This brightly colored scarf and hat set is a thick, lush answer to the biting winter winds. The two-color cables take on the look of a Christmas plaid and add some festive cheer to grey days. If you have any experience with cables and color work you’ll have no trouble combining them to create this striking design.

The pattern includes video tutorials and clear charts and diagrams. The scarf is quite simple. We start with the cabled front, and work our wider cable for the full length of our scarf, not bothering to catch our floats. Then we switch to our contrast color and knit the same length of that, to create a warm lining that hides all the floats. Finally we connect the loose ends with 3-needle bind off and sew them together along the sides to create a rich garment that will block out all the cold.

The hat is fun too. This time we use a narrower cable and knit a short cuff, then pick up stitches along the bottom edge to work our crown ribbing inside-out. The ribbing becomes the lining as we flip our work to the right side and fold the cabled cuff up. We sew it down and we’re done: An eye catching winter set to keep you festive and warm!

Hat

Hat is 8” /20cm from bottom edge to top of crown. Hat measures 20 (22, 24)“/51 (56, 61)cm in circumference and is stretchy.

Scarf

Scarf is worked flat, in one long piece, folded, and sewn together to form an outer layer and lining measuring 64” /162.Scm when finished. Finished scarf is 5.5” /14cm wid, after blocking.

Finished Sizes:

Scarf measures 5.5”/14cm x 64”/162.5cm

Hat measures 20 (22, 24)”/51 (56, 61)cm around and 8”/20cm tall

Shown here:

Bare Naked Wools’ Festivus 9.0 Sport 380 yards/4oz/115g

MC: Red Flannel

CC: Snowflake

Scarf: 190g red, 133g white

Hat: Red: 71g, White: 31g

All yarn amounts are estimates

Gauge: 23 sts and 32 rows in 4”/10cm on stockinette using size US 4/3.5mm needles taken after blocking.

Needles: Fabric (cabled portion of hat and all of scarf): size US 4/3.5mm 30”/80cm (or any length) circular or straight needle.

Ribbing (hat only): Size US 1/2.25mm 16”/40cm (hat) circular needle or two circular needles of any length.

Note: Use the needle size needed to achieve gauge going down 3 US sizes/1.25mm for ribbing.

Notions: cable needle

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