Size: One size ● Level: 3/5 ● The Sofia hat is the crowning glory of any outfit. At a quick glance, it looks like a classic cabled hat, but it features a modern twist: a high, double-folded ribbed brim paired with a short cable section. The cables are wide, separated by delight-fully bubbly narrow columns of bobbles. This beanie uses so little yarn that you can easily knit it from leftover skeins. It pairs equally well with a leather jacket or a timeless cabled sweater.

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FINISHED MEASUREMENTS

Head Circumference: 42 cm / 16.75”.
Height: 23 cm / 9.25” (with brim folded).
To fit a head circumference of approx. 56–60 cm / 22.5–24”.

MATERIALS

Yarn

Yarn 1: Knitting for Olive Merino (100% merino – 250 m / 273 yds – 50 g).
100 g in the colourway Ballerina.

Or 500 m / 545 yds of fingering-weight yarn.

Yarn 2: Knitting for Olive Soft Silk Mohair (70% mohair, 30% silk, 225 m / 246 yds – 25 g).
25 g in the colourway Ballerina.

Or 225 m / 245 yds of lace-weight mohair yarn.

The hat is worked holding two strands of merino and one strand of mohair together.

Other yarn options include Sandnes Garn Sunday or any fingering-weight yarn held double, Sandnes Garn Double Sunday or any DK-weight yarn held single and paired with any lace-weight mohair.

Needles

3.5 mm (US4)
Short circular needle
DPNs for cables and crown decreases.

3.25 mm (US3)
Short circular needle for the ribbing.

Notions

Cable needle, stitch marker, tapestry needle, waste yarn for cast-on.

GAUGE

26 sts x 29 rnds = 10 cm / 4” in k1, p1 ribbing with 3.25 mm (US 3) needle, unstretched.

CONSTRUCTION

The hat is worked from the bottom up, from the ribbed brim to the crown decreases. The brim is started with a very easy tubular cast-on and folded double at the end.