Just Cables Hat

A pretty cabled hat worked in DK weight, 100% alpaca yarn from the brim to the crown.

SKILLS REQUIRED

Working in the round

Cables

Decreases

YARN REQUIREMENTS

DK weight 100% alpaca yarn

200 (250) yards; 183 (229) meters

Sample knit in size small with Pascuali Alpaca Fino; 100% Alpaca; 218 yards (199 meters) in 100 grams (3.5 ounces); 1 ball in colour 29 (mint)

Find Alpaca Fino yarn at https://www.pascuali.de/

GAUGE

34 stitches and 36 rows is 4” (10 cm) on size US4 (3.5mm) needle in ribbing, in the round

One repeat of cable pattern is 3" (8 cm) on size US5 (3.75mm) needle, in the round, unstretched

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NEEDLE SIZE

Size US4 (3.5mm) 16” (40 cm) circular needle

Size US5 (3.75mm) 16” (40 cm) circular needle and needle of choice for working small circumference in the round