Because hats knit up like potato chips, everyone gets one! If you agree, purchase both Oban AND Glenfidditch together and you’ll get $3.00 off your total purchase. Code GIFTHATS. This code does not expire. Because gifts can always be knit!

Glenfidditch is my favorite kind of knit because it’s addictive to watch the lines of the cables evolve as you work, and you know how I feel about tweedy, heathered wools. The geometric design is bold and distinct and allows for a great diagonal transition at the brim. Twisted cables inside other cables make for a “paneled” effect that lends itself to a almost star-like effect on top.

Craig requested a hat that would cover his entire ear, so this hat has a tad more depth than I usually design with. It can be worn down low on your head to cover those ears, or tilted back for just a little slouch.

Instructions are included for modifying depth/width. The Wisconsin Woolen Spun is fantastic yarn, but it’s available in limited quantities, so Green Mountain Spinnery’s Weekend Wool is wonderfully similar stuff. Both are locally sourced US fibers - squishy and round and soft and wooly. And both come in such gorgeous, complex, heathered shades that will make these cables shine.

PS - I spelled it different on purpose, as there are 4 other patterns named for the Scotch on Rav….