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Saguaro National Park Beanie Kit

Saguaro National Park Beanie Kit by Nancy Bates
Assembled as a kit for The Colorado Wild & Wooly Yarn Crawl 2023

Included in the kit:
  • Pattern
  • All weighed balls of Cascade 220 yarn needed to complete the project

Published in "Knitting the National Parks"
This pattern continues Nancy Bates’ series of 63 Beanies inspired by the U.S. National Parks. It was first released in the book Knitting the National Parks.

The image of a giant saguaro cactus silhouetted against a desert sunset is synonymous with the American west…and rightly so. These giant plants with arms that seem to be reaching for the sky are pictured in nearly every TV show or movie about the old west. This beanie (worked in the round from the bottom up) captures that spirit with dark saguaro shapes against a gradient yarn dyed in the colors of the desert sky.

One size fits an average adult size head (approx. 19 in./48 cm to 22 in./56 cm)

Yarn weight worsted
Gauge 9.5 stitches = 2 inches in stockinette

Needle size
US 5 - 3.75 mm
US 7 - 4.5 mm

Yardage
180 - 210 yards