This is more of a recipe than a pattern. I invented it myself and it makes a squishy, cute braided cable hat that should fit most adults. Any bulky/super bulky yarn should work. I have a biggish noggin and so does my mister and this hat fits us both well. It’s a little tall on me but I like that fit so …

I am NOT a professional knitter or pattern writer so, I apologize in advance for clarity issues! If you have a better way of wording anything, or any size mods, please feel free to drop me a message or leave a comment. I will update pattern as needed!

Updated 2/19 with a clarification about the increases as you move from brim to crown.

Errata: the easy way to increase from 60 sts to 72 is on Row 1 of chart. Work as follows: (p, ktbl, p, kfb, K5, kfb).

I just realized that I didn’t explicitly say, when you start the 4th cable repeat, your cables will be down to two stitches instead of three.