A young man wearing a beanie.

A beanie is the name for two distinct types of cap or hat. The name "beanie" probably comes from the early-20th century slang term "bean," meaning "head". Teddy Beanie Baby A Beanie Baby is a small stuffed animal made by Ty Inc. ... Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... A cap is a form of headgear. ... For other uses, see Hat (disambiguation). ...

Woven variety

Propeller beanie, once popular among children, and now sometimes used as a symbol of geekdom.

Beanies are commonly worn during the winter and other colder months of the year to keep one's head warm. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The word geek has recently come to be used to refer to a person who is fascinated by knowledge and imagination, usually electronic or virtual in nature. ...

The construction of beanies varies. They can be structured from triangular sections of twill, leather or felt, joined by a button at the crown and seamed together around the sides. Less often, like a yarmulke, the cap is simply a flat circle of cloth with a section cut out to the center and then sewn into a three-dimensional shape. A "technical beanie" is thin and seamless for comfortable use with a helmet, thus is popular among cyclists. Beanies are often constructed from yarn, using knitting or crochet techniques. While the beanie is considered a fairly humble piece of clothing, it has been elevated to the status of regional art in Alice Springs, Australia- which is of course the Beanie Capital of the world. A twill weave can easily be identified by its diagonal lines. ... Modern leather-working tools Leather is a material created through the tanning of hides and skins of animals, primarily cattlehide. ... A selection of 4 different felt cloths. ... A yarmulke (also yarmulka, yarmelke) (Yiddish יאַרמלקע yarmlke) or Kippah (Hebrew כִּפָּה kippāh, plural kippot) is a thin, usually slightly rounded cloth cap worn by Jews. ... Bicycle helmet A bicycle helmet is a helmet intended to be worn while riding a bicycle. ...

The "crown" that Jughead Jones wears in Archie Comics is a form of beanie, as is the cap often worn by Spanky of Our Gang (The Little Rascals). These were also known as whoopee caps and dinks. Forsythe Pendleton Jughead Jones III is a fictional character in Archie Comics, first appearing in December 1941. ... Archie Comics is an American comic book publisher known for its many series featuring the fictional teenage Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge, Reggie Mantle and Forsythe Jughead Jones characters created by Bob Montana. ... George Robert Phillips McFarland (October 2, 1928 - June 30, 1993) was an American actor most famous for his childhood role as Spanky in the depression era childrens comedy movie series Our Gang, also known as the Little Rascals. ... A poster for the 1931 Our Gang comedy Love Business featuring depictions of (from left to right): Pete the Pup, Jackie Cooper, and Norman Chubby Chaney. ...

Goober Pyle a fictional character from the television show The Andy Griffith Show and Mayberry RFD wears a dark brown beanie with crown-like spikes distinguishing him from his cousin Gomer Pyle. Goober Pyle Goober Pyle was the fictional auto mechanic for the town of Mayberry in the 1960s American TV sitcom The Andy Griffith Show and its later spin-off series Mayberry RFD. He was played by George Lindsey. ... The Andy Griffith Show is an American television series that aired on CBS from October 3rd, 1960 to April 1st, 1968. ... Mayberry R.F.D. was a spinoff from The Andy Griffith Show. ... Gomer Pyle on The Andy Griffith Show Gomer Pyle was the simple-minded gas station attendant and later auto mechanic in the American TV sitcom The Andy Griffith Show, played by Jim Nabors. ...

In a Calvin and Hobbes comic strip, Calvin is trying to eat enough cereal, get the proofs of purchases and buy a propeller beanie. Getting the beanie after waiting six weeks for delivery, he is disappointed that the propeller beanie doesn't fly. Listen to this article (3 parts) (info) Part 1ʉۢ Part 2ʉۢ Part 3 This audio file was created from an article revision dated 2006-01-29, and may not reflect subsequent edits to the article. ...

Knit variety

A beanie with a large turn-up, worn so that the top of the hat is not stretched over the head.

The second is a close-fitting knit or crocheted cap which is usually made of wool, synthetic material, or fleece. They can be worn by either sex, but historically have been more commonly worn by men. These hats protect the head and ears from cold and wind chill, or are worn as a fashion item, often heavily branded with the name of the designer, sporting team insignia or colours, or with other logos or slogans. A bright green tuque A tuque (Canadian French: tuque, also spelled toque in English) is a knitted hat, originally usually of wool though now often of synthetic fibers, that is designed to provide warmth in winter. ... A beanie hat. ... A beanie hat. ... Knit hat, yarn, and knitting needles A woman knitting at a coffee shop Knitting is one of several ways to turn thread or yarn into cloth (cf weaving, crochet). ... Detail of a crocheted doily, Sweden Crochet (IPA: krəʊʃeɪ) is a process of creating fabric from yarn or thread using a crochet hook. ... Long and short hair wool at the South Central Family Farm Research Center in Boonesville, Arizona Wool is the fiber derived from the fur of animals and people of the Caprinae family, principally sheep, but the hair of certain species of other mammals such as goats and rabbits and oxes... Synthetic fibers are the result of extensive research by scientists to increase and improve upon the supply of naturally occurring animal and plant fibers that have been used in making cloth and rope. ... This article is about wool, the fiber. ... Wind chill is the apparent temperature felt on the exposed human (or animal) body due to the combination of air temperature and wind speed. ... A brand includes a name, logo, slogan, and/or design scheme associated with a product or service. ... ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

In Canada, where such hats are almost ubiquitous, they are called a tuque (or a toque: there is debate on the proper spelling). The term beanie is used mainly in New Zealand, Australia and the United Kingdom. Some English-speakers, especially military, refer to beanies as watch caps. In the United States, this kind of headgear is variously known as a beanie, knit hat, knit cap, sock cap, stocking cap, toboggan, boggan, skull cap, skully, ski capor, or ski cap depending on the region. It is worn low on the head, covering the forehead, and can be pulled down over the ears as well, though normal usage keeps a turned-up cuff. There are two main varieties of beanies, those that hug the top of the head, and those that leave the top couple of inches of the hat unstretched on top of the head. In India it is usually called a monkey cap. A bright green tuque A tuque (Canadian French: tuque, also spelled toque in English) is a knitted hat, originally usually of wool though now often of synthetic fibers, that is designed to provide warmth in winter. ...

They are also called woolen or wooly hats, or bobble hats if they are topped with a pompon, which is common. A variation of this type of hat, which is pulled down and worn over the face, with appropriate holes for the eyes and mouth is called a balaclava (or a ski mask in the U.S.). A visor beanie is a relatively new variety which foregoes the cuff for a cardboard-spined brim. Pom-pons Pom-Pon: A prop of sorts used in the sport of Cheerleading for a variety of reasons including attracting the attention of a crowd, accentuating movements, distracting an opposing team (though in very limited fashion and never in an unsportsmanlike manner), and adding an element of sparkle to... For other uses, see Eye (disambiguation). ... male human mouth The mouth, also known as the buccal cavity or the oral cavity, is the orifice through which an organism takes in food and water. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article is about the headgear known as a balaclava, for information about the town in the Crimea see: Balaklava. ... Motto: (Out Of Many, One) (traditional) In God We Trust (1956 to date) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington D.C. Largest city New York City None at federal level (English de facto) Government Federal constitutional republic  - President George Walker Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence from...

History

A larger variant of the skullcap such as the Jewish kippah or yarmulke, the beanie historically was blue-collar laborer's working hat, worn by welders, mechanics and other tradesmen who needed to keep their hair back but for whom a brim would be an unnecessary obstruction. Beanies do sometimes have a very small brim, less than an inch deep, around the brow front. The baseball cap evolved from this kind of beanie, with the addition of a brim to block the sun. A skullcap can be : in anatomy, the top part of the skull as headgear, a type of cap Observant Jewish men wear yarmulkes, small cloth skull-caps Catholic clergy, including The Pope, wear skullcaps known as zucchetti. ... For other uses, see Jew (disambiguation). ... A kippah (not the sea faring variety)(pointed ‎ kippa, plural kippot; Yiddish: yarmlke, sometimes called a yarmelke or yarmulka (from Polish jarmuÅ‚ka) or a קאַפּעלע kapele small cap) is a thin, slightly-rounded skullcap traditionally worn by observant Jewish men. ... A kippah (not the sea faring variety)(pointed ‎ kippa, plural kippot; Yiddish: yarmlke, sometimes called a yarmelke or yarmulka (from Polish jarmuÅ‚ka) or a קאַפּעלע kapele small cap) is a thin, slightly-rounded skullcap traditionally worn by observant Jewish men. ... A blue-collar worker is a working class employee who performs manual or technical labor, such as in a factory or in technical maintenance trades, in contrast to a white-collar worker, who does non-manual work generally at a desk. ... A baseball cap worn with the bill at the front, shading the eyes A baseball cap is a type of soft cap with a long, stiffened and curved peak and it is worn by men, women and children. ...

Beanies were popular among schoolchildren in the early to mid-20th century. Some hat historians believe schoolchildren began wearing beanies in imitation of their working-class fathers. Ray Nelson made a whimsical addition to these caps with a plastic propeller attached to the crown. The propeller beanie increased in popular use through comics, and eventually made its way onto the character of Beany Boy of "Beany and Cecil." Radell Ray Faraday Nelson (1931-) is a science fiction author most famous for his short story Eight OClock in the Morning, which was later used by John Carpenter as the basis for his 1988 film They Live, starring Roddy Piper and Keith David. ... For other uses, see Propeller (disambiguation). ... Beany and Cecil was an animated cartoon series that ran from 1962 to 1967. ...

It is probably due to this infantile connotation that some universities began introducing the freshman beanie around 1920. These were simple beanies, either with or without a brim, usually with an insignia of the institution and often with the class year, and usually made of wool. It was usually required that students wear these beanies at all times when they were on campus for the entire freshman year. At some institutions there was often a contest in the fall, such as an athletic competition between the freshman and sophomore classes, the winning of which would relieve that years freshman class from having to wear the stigmatizing beanie. With the social changes of the 1960’s, these traditions were abandoned, often by the simple refusal of whole classes to wear the beanie. Alternate uses: Student (disambiguation) Etymologically derived through Middle English from the Latin second-type conjugation verb stŭdērĕ, which means to study, a student is one who studies. ...

Today, computer geeks and other technically proficient people are sometimes pejoratively referred to as propeller heads thanks to the one-time popularity of the propeller beanie. Professional Speaker Rich DiGirolamo wears his beanie everywhere to shift the thinking of his audiences and remind them to poke fun at and embrace organizational change. The word geek has recently come to be used to refer to a person who is fascinated by knowledge and imagination, usually electronic or virtual in nature. ...