Hats are the perfect size for experimenting with new-to-you techniques. Never cabled before? Try it out on a hat. Unfamiliar with reading charts, but want to learn? Start with a hat pattern first. Hats are small-ish, useful, and fairly quick to knit. This hat features one large cable panel, and is great for practicing cables, or for learning to cable without a cable needle, or getting more familiar with reading charts.
Size
Finished Hat Circumference 18.5 (20.5, 22.5)”
2” negative ease recommended.
Shown in size 20.5”
Yarn
Malabrigo Rios (100% Merino; 210 yards [192 meters]/100 grams): 083 Water Green (MC), 1 ball for all sizes
Needles
Size US 7 (4.5 mm): 16” circular
Size US 8 (5 mm): 16” circular and DPNs
Notions
Markers; tapestry needle; pompom maker
Gauge
19 sts and 28 rows = 4” [10 cm] in St st after wet blocking on larger needles.
Abbreviations
Please see our standard abbreviations.
CN: cable needle
M1pwise: Make 1 st purlwise by lifting the running thread between stitches from front to back, then purling into the front.
2/2 LPC: Slip next 2 sts to cn and hold in front, p2, k2 from cn.
2/2 RPC: Slip next 2 sts to cn and hold in back, k2, p2 from cn.
2/2 RC: Slip next 2 sts to cn and hold in back, k2, k2 from cn.
2/1 RPC: Slip next st to cn and hold in back, k2, p1 from cn.
2/1 LPC: Slip next 2 sts to cn and hold in front, p1, k2 from cn.
2/2 LC: Slip next 2 sts to cn and hold in front, k2, k2 from cn.
Pattern Notes
This pattern is worked in the round from the bottom up with a large cable panel.
Chart
Celtic Knot Cable Panel
Celtic Knot Cable Panel Written Instructions
Rnd 1: (K2, p2) x 8, k2. (34 sts)
Rnd 2: (K2, p2) x 2, k2, m1pwise, (p2, k2) x 3, p2, m1pwise, (k2, p2) x 2, k2. (36 sts)
Rnd 3: (K2, p2) x 2, 2/2 LPC, p1, (k2, p2) x 2, k2, p, 2/2 RPC, (p2, k2) x 2.
Rnd 4: K2, p2, k2, p4, k2, p1, (k2, p2) x 2, k2, p1, k2, p4, k2, p2, k2.
Rnd 5: K2, p2, k2, p4, 2/2 LPC, k1, p2, k2, p2, k1, 2/2 RPC, p4, k2, p2, k2.
Rnd 6: K2, p2, k2, p6, k3, p2, k2, p2, k3, p6, k2, p2, k2.
Rnd 7: K2, p2, 2/2 LPC, p4, 2/2 LPC, p1, k2, p1, 2/2 RPC, p4, 2/2 RPC, p2, k2.
Rnd 8: K2, p4, k2, p6, (k2, p1) x 2, k2, p6, k2, p4, k2.
Rnd 9: K2, (p4, 2/2 LPC) x 2, (2/2 RPC, p4) x 2, k2.
Rnd 10: (K2, p6) x 2, k4, (p6, k2) x 2.
Rnd 11: (2/2 LPC, p4) x 2, 2/2 RC, (p4, 2/2 RPC) x 2.
Rnd 12: P2, k2, p6, k2, p4, k4, p4, k2, p6, k2, p2.
Rnd 13: P2, 2/2 LPC, p4, (2/2 LPC, 2/2 RPC) x 2, p4, 2/2 RPC, p2.
Rnd 14: P4, k2, p6, k4, p4, k4, p6, k2, p4.
Rnd 15: P4, 2/2 LPC, (p4, 2/2 RC) x 2, p4, 2/2 RPC, p4.
Rnd 16: P6, k2, (p4, k4) x 2, p4, k2, p6.
Rnd 17: P6, (2/2 LPC, 2/2 RPC) x 3, p6.
Rnd 18: P8, (k4, p4) x 2, k4, p8.
Rnd 19: P8, (2/2 RC, p4) x 2, 2/2 RC, p8.
Rnd 20: Repeat Rnd 18.
Rnd 21: P7, 2/1 RPC, (2/2 LPC, 2/2 RPC) x 2, 2/1 LPC, p7.
Rnd 22: P7, k2, p3, k4, p4, k4, p3, k2, p7.
Rnd 23: P6, 2/1 RPC, p3, 2/2 LC, p4, 2/2 LC, p3, 2/1 LPC, p6.
Rnd 24: Repeat Rnd 16.
Rnd 25: P6, k2, p3, 2/1 RPC, 2/2 LPC, 2/2 RPC, 2/1 LPC, p3, k2, p6.
Rnd 26: P6, (k2, p3) x 2, k4, (p3, k2) x 2, p6.
Rnd 27: P6, (k2, p3) x 2, 2/2 RC, (p3, k2) x 2, p6.
Rnd 28: Repeat Rnd 26.
Rnd 29: P6, k2, p3, 2/1 LPC, 2/2 RPC, 2/2 LPC, 2/1 RPC, p3, k2, p6.
Rnd 30: Repeat Rnd 16.
Rnd 31: P6, 2/1 LPC, p3, 2/2 LC, p4, 2/2 LC, p3, 2/1 RPC, p6.
Rnd 32: Repeat Rnd 22.
Rnd 33: P7, 2/1 LPC, (2/2 RPC, 2/2 LPC) x 2, 2/1 RPC, p7.
Rnd 34: Repeat Rnd 18.
Rnd 35: P8, 2/2 LPC, p4, 2/2 RC, p4, 2/2 RPC, p8.
Rnd 36: P10, k2, p4, k4, p4, k2, p10.
Rnd 37: P10, (2/2 LPC, 2/2 RPC) x 2, p10.
Rnd 38: P12, k4, p4, k4, p12.
Rnd 39: P12, 2/2 LPC, p4, 2/2 RPC, p12.
Rnd 40: P14, k2, p4, k2, p14.
Rnd 41: P14, 2/2 LPC, 2/2 RPC, p14.
Rnd 42: P16, k4, p16.
Rnd 43: P16, ssk, k2tog, p16. (34 sts)
Pattern
With smaller needles CO 88 (96, 104) sts. Join to work in the round, being careful not to twist. PM for BOR.
Rnd 1: *K2, p2; rep from * to end.
Repeat ribbing round until piece measures 1.25”/3 cm.
Switch to larger needles.
Next Rnd: Working from chart or written instructions, work Celtic Knot Round 1 over next 34 sts, PM if desired, p to end, increasing 2 (3, 4) sts evenly—90 (99, 108) sts.
Continue Celtic Knot pattern until all rounds are complete.
Top of Hat Decreases
Note: Switch to DPNs when work becomes tight on circular.
Rnd 1: P7, p2tog, p7, ssk, *p7, p2tog* to end—80 (88, 96) sts.
Rnd 2: P around.
Rnd 3: *P6, p2tog* to end — (70, 77, 84) sts.
Rnd 4: P around.
Rnd 5: *P5, p2tog* to end—60 (66, 72) sts.
Rnd 6: *P4, p2tog* to end—50 (55, 60) sts.
Rnd 7: *P3, p2tog* to end—40 (44, 48) sts.
Rnd 8: *P2, p2tog* to end—30 (33, 36) sts.
Rnd 9: *P1, p2tog* to end—20 (22, 24) sts.
Rnd 10: *P2tog* to end—10 (11, 12) sts.
Break yarn and draw through remaining sts, cinching tight.
Finishing
Weave in ends and block to finished measurements.
Use pompom maker to make a large pompom and tie to top of hat.
About the Designer: Emily Ringelman
About the Designer: Emily RingelmanEmily Ringelman lives in the hot, humid swamp we call “Louisiana,” a place known more for its alligators and Cajun food than knitting designers.
Someday she hopes to live somewhere cold enough to wear sweaters.
I belong to knittingparadise.com and a member left a link to your CAVANAUGH HAT. I am going to save the pattern and hope to make it soon. I think it would make a great gift for my son’s girlfriend. She loves, loves, loves purple and I’m thinking of a lavender or a lighter shade of purple to not lose the cables. This is outstanding and I’m glad that I found the pattern.
I see you live in Louisiana. I was born in Wild, Wonderful West Virginia. It is definitely cold enough there for sweaters. My first job out of college was 30 miles south of Eric, Pennsylvania and it was cold there. It seemed as if the cold air off Lake Erie came sweeping down the interstate. Then I moved to Oklahoma and have been here for almost 45 years. Summers are hot and I still usually carry a sweater in the summer. I have fibromyalgia and my body aches most of the time like I have the flu and I also run colder than most, so I carry a sweater when I go out. I do not envy you the alligators in your part of the country and I hope someday you get to live where you get to wear a sweater
Again, thanks for the pattern for the hat. If I have a good experience with the hat, I hope to make one for my only daughter, too.