Inspired by my love of nature and vintage designs, the Old Oak Toque features a single cable statement panel amidst a woven textured “background”.
This hat is designed to fit with a bit of slouch and is offered in four sizes ranging from child small to adult large. Finish with or without a pom-pom, it’s your choice!

Sizes
child sm, child regular, adult regular, adult large

Finished width measured flat (unstretched)
7 (8, 9, 10)” / 18 (20, 23, 25) cm
intended to fit with 1-3” (2.5 - 8cm) negative ease from actual head size.

Yarn Requirements:
Due to the texture and cable design of this pattern, solid or tonal yarn is ideal.Choose to knit with fingering weight yarn held doubled, or with a single strand of DK.

Fingering weight
200 (240, 290, 330) yards / 182 (220, 262, 302 ) meters

DK weight
100 (120, 145, 165) yards / 91 (110, 131, 151) meters

Sample shown in Olann Yarn - Light Fingering
(held double) in Pear colorway

Gauge
22 sts/ 36 rounds per 4” (10cm) in k1 sl1 wyif texture (on needle size US 8 / 5mm)

Needles and Notions

Needle Size US 6/ 4 mm
Needle Size US 8/ 5 mm or size needed for gauge
Cable needle
Beginning of round stitch marker plus 2 additional stitch markers
Darning needle
16” circular in both sizes, plus a longer length cord to work magic loop method for decreases

(optional) US Size 8 (5 mm) double pointed needles dpns