Warm a special baby’s sweet little head with this soft beanie-style hat featuring cables set in a seed stitch background and a simple ribbed brim: a perfect shower gift to show someone how much you already love their new bundle of joy!

Knitting Skill Level: intermediate

Sizes: preemie, newborn (3 months, 6 months, 9 months) {metric in brackets}
Finished circumference 11.5, 13 (14.5, 16, 17.5)” {29, 33 (37, 41, 44) cm}
Note: Cable fabric pulls in width-wise and is very stretchy so it will accommodate a range of head size. Example: Newborn size “pulls in” to ≈ 10” {25.4 cm} and stretches to ≈ 14” {35 cm}.

Materials:
Yarn:
Bernat Softee Baby 100% acrylic,
shown in color 02000 white
60, 70 (80, 90, 100) yards {55, 64 (73, 82, 91) meters}
• US 3 {3.25 mm} DPNs
• optional: US 3 {3.25 mm} 16” {40 cm} circular needle for sizes 6 & 9 months
• tapestry needle
• round marker
• cable needle

Gauge:
22 sts x 32 rows = 4” {10 cm} in ribbing on US 3 needles

Errata
A February 2023 update to the Baby Cable Hat pattern by Vint Hill Knits corrects an error in needle size conversion that was made in the 2019 metric update. The erroneous pattern was available between 2019 and February 7, 2023.

The correct needle size is US 3 3.25 mm for both DPN and circular.

Downloads after 2/7/2023 will include the correction.