Handspun Chunky Cable Hat
Finished
February 24, 2015
February 28, 2015

Handspun Chunky Cable Hat

Project info
Super Soft Merino Chunky Cable Hat by Purl Soho
Knitting
HatOther
me
pattern size
Needles & yarn
US 11 - 8.0 mm
The Sassy Ewe Southdown Wool
16 grams in stash
0.85 skeins = 96 grams
Blue-green
Blue-green
Notes

This is project #2 with the handspun. Had to frog the first one (made a hat on too small a needle size that was too stiff).

I swatched with size 11 needles and got the gauge (ish) so kept it there. I stuck with the 88 stitch cast-on.

I cast on with long tail for the K stitches and German twisted for the P stitches. I realized that following the tubular cast on instructions from Turn a Square would make a more professional edge…but it’s a rough hewn kind of hat in the handspun so maybe a rough-hewn cast-on is A-OK.

Started with 2 repeats of rows 1-10 rather than 3 to make a slightly shorter hat and make sure I have enough yarn (have a mystery amount of this handspun - my yardage meter did not seem to work when I pulled it through). When I got to the end, I decided I had enough for all 3 repeats so frogged back and added a 3rd repeat of rows 1-10.

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  • Project created: February 24, 2015
  • Finished: February 28, 2015
  • Updated: November 17, 2016
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