Weekend Trip is a two color cabled beanie made for weekend trips, campfires, forest hikes, and city walks days. It is a fast and easy project that can be finished on a weekend. It uses just 200 yards of Aran weight yarn in two colors (but it will look great in just one color too).

Weekend Trip features a thick, folded brim that can be adjusted to cover the ears on extra chilly days. The hat body is covered with deep and squishy cables that look gorgeous but are easy to do. The crown decreases are blended in the pattern, working seamlessly to the end. For a perfect fluffy pom-pom, I finish it with a pet brush, brushing the fiber to make it more dense (but the pom-pom and the brushing are optional).

The cable pattern is both charted and written.

SIZE
One size
Finished Measurements: 16.5” (42 cm) in circumference and 10.5” (27 cm) long.

MATERIALS
Yarn: Aran weight yarn in 2 colors.

• Main color: 110 yds (100 m) for body of hat.
• Contrasting color: 90 yds (82 m) for ribbing and pom-pom.

Shown here in 2 skeins of Malabrigo Yarn Worsted (100% Wool - Merino; 210 yds (192m) / 100 g). Main color in Polen and contrasting color in Azul Profundo.
Needles: US 7 (4.5 mm) and US 4 (3.5 mm) circular needles, 16” (40 cm) long, and dpns in larger size.
Other: four stitch markers, cable needle, and tapestry needle.

GAUGE

• 23 sts and 25 rnds = 4” (10 cm) in cable pattern on US 7 (4.5 mm) needles.
• 25 sts and 27 rows = 4” (10 cm) in 1X1 ribbing, unstretched, on US 4 (3.5 mm) needles.

Before you measure, please take the time to wash and block your swatch in the same manner that you will wash and block your hat.