A comfortable beanie hat with a folded ribbed brim and gorgeous trimmings. Cast on using a sparkly lurex yarn, and top it off with a large pompom. At the centre is a twisted diamond cable motif, framed by columns of 2×2 rib. The back is worked in plain stocking stitch.
Charted and written instructions
Colour blocking & sparkly trim
Large cable motif
Ribbed brim
Worsted-weight wool
Featured Yarn: Quince & Co. Lark (100% American wool, 123m/134yd per 50g hank) in shades Aleutian, Audoin & Barolo.
Rico Creative Lamé (38% Polyamide, 62% Polyester, 135m/25g ball) in Gold.
This is a 4-ply weight lurex yarn used held double, since worsted-weight sparkly yarn can be harder to source
19 stitches and 27 rows = 10 cm/4″ in Stocking Stitch in the round
Tension was achieved using size 5mm/US8 needles
Your preferred needle type for knitting small circumferences in the round
5mm/US8 knitting needles or size needed to obtain gauge
Below-gauge-size knitting needles
Cable needle
Tapestry needle
Embroidery scissors
This pattern is multi-sized for 3 adult sizes, to fit head circumference 52 (56, 60)cm / 20.5 (22, 23.5)”
2 stretchy cast-ons for flexible knitting
choose & swap yarns for any gauge and budget
wind a hank or skein of yarn into a ball for knitting
