Knitting: Redundancy Cabled Hat for Men and Women

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Redundancy Cabled Hat for Men and Women Pattern

Category:

Knitting

Type:

Accessory

Fit:

Boys, Tall, Plus-sized, Girls, Women, Petite, Men

Item:

Hat

Skill Level:

Beginner

Basic Skills Necessary:

Knit
Purl
Working in the round
Using stitch markers
Basic cables (1 stitch over 1 stitch)
Basic decreasing

Pattern Description:

Does the world really need yet another knitted hat pattern?
Probably not ?but when the Doctor recently asked me to
knit him a hat, I knew he had to have something original. Figuring it would be almost as easy to design a new pattern as it would be to find one we both liked, I designed this quick topper around a cable pattern I found in Vogue?s Stitchionary. The optional rolled brim makes this hat wearable by both guys and gals, and also implements an interesting new way to decrease ribbing that keeps the ribs intact all the way to the crown.

Gauge:

36 sts/30 rows = 4 inches in unstretched k2, p2 rib

Sizing / Finished Measurements:

One size fits most, from child to adult. 16 inch circumference, unstretched; 8.5 inches tall

Materials:

Knit Picks Wool of the Andes Worsted 100% Peruvian Highland Wool, 110 yards per 50 gram ball; Color: 2 balls 23894 Artic Heather (also shown here in 24652 Bittersweet Heather)
US 4/3.5 mm 16 inch circular needle
US 4/3.5 mm double pointed needles
3 stitch markers, 1 distinguishable for beginning of round
Cable Needle
Blunt Needle
Scissors