This is a quick and easy cable project. It is knit on large needles and knits up quickly. Pattern is written for aran weight but could easily be adapted to other weights and to knit other sizes. This is done by adding or removing repeats of 12 stitches.

It is a good starter project for someone new to cabling as there is a reasonable distance between cables- so on each cable round there are only 6 cables to do. The decreases for the hat happen in the purl sectio- allowing the cables to continue up to the crown.