Blue Sky Fibers Claremont Cabled Hat Knitting Pattern

Blue Sky Fibers Claremont Cabled Hat

What Is Being Made

The Claremont Cabled Hat is an intermediate-level knit hat designed by Virginia Sattler-Reimer as part of Blue Sky Fibers' Traveler Series. This finished hat features a circumference of 19 inches and a height of 9 inches, making it a one-size design with a comfortable, slightly slouched silhouette. The hat combines decorative cable patterns with stockinette stitch sections to create a warm, stylish accessory suitable for weekend knitting projects.

Techniques Used

This hat employs several intermediate cable knitting techniques that add visual interest and texture to the finished piece. The primary technique involves working cables in the round using a cable needle to create twisted stitch patterns. Multiple cable variations are incorporated throughout the design, including left-leaning cables, right-leaning cables, and decreasing cables that shape the hat as it progresses. The pattern uses both standard stockinette stitch as a background and cable stitches as focal design elements. Knitters will transition from working on circular needles for the main body to double-pointed needles as the crown decreases, a standard technique for completing hats worked in the round.

Stitches Used

The Claremont Cabled Hat incorporates the following key stitches and abbreviations:

• Stockinette stitch – the primary background stitch worked in the round (knit every round)
• 1/1 LC (Left Cross) – slip 1 stitch to cable needle and hold to front, knit 1, then knit 1 from cable needle
• 1/1 Dec LC – slip 1 stitch to cable needle and hold to front, knit 2 stitches together, then knit 1 from cable needle, decreasing 1 stitch
• 1/2 LC – slip 1 stitch to cable needle and hold to front, knit 2, then knit 1 from cable needle
• 4/4 Dec LC (Decreasing Left Cross) – slip 5 stitches to cable needle and hold to front, knit 4, then knit 2 together and knit 3 from cable needle, decreasing 1 stitch
• 4/4 Dec RC (Decreasing Right Cross) – slip 5 stitches to cable needle and hold to back, knit 2 together and knit 3, then knit 2 together and knit 3 from cable needle, decreasing 2 stitches
• 5/5 LC (Left Cross) – slip 5 stitches to cable needle and hold to front, knit 5, then knit 5 from cable needle
• 5/5 RC (Right Cross) – slip 5 stitches to cable needle and hold to back, knit 5, then knit 5 from cable needle

Additional basic stitches include knit (k), purl (p), and knit 2 together (k2tog) for shaping.

Materials and Tools

The Claremont Cabled Hat is knit with Woolstok Worsted yarn, a 100% Fine Highland Wool in worsted weight. The pattern requires 2 hanks of yarn, with each hank containing 50 grams and 123 yards, providing approximately 246 yards of yarn total for the completed hat. The color shown in the pattern is Lilac Bloom.

Needle requirements include Size 6 (4mm) 16-inch circular needle for the ribbed cuff and Size 7 (4.5mm) 16-inch circular needle for the main body of the hat. As the crown decreases, knitters transition to Size 7 (4.5mm) double-pointed needles to accommodate the reduced stitch count. The pattern specifies that needle size should be adjusted as needed to obtain the correct gauge. Additional tools include a cable needle for executing the cable stitches, a stitch marker to mark the beginning of rounds, and a tapestry needle for weaving in yarn ends.

Gauge and Sizing

The pattern is worked to a gauge of 21 stitches and 28 rounds equals 4 inches in stockinette stitch using the larger (Size 7) needle. Achieving the correct gauge is essential for