Stripes, plaid or cable knit: 4 team beanie cuff styles

A team beanie is mostly the same hat from club to club: a rib-knit body, a folded cuff and, most of the time, a pom. The cuff is where the difference shows. It sits right at eye level, it carries the stripes or the pattern, and it is where your logo goes. Here are the cuff styles we are knitting most for winter orders, with the beanies behind each one.

Why the cuff decides the look

From a few metres away, nobody sees the crown of a beanie. They see the band across the forehead. That band is the cuff, and it is the part people remember: two stripes in club colours, a check pattern, a block of bright colour. Pick the cuff first and the rest of the hat follows.

It also matters for branding. A folded cuff gives you a flat, double-thick panel at the front, which is where a team logo sits best.

Style 1: Varsity stripes on the cuff

Two or three stripes in a second colour, knitted into the cuff. It is the classic team beanie and still the one most clubs ask for first. It works because it reads as your colours straight away, even from the stands.

A deeper cuff changes the feel. On the olive and wheat deep cuff beanie the fold is taller, so the two wheat stripes have more room and the hat sits a little lower on the head. The royal purple split pom beanie goes thin, wide, thin with butter yellow and splits the pom down the middle in both colours.

Style 2: Pattern bands, jacquard and plaid

For winter, the cuff can carry a proper pattern. Jacquard knitting builds the design into the yarn, so a diamond band or a check is part of the knit, with nothing printed or stitched on. These read more like a seasonal or holiday piece, which suits club shops and supporter merch.

Plaid is the louder option. The royal blue and orange plaid cuff beanie puts a three-colour check band on a chunky rib body with a slightly slouchy fit. If your club has two strong colours plus white, plaid uses all three without looking busy.

What to send us for a pattern cuff

• Your colours by name. Pantone references or a photo of your current kit, not a screenshot from a phone.
• Which colour leads. Tell us which shade should be the body and which goes in the pattern.
• Pom or no pom. And whether the pom is one colour, mixed yarn or split.
• Logo size and position. A pattern band leaves less clean space, so the logo size matters more here.

Pick the cuff first. The rest of the hat follows. From the knitting floor

Style 3: Colour block

One colour on the crown, a different one on the cuff. No stripes, no pattern. The black and berry colour block beanie keeps the crown and pom black and gives the whole cuff to a bright berry pink, with one thin black stripe to break it up.

Colour block is also the easiest style for a logo. The whole cuff is one flat colour, so a crest or a wordmark sits cleanly on it.