Worsted-Weight Yarn Knit Cable Hat Pattern

Knitting materials and tools:

Medium-weight yarn cable hat size:

Head circumference:  53-57 cm (21-23”).

Gauge: 16-17 stitches = 4 inches in stockinette

Common abbreviations of knitting stitches:

K – knit,

P – purl,

P2tog – purl two together

k2tog – knit two together

inc – increase: knit the stitch through the front loop. Do not remove the stitch from the needle yet.  Knit into the back of the same stitch. Slip stitches off needle.

skpo – Slip, Knit, Pass Over: Slip one stitch to the right needle knitwise, knit in the next stitch and drop this stitch off the left needle, insert the left needle into the slipped stitch, pass it over the knit stitch and it’s done.

C3F – Cable 3 Front: Slip 3 knit stitches to the extra needle and hold in front of work, k3 from the left-hand needle, k3 from the extra needle.

C2F – Cable 2 Front: Slip 2 knit stitches to the extra needle and hold in front of work, k2 from the left-hand needle, k2 from the extra needle.

Worsted-weight yarn cable hat knitting pattern:

Using 4 mm knitting needles and long tail method cast on 84 stitches or any number multiple of 4. Place stitch marker and join to knit in the round.

Start knitting ribbing [k2, p2] until the piece reaches 13 -14cm for the hat with folded brim or 5-6 cm for the hat without it.

Knitting body of the cable hat:

In the next row we need to add 6 sts to get the number that will be divisible by 15.

Round 1: k2, p2, k2, p2, inc, k1, p2, k2, p2, k2, p2, inc, k1, p2, k2, p2, k2, p2, inc, k1, p2, k2, p2, k2, p2, k2, p2, k2, p2, inc, k1, p2, k2, p2, k2, p2, inc, k1, p2, k2, p2, k2, p2, inc, k1, p2, k2, p2.  (90 stitches)

Change to 4.5 mm knitting needles.

Round 2-7: [k3, p3, k6, p3] – repeat till the end of round.

Round 8: [k3, p3, C3F, p3] – repeat till the end of round.

Round 9-15: [k3, p3, k6, p3] – repeat till the end of round.

Round 16: [k3, p3, C3F, p3] – repeat till the end of round.

Repeat Rounds 9-16 once more, after that repeat Rounds 9-13. At this point my hat measures 19-20 cm.

Shaping the crown of worsted-weight cable knit hat:

Round 1: [k3, p3, skpo, k2, k2tog, p3] – repeat till the end of round.

Round 2: [k3, p3, k4, p3] – repeat till the end of round.

Round 3: [k3, p2tog, p1, C2F, p1, p2tog] – repeat till the end of round.

Round 4: [k3, p2, k4, p2] – repeat till the end of round.

Round 5: [k3, p2tog, k1, skpo, k1, p2tog] – repeat till the end of round.

Round 6: [k3, p1, k3, p1] – repeat till the end of round.

Round 7: k2tog all the way around, k1.

Cut the yarn leaving 10 cm tail. Draw the tail through remaining stitches. Pull tail to close top. Weave in all ends and block.