I fell in love with the cables for the gnomes in the Here We Gnome Again pattern, and I realized only a few tweaks were needed to make their hat for myself. How could I resist? I couldn’t! I love cables, and I love joyous hats for dark winter days.

There are 5 video tutorials for this pattern - 4 to help you cable without a cable needle and one about making tassels. They’re linked in the pattern but you can also find them on my YouTube channel. Note: the link to the Left Twist in the pattern is wrong. Here is the correct link.

Sizes
Newborn (baby, toddler-child, adult small, adult medium, adult large)
To Fit: 14 (16, 18, 20, 22, 24)” / 35.5 (40.5, 45.5, 51, 56, 61)cm
Finished Circumference, unstretched: 10.75 (12.75, 15, 17, 19.25, 21.5)” / 27(32.5, 38, 43.5, 49, 54)cm
Height (not including tassel): 12.5 (14, 17, 18.5, 20, 20)” / 32 (35.5, 43, 47, 51, 51)cm

Approximate yardage
with a 15% buffer
130 (160, 272, 360, 450, 500) yd. / 118 (146, 248, 328, 419, 465)m

Skills Used
•knit and purl
•working in the round
•k tbl
•p2tog
•cabling

Materials
•Yarn: 1 (1, 2, 2, 3, 3) skeins SW Merino Worsted, Noble Ruby Designs, 218yd. / 199m 100g skein); colour shown: FTLO Hugo

•Needles: US 7 / 4.5mm needles for working in the round, or size needed to get gauge

•Notions: cable needle, yarn needle, stitch markers

Gauge
after light blocking (soaked and laid flat to dry)
20 sts and 28 rows = 4” / 10cm stockinette in the round
1 rep of 10 row cable = 2.15” / 5.5 cm wide, 1.5” / 3.8cm tall

This pattern has been tech edited and test knit.