There were a few places in this pattern that were not very clear which resulted in having to frog the hat when I was about 2/3’s through. However Once I realised my mistake it was plain sailing. I was glad that I stuck it out as this is a fab hat once finished.

9/12/2014 - I have added a pompom to my hat. It seems that these cabled hats are everywhere at the moment (here in England at least) and they are all topped with pompoms.