✔ This pattern is test knit
Winter’s Path Hat
Winter’s Path is a beautiful, fast hat with a single cable and lace motif. Written both for bulky yarn and worsted weight cotton.
This Christmas I wanted a pattern that would look fabulous on my mother for a gift. She’s allergic to wool, so I designed it in Blue Sky’s amazing cotton. To make a cotton hat that doesn’t get floppy and baggy (and stays put in our winds), I used a smaller cast-on number than would be normal for worsted weight. And then I realized that this pattern could also be knit with bulky yarn. I’ve knit 2 bulky versions and they won’t be my last!
Materials
•Yarn
1 (1, 1, 2) skein Blue Sky Fibers Worsted Cotton (150 yd. / 137 m per 4 oz / 100g skein); colour shown: 80 Bone
or
1 (1, 1, 2) skein Berroco Vintage Chunky (136 yd. / 124 m per 4 oz / 100g skein); colour shown: 6100 Snow Day
•Needles
Worsted Cotton Version
US 7 / 4.5mm and US 8 / 5 mm needles for working in the round (magic loop OR short circular + DPNs OR DPNs) or size needed to get gauge
Bulky Version
US 9 / 5.5mm and US 10 / 6 mm needles for working in the round (magic loop OR short circular + DPNs OR DPNs) or size needed to get gauge
•Notions
cable needle, darning needle, 3 stitch markers
Skills Used
- Knitting in the round
- cabling
- yo
- k2tog
- ssk
Appx. Yardage
(with a 15% buffer)
Child: 100 yd. / 92m, Small: 110 yd. / 100m, Medium: 140 yd. / 128m, Large: 180 yd. / 165m
Size
To Fit: 18 (20, 22, 24)” / 46 (51, 56, 61) cm circumference