried to make more out of their hand-holding than originally intended, so I ended up with a completely different “rib” – which is actually no ribbing at all!
My gauge for the lace pattern was apparently OFF by quite a bit too. So, if I knit this one again I will either go down a few sizes on the larger needle (the one used to knit the lace pattern) or maybe not do quite as many repeats of the lace pattern as called for….likely the needle size will be my safest bet. However, I’ve got so many of these hat patterns that I have found and want to make, this will likely be the only attempt at this one for a while. Once the felted version is dry, I’ll add it’s picture.
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Regardless of whether or not it is too big, it really is beautiful. Hopefully the minor felting will do the trick.
Looks great! Its such a pretty pattern!