This stretchy hat features two widths of cable to create a cozy look that’s perfect for winter.

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Skills Used
Basic knitting skills: cast on, knit, purl

Knitting in the round and small circumference knitting in the round using circular needles and magic loop or DPNs

Cables (C2F, C4F, and C6F with written instructions in the pattern)

Decreasing (k2tog, p2tog)

Skill Level
Intermediate

Finished Size
Hat: 21” (61 cm) circumference x 8.5” (21.5 cm) height (not including pom pom).

Materials
Knit Picks Swish Worsted (100% superwash Merino wool, 1.75 oz/50 g, 110 yd/100 m) – 1 skein in Marine Heather (CA), or approximately 110 yd (100 m) in any medium weight yarn.

Knit Picks Swish Tonal (100% superwash Merino wool, 3.5 oz/100 g, 220 yd/201 m) – 1 skein in Pacific Tonal (CB), or approximately 124 yd (113 m) in any medium weight yarn.

U.S. Size 7 (4.5mm) 40” (100 cm) circular knitting needles (or set of DPNs, for small circumference knitting in the round), or any size needed to obtain gauge.

Cable needle.

Stitch marker.

Yarn needle.

Pompom maker, extra large (optional).

Gauge
19 sts x 24 rows = 4” (10 cm) in stockinette st. Exact gauge is not critical for this project.

This pattern was originally published in November, 2013 in Love of Knitting.