✨ How to knit a voluminous cable-knit hat with FACES yarn ✨, by The Woolcatcher on YouTube. 1 min 34 s.
- Video length
- 1 min 34 s
- Time to do it
- 2 to 3 hours
- Difficulty
- Medium
- Steps
- 9
What you need
Steps
Cast on 44 stitches on your 10 mm circular needles. Leave a long tail so you can tidy the brim later, then join in the round without twisting the stitches.
Knit 15 rows of 1x1 ribbing: knit 1, purl 1, all the way around each round. This makes the folded brim.
On row 16, increase 4 stitches evenly spaced around the round. You now have 48 stitches.
Set up the cable pattern: 2 purl, 6 knit, 2 purl, 6 knit. Repeat this 16 stitch block to the end of the round.
Knit 5 rows keeping the stitches as they sit, purling the purls and knitting the knits.
On the 6th row, cross each cable. Slip 3 stitches onto the cable needle and hold them in front, knit the next 3 stitches, then slide the held stitches back onto the left needle and knit them.
Repeat those 5 plain rows and 1 crossing row until almost the whole skein is used, crossing every 6th row.
On the final row, knit 2 stitches together all the way around to close the top.
Thread the yarn onto a tapestry needle, pass it through the remaining stitches and pull the crown tightly shut. Secure it, weave in all ends and fold up the brim.
Tips and common mistakes
Place a stitch marker at the start of the round so you always know where the cable pattern begins.
Keep the yarn loose when you knit the stitches off the cable needle, or the crossed column will pucker.
Hold the cable needle in front of the work every time so all the twists lean the same way.
Stop knitting when you have roughly 1 metre of yarn left, which is enough to close the crown.
Questions
How many stitches does this hat use?
You cast on 44 stitches for the ribbed brim, then increase to 48 stitches before starting the cable pattern. The 48 stitches divide into three 16 stitch cable blocks.
Do I really need a cable needle?
A short cable needle makes the twist much easier to hold, but you can use a spare double pointed needle or a large safety pin instead. Just keep the held stitches from slipping off.
How do I know when the hat is tall enough?
Knit until almost the whole 100 m skein is used, then work the final decrease row. Try it on before closing the crown, since super bulky yarn grows a little with wear.
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