Colorful Cables Bucket Hat

Free Hat Knitting Pattern

The Colorful Cables Bucket Hat matches the Colorful Cables Scarf pattern. It uses two contrasting yarns and slipped stitches to form the cable design. One yarn can be self-striping while the other is a solid color. You change yarns every two rows, so the color shifts happen without intarsia or complex methods. The hat is worked in-the-round and seamless. The result creates a bold look with deep blues, blacks, grays, and pops of yellow and teal. This hat works well as a set with the scarf or on its own for cool weather.

Skills Required/Techniques Used:
-Knit & purl, cast on
-Slipped sts
-Cables

Size: Hat circumference is 20" (50 cm) unstretched; hat stretches to fit most adult heads
Height from edge of brim to top center of crown is 9" (22 cm)

Materials: Lion Brand (affiliate link) Alpine Wool bulky weight yarn (100% wool) 93 yards (85 meters) /85 g, color Black – 1 balls (MC)
Elegant Yarns Kaleidoscope bulky weight yarn (100% wool) 174 yards (159 meters) / 100 g, color #32 – 1 balls (CC)

Needles: circular needle US #8 (5.00 mm) 21” (50 cm) and dpn needles of the same size to knit the top of the hat, OR SIZE NEEDED TO OBTAIN GAUGE

Gauge: 9 sts x 20 rows = 1.5" x 1.5" (3.75 cm x 3.75 cm) 1 pattern repeat

Notions: yarn needle.

Abbreviations:
k - knit
p – purl
Sl wyib - Slip 1 stitch purlwise with yarn in back.
2/2 Sl-LC : Slip next 2 stitches to cable needle and place at front of work, slip next 2 sts from the left needle to the right needle WITHOUT KNITTING THEM with yarn at the back, then k2 from cable needle.
Ssk – slip, slip, knit
St, sts – stitch, stitches
RS – right side
WS – wrong side
MC – main color yarn
CC – contrast color yarn


Pattern Notes:

The pattern uses 2/2-left slip cable: slip next 2 stitches to cable needle and place in front of work, slip next 2 sts from the left needle to the right needle WITHOUT KNITTING THEM with yarn in back, then k2 from cable needle.

Garter St in the round:
Rnd 1: knit
Rnd 2: purl
Repeat rounds 1-2


Short Overview of the Pattern:

The hat is worked, using 2 yarns of contrast colors, slipped stitches and in-the-round, without a seam. The top of the hat is worked in garter stitch in-the-round. It might look like it worked using intarsia technique, but it is not. You change yarns every 2 rows.

Hat

Using MC, cast on 110 sts, join to the beginning of the round and continue to work in-the-round. Place marker to mark the beginning of the round.

Round 1: Using MC, Knit. (110 sts)

Round 2: Using MC, (P5, k2, p4) 10 times.

Round 3: Using CC, (K5, sl × 2, k2, ssk) 10 times. (100 sts)

Round 4: Using CC, (P5, sl × 2, k2, p1) 10 times.

Round 5: Using MC, (K5, 2/2 Sl-LC, k1) 10 times.

Round 6: Using MC, Repeat round 4.

Round 7: Using CC, (Ssk, k6, sl × 2) 10 times. (90 sts)

Round 8: Using CC, (P5, k2, sl × 2) 10 times.

Round 9: Using MC, (K5, sl × 2, k2) 10 times.

Round 10: Using MC, (P5, sl × 2, k2) 10 times.

Round 11: Using CC, (K5, 2/2 Sl-LC) 10 times.

Round 12: Using CC, Repeat round 10.

Round 13: Using MC, (K7, sl × 2) 10 times.

Round 14: Using MC, Repeat round 8.

Round 15: Using CC, Repeat round 9.

Round 16: Using CC, Repeat round 10.

Round 17: Using MC, (K7, sl × 2) 10 times.

Round 18: Using MC, Repeat round 8.

Round 19: Using CC, Repeat round 9.

Round 20: Using CC, Repeat round 10.

Repeat rounds 5-20 once.

Repeat rounds 5-16 once.

Round 49: Using MC, Repeat round 13.

Round 50: Using MC, Repeat round 8.

Round 51: Using CC, (K1, ssk, k2, sl × 2, k2) 10 times. (80 sts)

Round 52: Using CC, (P4, sl × 2, k2) 10 times.

Round 53: Using MC, (K4, 2/2 LC) 10 times.

Round 54: Using MC, Repeat round 52.

Round 55: Using CC, (K1, ssk, k3, sl × 2) 10 times. (70 sts)

Round 56: Using CC, (P3, k2, sl × 2) 10 times.

Round 57: Using MC to the end of the pattern, (K3, ssk, k2) 10 times. (60 sts)

Round 58: Purl.

Round 59: (K1, ssk, k3) 10 times. (50 sts)

Round 60: Purl.

Round 61: (K2, ssk, k1) 10 times. (40 sts)

Round 62: Purl.

Round 63: (Ssk, k2) 10 times. (30 sts)

Round 64: Purl.

Round 65: (K1, ssk) 10 times. (20 sts)

Round 66: Purl.

Round 67: Ssk × 10. (10 sts)

Round 68: Purl.

Cut yarn, leaving a 10" (25 cm) tail. Pull through all the sts and secure.


Finishing:

Weave in all yarn ends.

Have fun!

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