I’ve been playing with new ways to work cables this year, and here’s my first experiment. The Asti Spumante Hat!

This hat combines color and cables in a simple way I haven’t seen done before. The combination of twisted cables and stripes makes for a gorgeous, textured fabric and a hat is the perfect size project for trying something new.

The hat begins in a solid background shade, worked first in deep ribbing and then in an allover twisted stitch pattern. Once the stitch pattern was established, I added the color, tucking it into each cable in neat little lines. As always, I decided to transition from brim to hat in a way that sets up the first few rows of the pattern distinctly, and worked my crown off the last row of the pattern intentionally. The stripes themselves are centered on the body of the hat, and the crown is worked so it remains extra squishy and looks great either with or without a pom.

Stripes are worked in Dream State by Spincycle Yarns, which allows for beautifully subtle color changes from diamond to diamond and stripe to stripe, adding depth of color and extra interest against a deep green background.

Notes are included in the pattern for modifying the fit of the hat, as well as for working your stripes in a number of different ways.

Use the code ASTI for 20% off this and the Asti Spumante Tee through 9/22/21!

Use the code ASTI15 for 15% off the mYak yarn over at https://myak.it until 9/18 at 12pm EDT.

Yardage by size is detailed below:

SIZES
16(18.5,21.25)”/40.5(47,54)cm circumference.
8(8.5,8.5)”/20.25(21.5,21.5)cm from cast-on to top of crown

YARDAGE
Background Yarn mYak Baby Yak Medium (100% baby yak wool, 125yds/114m per 1.75oz/50g skein). Shown in Moss.
125(150,175)yds/114(137,160)m

Accent Yarn Spincycle Yarns Dream State (100% American wool, 150yds/137m per 1.75oz/50g skein). Shown in Deep Bump.
50(50,50)yds/45(45,45)m

If yarn gauge in stockinette is 22sts per 4”/10cm, your gauge in pattern should work out. Swatch to be sure though!

If substituting, you want a light worsted weight yarn with enough elasticity to maintain a snug fit around head. I suggest a solid background color against which the texture and accent color will show up. Accent yarn should be the same weight and feel, in a contrasting color (or colors) that will show up well against the background. Yardage is approximate.