Size:
Woman’s, size (M)

Finished Measurements:
23” (58.4cm) circumference; 7.5” (19cm) height w/o Pom-Pom; 9” (22.9cm) height with Pom-Pom.

Materials
Miss Babs HEARTLAND WORSTED WEIGHT (4 oz./250 yards, 100% Merino Wool): 1 skein Cream
Size 7 (4.50mm) with circular needle plus dpns or size needed to obtain
gauge
Tapestry needle
Stitch markers
Optional: Clover Pom-Pom Maker

Gauge
In Snow Cap Chart, 27 sts & 30 rnds = 4”/10cm. To save time, take time to check gauge.

Designer Notes:
This hat has four sections. Each section consists of two cable stitch patterns; a diamond pattern on a rev. St. st background and a 9 st. vertical cable with a centered bobble, also on a rev. St. st. background. The cable patterns are separated by a column of a single slip stitches. Since the appearance of this ribbing has a right and a wrong side, the body of the work is turned at the half way point in the ribbing. What was the RS, is now the WS and when it’s turned up only the RS of the ribbing will show on the public side. There is no need to mirror the decreases on the diamond motif as they are nearly invisible with decreasing. The pom-pom is optional.

Abbreviations
2/1 RC - Slip 1 st to cn and hold in back, k2; k1 from cn.
1/2 LC - Slip 2 sts to cn and hold in front, p1; k2 from cn.
2/1 RCP - Slip 1 st to cn and hold in back, k2; p1 from cn.
2/2 RC - Slip 2 sts to cn and hold in back, k2; k2 from cn.
2/2 LC - Slip 2 sts to cn and hold in front, k2; k2 from cn.
S2KP - Slip 2 sts tog as if to knit together, k1, pass the two slipped sts over the knit st.
B - Bobble: Knit (front, back, front) in next st; turn. P3; turn. K1, knit (front, back front) in next st, k1; turn. P5; turn. K5; turn. P2tog twice, p1; turn. Sl first st from RH needle to LH needle and k2tog, k1, k2tog.

EXAGGERATED RIB - Even number of sts
Rnd 1: K1, p1; rep from around.
Rnd 2: Slip 1 wyib, p1; rep from around.
Rep Rounds 1 and 2 for ribbing.