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October Road hat is a unisex, visually-lush cabled beanie that gives the appearance of complexity, while remaining simple and attainable. Using simple 3x3, 2x2, and 1x1 cables, this beanie is the ideal first cabled hat project to get used to chart reading, cabling with or without a cable needle, working decreases, and practicing a tubular cast on.

Made in luscious De ReRum Natura Gilliatt, this hat is worked from the bottom up with a cozy 1x1 rib brim, shown with a double- or single-brim option.

Finished Size
One size; 16” / 40.5 cm finished circumference (unstretched), after blocking; Hat A: 8” / 20.25 cm finished height (folded), after blocking; 11” / 28 cm finished height (unfolded), after blocking; Hat B: 8.25” / 21 cm finished height, after blocking.

Note: Hat will stretch to fit a 19”-23” / 48.25 - 58.5 cm head circumference.

Yarn
De Rerum Natura Gilliatt (French mérinos d’Arles, Portuguese black merino; 270 yards / 250 m; 3.5 oz. / 100 g):
Hat A: merlot (deep purple with red undertones), 1 skein
Hat B: forêt (deep heathered green), 1 skein
OR
any dk/light worsted weight yarn; 200-220 yds / 183-202 m.

Needles
Size A (for hat body): Size US 7 / 4.5 mm: 16” / 40 cm circular (circ) and double-pointed needles (dpn), or preferred method for working small-circumferences.
Size B (for ribbing): Size US 5 / 3.75 mm: 16” / 40 cm circular (circ), or preferred method for working small-circumferences.
Size C (optional, for tubular cast on): Size US 4 / 3.5 mm: 16” / 40 cm circular (circ), or preferred method for working small circumferences.
Adjust needle size if necessary to obtain the correct gauge.

Notions
Cable needle (cn); tapestry needle; stitch markers (m); optional, waste yarn.

Gauge
26 sts and 33 rnds = 4” / 10 cm in 1x1 rib on Size B needle, after blocking.
3.125” / 8 cm wide and 1.25” / 3.25 cm height = 1 Chart Rep on Size A needle, after blocking.

Skills Required
Cabling with/or without a cable needle (cn); decreasing; increasing; chart reading; (optional) tubular cast on.

Meghan Babin is the co-founder of Hudson + West Co. and former editor of Interweave Knits (2015-2018). In addition to owning an American yarn company with her dear friend and business partner, Sloane Rosenthal, she occasionally has the itch to design with other yarns. She hails from the lower Hudson Valley region of New York where she currently lives, designs, and runs H+W HQ East. Her designs and creative work are largely inspired by the dichotomy between New York City and the wilds of the Hudson Valley. Follow her on Instagram @meggospurls. Find her designs on Ravelry and her website, www.meggospurls.com.

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