The winter watch begins and a warm, snuggly hat is the perfect remedy cold winter days. Pull on the West Watchcap by Sloane Rosenthal for winter cross-country skiing, snow shoveling, and moonlight hikes through the snowy woods. Worked with a deep brim, tubular cast on, and columns of twisting simple cables, this hat is a unisex crowd-pleaser!

Design Details:

Finished Sizes: Youth (Adult S/M, Adult M/L). Finished circumference (unstretched) approximately 14 (17.5, 21)” 35.5 (44.5, 53 cm; 11” 28 cm tall with brim unfolded; 9” 23 cm tall for single-brim version.

Yarn: Forge in Jam (purple), 1 skein.

Suggested Needles: Sizes US 5 (3.5 mm) and US 7 (4.5 mm).

Gauge: 27 sts and 30 rnds = 4” 10 cm in cable pattern, as charted, unstretched, on larger needles.

Skills required: Crochet-chain provisional cast on; decreasing, circular knitting, cabling with or without a cable needle.

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