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Brigid is a striking and innovative cabled beanie rooted in Celtic-inspired knotwork and knitwear design. This lusciously cabled hat features a twisting cable motif, which repeats around the hat with a favorite flanking braided cable, for an evocative design made for everyday wear.

This design is a cross-border collaboration with Deanna Guttman of Needles in the Hay — located in Peterborough, Ontario — sparked by our mutual love for beautiful fibers and the long-standing and enduring friendship between Canadians and Americans. She introduced me to the heavenly Lamana Como Cashmere, which gives this hat an elegant, soft, and romantic look and feel that — IMHO — any knitter would fall in love with at first touch.

As Brigid grew on my needles, the temptation of making another version in a steadfast favorite, Brooklyn Tweed LOFT, was too great to resist, so this pattern is written with options for sport and fingering weight yarn, with charts and specs for each version, making this hat perfect for any lighter weight yarn you love.

Brigid is worked from the bottom up with a folded brim that uses an optional tubular cast on for a polished finish. The cables are fully-charted and I HIGHLY recommend using the cable-without-a-cable-needle method, if you are comfortable with the method.

Finished Sizes
Version 1 (Version 2); 18 (18)” / 45.75 (45.75) cm finished circumference (unstretched), after blocking; 8 (8)” / 20.5 (20.5) cm finished height (folded), after blocking; 10.5 (10.5)” / 26.75 (26.75) cm, finished height (unfolded), after blocking. Note: Hats will stretch to fit a 19”- 23” / 48.25 - 58.5 cm head circumference.

Yarn
Version 1:
Lamana Como Cashmere (70% superfine Merino, 30% Cashmere; 131 yards / 120 m; 0.88 oz. / 25 g): pine (deep green), 2 skeins
OR
any sport weight yarn; 230 yds / 210 m.

Version 2:
Brooklyn Tweed LOFT (100% American Targhee-Columbia wool; 275
yards / 251 meters; 1.76 oz. / 50 g): soot (deep gray), 1 skein
OR
any fingering weight yarn; 250 yds / 229 m.

Needles
Version 1:
Size A (for hat body): Size US 5 / 3.75 mm: 16” / 40 cm circular (circ) and double-pointed needles (dpn), or preferred method for working small-circumferences.
Size B (for ribbing): Size US 3 / 3.25 mm: 16” / 40 cm circular (circ), or preferred method for working small-circumferences.
Size C (optional, for tubular cast on): Size US 2 / 2.75 mm: 16” / 40 cm circular (circ), or preferred method for working small-circumferences.
Adjust needle size if necessary to obtain the correct gauge.

Version 2:
Size A (for hat body): Size US 4 / 3.5 mm: 16” / 40 cm circular (circ) and double-pointed needles (dpn), or preferred method for working small-circumferences.
Size B (for ribbing): Size US 2 / 2.75 mm: 16” / 40 cm circular (circ), or preferred method for working small-circumferences.
Size C (optional, for tubular cast on): Size US 1 / 2.25 mm: 16” / 40 cm circular (circ), or preferred method for working small-circumferences.
Adjust needle size if necessary to obtain the correct gauge.

Notions
Cable needle (cn); tapestry needle; stitch markers (m); optional, waste yarn.

Gauge
Version 1:
25 sts and 40 rnds = 4” / 10 cm in 1x1 Rib on Size B needle, after blocking.
1 Chart Rep = 4” / 10 cm over 32 sts on Size A needle, after blocking.

Version 2:
26 sts and 44 rnds = 4” / 10 cm in 1x1 Rib on Size B needle, after blocking.
1 Chart Rep = 4” / 10 cm over 34 sts on Size A needle, after blocking.

Skills Required
Cabling with/or without a cable needle (cn); decreasing; increaseing; chart reading; (optional) tubular cast on.

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