Knitted Beanie with Full Fleece Lining

Your ears go first, and a thin knit won't stop it.

Five in the morning in the yard waiting on the pre-start, and the wind is coming straight through your beanie. A single-layer knit looks warm enough on the shelf and does very little once there is air moving. Your ears burn, then they go numb, and you spend the first hour of the shift thinking about your head instead of the job.

This one is built in two layers. The outer is a striped knit; sitting behind it is a black polar-fleece liner that runs from the crown seams all the way down to the hem — not the thin fleece brow band that a lot of beanies sold as fleece-lined actually have. The photographs of this hat turned inside out show it plainly: fleece across the whole inside.

It pulls down over the ears, the hem is a plain knit edge with no turn-up cuff, and the crown is cut long so it sits slouched rather than stretched drum-tight. One size, unisex, four striped colourways.

The one thing we cannot tell you is what it is made of. The supplier states no fibre content, and there is no care label shown in any of the product photography — so whatever the name on this listing suggests, treat the fibre as unconfirmed. We are not going to print a material we have not seen stated. It is also not Australian made: BushLine is an Australian business, but this beanie is manufactured overseas.

What It Does

• Closes up the knit: the fleece layer sits behind the stripes and blocks the moving air that gets through a single-layer beanie.
• Covers the ears: pull it down and the hem sits below the ear line, which is the part that actually hurts on a cold start.
• Full liner, not a band: black fleece from the crown to the hem, confirmed in the inside-out photographs rather than taken from the blurb.
• Sits slouched: the crown is cut long so it sits back off your forehead instead of stretching tight across it.
• Fits without sizes: a stretch knit in one size, so there is nothing to measure and nothing to pick between.
• Goes under a hood: low enough in profile to wear under a jacket hood without pushing it off your head.

Key Features

• Two-layer build: knitted striped outer with a sewn-in fleece liner, not a coating or a brushed backing.
• Full fleece lining: black polar fleece covering the entire inside, crown seams to hem.
• Plain knit hem: a single-thickness edge with no turn-up cuff, so it does not sit thick around the ears.
• Striped jacquard outer: a fine birdseye-style knit in wide horizontal bands.
• Four colourways: Blue, Red, Gold and Brown, each a different stripe combination.
• Small hem logo: a script logo at the lower edge — a metal badge on some colourways, embroidered on others.
• Unisex adult: one size fits all, with no separate men's and women's cut.
• Nothing hanging off it: no pom-pom, no ear flaps, no chin ties — it is a plain beanie.

Limits

Where this beanie stops, stated plainly.

• The fibre is unconfirmed: the supplier states no fibre content and no care label appears in any photograph. We are not calling it any particular material.
• It is not waterproof: and we are not going to call it water resistant either. A knit outer and a fleece liner both soak up rain, and wet fleece stops holding heat. Put a hood over it.
• No thermal rating: there is no temperature rating, no wind rating and no insulation figure of any kind stated for this hat.
• One size only: there is no size chart and the supplier gives no head circumference, so the stretch is all you get. Change of mind is not covered on a return.
• Not safety equipment: no standard is printed on it and none was sighted. It is not flame resistant and it is not a hard hat liner — do not wear it for hot work.
• Not Australian made: it is manufactured overseas. Nothing in the BushLine range is made in Australia.
• Stripes vary: the colourway photographs are the supplier's, and exact stripe placement moves from hat to hat on a knitted product.

Q & A

Is this beanie actually made of wool?

We cannot tell you. The supplier states no fibre content, and there is no care label visible in any of the product photography — and a care label is normally the one place a fibre percentage is printed. So treat the fibre as unconfirmed rather than assuming it from the name. Buy this one on its construction: the full fleece liner is what does the work here, whatever the outer turns out to be spun from.

Is it made in Australia?

No. BushLine is an Australian business, but this beanie is manufactured overseas, and nothing in our range is Australian made. If you have read otherwise anywhere on this page, that was wrong and we would rather correct it than leave it sitting there.

Is the fleece a full liner or just a headband?

A full liner. Two of the photographs show the hat turned inside out, and the black fleece covers the entire inside — up over the crown seams and down to the hem. A lot of beanies described as fleece-lined only carry a narrow band across the brow, so it is worth checking, and on this one you can check it in the pictures.

Will it fit a big head?

Probably, but we cannot promise it. The supplier gives no head circumference, so there is no number to check yourself against. What we can say is that it is a stretch knit with a crown cut long to slouch, which is the most forgiving shape a beanie comes in. There is no size chart on this product and hats are not sold here in fitted sizes.

Can I wear it under a hard hat?

Not as a hard hat liner. Anything worn inside a helmet changes how that helmet sits and how it performs, and this beanie is not made, tested or marked for it. Under a jacket hood it is fine — the profile is low and there is no pom-pom to get in the way.

How should I wash it?

The supplier states no care instructions and there is no care label shown, so we have nothing official to pass on. For a fleece-lined knit of unknown fibre, a cold hand wash and drying flat out of direct sun is the conservative default. Hot water and a tumble dryer are what shrink and matt this kind of hat.

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