Dunbar hat by Rebecca Clow

Dunbar hat

Knitting
November 2026
DK (11 wpi) ?
20 stitches and 30 rows = 4 inches
in 2x2 ribbing
US 5 - 3.75 mm
135 - 244 yards (123 - 223 m)
1 (2, 3, 4)
English

CONSTRUCTION
The Dunbar hat is a ribbed and cabled hat worked from the brim up. Both the rib and the brim have the same cables worked on them, so a turn is worked after the brim to have the RS showing when the brim is folded up.

GAUGE
22 stitches x 30 rounds per 10 cm / 4” with 3.75 mm US 5 needles in 2 x 2 ribbing, after blocking.
20 stitches x 30 rounds per 7.5 cm / 2.75” with 3.75 mm US 5 needles in cable pattern (Chart A), after blocking.

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
Circumference: 43 (48.5, 54, 57) cm / 17 (19, 21.25, 22.5)“.
Length (with brim folded up): 16.5 (19, 21.5, 23.5) cm / 6.5 (7.5, 8.5, 9.25)”.

Choose a size that is between 5–7.5 (5.5–8.5, 6–9, 6.5–10) cm / 2–3 (2.25–3.25, 2.5–3.5, 2.5–4)“ less than your actual head circumference.

NEEDLE SIZE
3.75 mm US 5.

YARDAGE
123 (160, 197, 233) m / 134 (174, 215, 254) yds of DK-weight yarn.

YARN
The sample was knit in West Yorkshire Spinners The Croft DK (100% wool, 225 m / 246 yds per 100 g) in the colourway Harkland.
Other suitable yarns include West Yorkshire Spinners Fleece Bluefaced Leicester DK or Explorer Knits + Fibers Earthy DK.