Nature and Artifice: two seeming opposites, but are they really? Who’s to say where nature leaves off and artifice begins?

This collection showcases similar all-over cables worked in dissimilar yarns. The Nature Hat (and matching cowl) uses a thick-and-thin, “intertwined,” super-bulky yarn, to achieve an organic look. The hat is a little longer than most, covering your earlobes and keeping you warm and cozy, like an animal in its winter coat.

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Skills Used

• Working in the round
• Cables

Materials

• Super-bulky thick-and-thin yarn; sample: (discontinued) Trendsetter Yarns Sierra Nevada (70% wool, 30% acrylic, 115yds/105m per 100g/3.5oz); color 114, 1 skein
• US11/8.0mm needles (16”/40cm circular), or size needed to get gauge
• Cable needle
• Tapestry needle or crochet hook to weave in ends
• Stitch markers (optional)

The yarn used for the sample is discontinued. A possible substitute (which has not been tested) is Berroco’s Brio.

I would like to thank my tech editor, eledixon, for all her help getting this collection publication-ready!