Big Cable Slouch Hat by Lynne Lounsbury

Big Cable Slouch Hat

Knitting
February 2015
Worsted (9 wpi) ?
5 stitches = 1 inch
in Cable pattern
US 6 - 4.0 mm
US 8 - 5.0 mm
218 yards (199 m)
10.5" diameter at widest point
English
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Originally available as part of Patternworks’ Essential Accessories™ Club. This hat features chunky cables with columns of garter stitch in between.

Size: Ladies’ average; approx. 10.5” diameter at widest point and 17” circumference at brim, unstretched (please note: brim is VERY stretchy!)

Materials:
Ty-Dy Wool yarn by Knit One, Crochet Too
#6 (4.0mm) double-pointed needles or 16” circular for brim
#8 (5.0mm) double-pointed needles and 16” or 20” circular for body of hat
Cable needle
Scrap yarn (dk gauge or thinner), dinner plate and mug or drinking glass for blocking (optional)

Gauge:
5 sts = 1” in cable pattern