Supplies
1 skein of Patons Classic Merino in Grey Mix
US5 (3.75mm) 16" (40.64 cm) circular needles
US5 (3.75mm) double-pointed needles
Tapestry needle

Gauge
28 stitches and 36 rows per 4 inches (10.16 cm)

Instructions
Cast on 110 using the Alternate Cable Cast On.

Rows 1-16: [K1, P1] rib around

Rows 17-20: [K6, P5] around

Row 21: [K6, P1, YO, P2tog, P2] around

Row 22: [K6, P5] around

Row 23: [K6, P2, YO, P2tog, P1] around

Row 24: [K6, P5] around

Row 25: [K6, P3, YO, P2tog] around

Row 26: [K6, P5] around

Row 27: [Slip 3 stitches onto cable needle and hold in front of work, K3, knit stitches on
cable needle, P5] around

Row 28-33: [K6, P5] around

Row 34: [K6, P1, YO, P2tog, P2] around

Row 35: [K6, P5] around

Row 36: [K6, P2, YO, P2tog, P1] around

Row 37: [K6, P5] around

Row 38: [K6, P3, YO, P2tog] around

Row 39: [K6, P5] around

Row 40: [Slip 3 stitches onto cable needle and hold in front of work, K3, knit stitches on
cable needle, P5] around

Repeat rows 28-40 once more for a child's hat and twice more for a woman's hat.

Decreasing
Row 1: [K6, P5] around

Row 2: [K6, P2tog, P3] around

Row 3: [K6, P2tog, P2] around

Row 4: [K6, P2tog, P1] around

Row 5: K6, K2tog [K5, K2tog] around

Author's
Note: You will include the first knit stitch of the next row in your
final K2tog. From here on out, the final K2tog will end with the first
stitch of the next row.

Row 6: K5, K2tog [K4, K2tog] around

Row 7: K4, K2tog [K3, K2tog] around

Row 8: K3, K2tog [K2, K2tog] around

Row 9: K2, K2tog [K1, K2tog] around

Row 10: K2tog around

Row 11: K2tog around

Finishing
Cut the yarn and pull it through the remaining 5 stitches.

Tuck in ends.

Wear!

Final Product

Hermione's Cable & Eyelet Hat - 1

Hermione's Cable & Eyelet Hat - 2

Credit
Jackie Lauseng's tutorial was taken with permission from jlyarnworks.blogspot.com.





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