This pattern is included in my new book, Cozy Cables. You can purchase the printed book here.

This design evokes memories from my youth, vacationing in the mountains with family. We would sit around the campfire on cool fall evenings, beneath a starry sky. The intertwined cables travel up into the air like smoke and flame from the crackling fire. The eyelet lace represents the tops of pines that stand tall and proud in the forest. This pattern is charted and includes written instructions.

CONSTRUCTION
Campfire Stories is worked in the round with twisted cables and bands of simple lace. A stretchy German twisted longtail cast-on is utilized, allowing this hat to fit a wide range of head sizes.

SKILL LEVEL
Complex

SIZES
One size

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
18 inches (46 cm) circumference x 9 inches (23 cm) tall, blocked

MATERIALS
YARN
Worsted weight, Malabrigo Rios (100% superwash Merino wool), 210 yds (192 m) per 100-g skein

YARDAGE
200 yards (183 m)
Shown In Pearl colorway (1 skein)
Any worsted weight yarn can be used for this pattern.

NEEDLES
For body
US 7 (4.5 mm) 16-inch (40-cm) circular needle, or size needed to obtain gauge

For crown
US 7 (4.5 mm) DPNs, or size needed to obtain gauge

For brim
US 6 (4 mm) 16-inch (40-cm) circular needle, or one size smaller than size needed to obtain gauge

NOTIONS
2 cable needles
Stitch markers
Tapestry needle
Blocking materials

GAUGE

• 20 sts x 19 rnds = 3 inches (7.5 cm) in cable pattern in the round using larger needle (blocked)

• 20 sts x 19 rnds = 3 inches (7.5 cm) in 1x1 rib in the round using smaller needle (blocked)

SPECIAL TECHNIQUES
German twisted longtail cast-on