The Year of Hats is back, this time featuring our latest yarn in the Germantown line, Germantown DK! The Year of DK Hats will feature 12 free patterns using our favorite knitting techniques.

April’s design is Oberon by Kate Gagnon Osborn. This lovely cabled hat begins with a tubular cast on followed by deep 1 x 1 ribbing. The body is worked in a classic 4 stitch cable and garter pattern and integrated decreases shape the crown. Fully charted, the stitch pattern is easy to memorize and makes for a great project to practice cabling without a cable needle!

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Worthy of Note
This pattern is worked in the round from the bottom up.
A K1, P1 ribbing is worked to form a brim then a cable
chart is worked for the body of the hat. You will shift the
beginning of the round over four stitches on the first round
of the decrease section.

Specifications
YARN
Kelbourne Woolens Germantown DK (100% wool; 270
yds/100 gm skein): 673 hot pink, 1 skein.
GAUGE
4 patt repeats (24 sts) = 3.75” (9.5 cm) and 32 rnds = 4” (10
cm) in cable pattern on larger ndls, after blocking.
NEEDLES
1 – 16” (40 cm) US 4 (3.5 mm) circular.
1 – 16” (40 cm) US 6 (4.00 mm) circular.
1 – set US 6 (4.00 mm) DPNs.
Check your gauge and adjust needle size(s) accordingly if necessary.
NOTIONS
Stitch markers, tapestry needle, cable needle, Kelbourne
Woolens label, sewing needle.
SIZE
18.75” (47.5 cm) circumference, 11.5” (29 cm) height, brim
unfolded.
SKILLS
Long tail tubular cast on, working from charts, cables.