Armada Merino Wool Beanie

The right blend of acrylic and wool for a lightweight, cozy, keep you warm even in the damp, the Armada Merino Wool Beanie is that fresh from the blue ocean, off the docks, classic of the sea and seasons hat you wear from the first nip of fall through the wet days of spring. A fold-up cuff makes this not just “one size fits all,” but “one size adjusts to comfortably fit all with a nice double density over your ears or a slouch if you’re looking for a single layer on a warmer day.” The “watch cap” of today has a clear link back to the caps worn by Navy crews during World War II. If you hunt through archives, you’ll find an set of photos by Life Magazine that captures a submarine crew while stationed somewhere bleak and cold in the 1940s. The rolling of the brim up until it is over the ears is not a modern invention, you’ll see fully half the crew with the hat double rolled to perch over the ears, ready to be rolled back down again when they finally surface and have to face the weather. With the earliest examples of knit caps dating from some 500 years ago whether you call it a watch cap, beanie, or touque, it’s hard to imagine a more iconic and classic winter accessory than the cozy, toasty, fully customizable for styling, merino wool knit cap.