This warm and stylish beanie is designed with cables that come to a peak rather than crossing over. Wear it slouchy or fold up the brim and make it a fitted beanie! However you wear it, its a warm, fast knit! Makes a great gift for men, women or teens!

Skill Level: Intermediate

Knitting techniques include: knitting in the round, making cables, decreasing (knitting 2 stitches together), and increasing.

What you’ll need:
size 10 US 16’ circular needles or set of dpns
180y/ 164m of bulky yarn
cable needle
stitch marker
tapestry needle

Gauge:
10 rows + 10 sts in stockinette st = 2.5 inches using size 10 US needles

Finished Circumference

16 inches (41cm) in circumference (unstretched) and 10.5 inches (27cm) in length. One size fits most.

There has been some discussion that this hat is too tight for some people. Although it fits me just fine, everyone’s different! A great solution to the body of the hat being tight is to substitute size 13 US 16’ circular needles.

A mistake has been found in Row 1 of the written instructions “body of the hat”. It read (p1, k2, p8, k3) x5, p1 But should read (p1, k3, p8, k3) x5, p1. The charted directions are correct. Sorry for any inconvenience, if you wish to download the pattern again it has been corrected and re-uploaded to my blog. Thanks! These changes were made on September 23rd, 2011 so if you downloaded it previous to this date you will need the updated pattern