Blue Orchid is a basic cable hat, knit with 100% wool. The cable and twisted knit stitch pattern gives this hat a beautiful texture. If you have never knitted cables before, this is the perfect project to learn this technique.

This hat is worked from the bottom up, in the round on circular needles.

YARN:
Yarn used in sample piece:
Drops Alaska Uni Colour (100% wool, 70 m/77 yds per 50 gr.) Sample uses ‘uni colour 52, Dark Turquoise’.

Total yardage:
Sizes S, (M, L):
140, (170, 200) meters/ 153, (186, 219) yards

NEEDLES:
5 mm (US size 8, UK size 6), 40 cm (16”) circular needles.

NOTIONS:
• 1 stitch marker
• 1 cable needle

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