Cable Stitch Hat

I am really intimidated with Cable Stitch Crochet. I've been eyeing to do it for months but haven't fully made a real project for it. But this weekend I had the courage to finally make a hat. The first hat I made was a bummer. I keep on frogging it and yarn doesn't look so good anymore because of me frogging it too much. But I did finish it and I wonder if I'll ever post it in here. Here is a picture of it below:

What do you think? Should I? or not? Is the pattern for this hat worth posting here?

Anyways, let's get started with this hat that I am sharing you here. After so many attempts of making cable stitch hat, I finally settled for this simple hat. The pattern is easy and fast to make.

Materials:

• #3 light yarn ( Gantsilyo Guru in Pastel Blue and Clay)
• G/4.00mm Crochet hook
• Tapestry needle
• pompom maker (optional)
• scissors

Terms Used:

• ch - chain
• sc- single crochet
• hdc - half double crochet
• dc - double crochet
• sl st - slip stitch
• fpdc - front post double crochet
• fptc - front post treble crochet

* FPDC - Front Post Double Crochet. Yarn over, insert hook on the post of indicated stitch doing it in front, instead of the regular inserting on top of a stitch. Yarn over and pull up a loop, yarn over again and pull through two loops, yarn over once more and pull through all loops

*FPTC - Front Post Treble Crochet. Yarn over two times, Insert hook on the post of indicated stitch doing it in front, instead of the regular inserting on top of a stitch. Yarn over and pull up a loop, yarn over again and pull through two loops, yarn over again and pull through two loops, yarn over once more and pull through all loops.

Here is Moogly's tutorial about post stitches.  

*Update- Someone asked me if this hat can be downsized, yes, of course, it can. You just need to make the ribbing to fit in your head size, and make Round 1 of the Body of the Hat,  be a multiple of 6. But here is a rough detail on the number of rows you have to make for each size:

0-4 months

• Ribbing - 42 rows
• Body of the hat Round 1- 48 single crochets

5-9 months

• Ribbing - 50 Rows
• Body of the hat Round 1 - 60 single crochets

9-Toddler 

• Ribbing - 68 Rows
• Body of the Hat Round 1- 72 single crochets

Child

• Ribbing - 78 rows
• Body of the Hat Round 1 - 84 single crochets

Young Adult

• Ribbing - 90 rows
• Body of the Hat Round 1 -96 single Crochets

Instructions:

Ribbing

Row 1.  Chain 6, SC in the second ch from the hook. SC each stitch till the end. Chain 1 and turn. (5sc)

Row 2.  SC on both loops in the first stitch, SC on Back Loops Only (BLO) in next 3 stitches,  SC on both loops in the last stitch. Chain 1 and turn. (5 sc).

Repeat Row 2 until the desired length of your ribbing is achieved. With my ribbing, I ended up to Row 96.  

     *Some says that Row 96 is way too long for a ribbing. But please remember that I am using a #3 yarn in this pattern and a G hook.

Join both ends of your ribbing by slip stitching each stitch together. Change the color of your yarn, chain 1 and turn your work on the right side.

Body

Round 1. SC in each stitch around, and adding increases(sc) along the way and make sure that the total SC is 108 or a multiple of 6. Join with a SL ST in first SC. (108 sc)

Round 2. CH 2, HDC in each stitch around. Join with a SL ST in the first stitch. (108 HDC)

Round 3. CH 2, HDC in the first stitch, *skip 2 stitches, FPTC in the next 2 stitches. FPTC back to the 2 skipped stitches. HDC in next unworked stitch and in the next.* Repeat till the end, ending with 1 HDC in the last stitch. Join with a SL ST in first HDC. (108sts)

Round 4.  CH 2, HDC in the first stitch, *FPDC in next and the next 3 stitches, HDC in next 2 stitches* Repeat till the end, ending with 1 HDC in the last stitch. Join with a SL ST in first HDC

Repeat Round 3 and 4 respectively until you reached your desired length of your hat. But I think up to Round 26 will be long enough.  Whatever Round you will stop make sure it is same as Round 4.

We will begin to decrease our hat in preparation for closing the hat.

Round 27.  CH 1, SC in the first stitch, *skip 2 stitches, FPTC in the next 2 stitches, FPTC back to the 2 skipped stitches. SC dec in the next two unworked stitch.* Repeat till the end, ending with 1 sc in the last stitch. Join with a SL ST in first SC.

Round 28. CH1, SC in the first stitch, *FPDC in next and the next 3 stitches, skip the next stitch* Repeat till the end, ending with a SC in the last stitch. Join with a SL ST in first SC. 

Round  29.  CH 1, SC decrease all the way around. Join with a SL ST in first stitch.

Round 30. CH 1, SC in all stitches around. Join with a SL ST in first stitch. Fasten off and leave a long tail. Long enough to run through all the stitches and closed the hat.  Add your pompom by sewing it on the top of your hat using again the long tail end.

Fasten off and weave all ends.

I am so happy on how my Cable Stitch Hat turned out. This is just a simple Cable Stitch technique. I might do another hat with much complex cable stitches.

So I hope you will love this hat and try to make this also. Tell me what you think about it after and share me some photos of your finished project.

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So that's it. I hope you all learn something and enjoy this post. If you have any questions, comments or suggestion just leave a message in the comment box and I will gladly answer them. Thank you and God bless!

xoxo

Nanay Madel

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Thought of the Day

July 23, 2017

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It is the absence of Christ that makes the countenance sad, and the life a pilgrimage of sighs. - COL 162