The pattern includes detailed information on how to knit the swatch to determine the number of stitches to cast on.

Description: I developed this pattern because I wanted to make a cabled hat for myself (using some Malabrigo worsted that I had bought for that exact purpose), but I couldn’t find a pattern I liked that called for worsted-weight yarn. I found several for chunky or bulky weight, but I figured that if I was going to do the work of adjusting the pattern for worsted, I might as well just write a pattern myself. So I did.

I call this hat “Compulsive Cables” because it’s entirely cabled. There is no ribbed border at the brim of the hat, so the cables pull it out a little bit. There are two lengths of cables in the body: 4 rows tall and 6 rows tall. Why? Just because I could. If you are so inclined, it might be cool to make a hat where each cable is slightly taller than the next (4 rows tall, then 5 rows, then 6, etc.). Or you could make them all the same. If you want to eliminate the brim, you can do some ribbing at the start. (Just make sure that you pick a ribbing style that divides evenly into your stitch count.)