This pattern was featured on October 30, 2021 on the Crochet Cancer Challenge hosted by Sweet Potato 3.

I am so excited to be able to offer you my Cozy Cabled Beanie pattern for free to you. I hope you use this pattern to make many hats to donate to a cancer patient in need. Hopefully, lots of cancer patients will be styled in this cabled hat pattern all over the globe!

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I came up with the design for this hat many years ago after college when I had a lot of time on my hands before having my 3 lovely children. I had just learned how to make crochet cables and wanted to design a hat using them. I made up the pattern in my head and then kept making hats to give as Christmas gifts. Now it was time to actually write it down.

Writing the pattern down proved to be more difficult that I initially thought – especially during my postpartum haze after having my 3rd baby. AND because as I was working on my pattern, my aunt was diagnosed with brain cancer and passed away before testing was completed.

Initially, I wanted to make my hat purple in honor of gynecological cancer because I do donate a % of my sales to a pregnancy resource center, and women’s issues are something I am passionate about. But after my dear aunt was diagnosed with glioblastoma, I changed gears, pulled out my gray yarn and went to work!

My aunt was a very special lady and I wanted this design to be dedicated to her. I had planned to gift her my mock-up the next time I saw her, but I ran out of the yarn I was using, and before I could get to the store to buy more… she passed away. I never did purchase more of that yarn, but instead kept the hat as is. The hat was buried in the ground with her.

I love you Aunt Kerry and I hope this Cozy Cabled Beanie pattern can be made for many cancer patients in your honor.

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Instructions

Skill Level: Advanced Beginner

Materials

• Yarn: size 4 worsted, about 200 yards (I would recommend Lion Brand Wool Ease or Red Heart Soft)

• Hook: J/10 – 6.0mm

• Yarn needle

• Scissors

Gauge

14 st x 10 ½  rows = 4” x 4” square

Stitch used to obtain gauge = Rounds 9-20

Finished Measurements

Approximately 9” long x 10” diameter (one size)

Stitch Abbreviations

• BPdc – back post double crochet

• Ch – chain

• Dc – double crochet

• FPdc – front post double crochet

• FPtr – front post treble crochet

• Sc – single crochet

• Sk – skip

• Sl st – slip stitch

Notes

• US Terminology

• When a row begins with Ch 1, the ch does not count as a st.

• When the row begins with Ch 3, it does count as a st.

• The pictures of the cabling are for reference only, as they show a 6 stitch cabling, this pattern is for a 4 stitch cabling. 

• The increase in Round 8 occurs between by working 4th dc and 3rd fptr in the same stitch. Round 11 is a repeat of Round 8 without the increase.

• Reverse sc stitch is also referred to as the crab stitch.

• The numbers in (parenthesis) at the end of each Round indicated the total number of stitches in that round.

• There will be 8 total cables, each with 5 twists.

Video Tutorial

Special Stitches

Row 1: (WS) Start with 6 bpdc

Row 2: (RS) Skip 3 st, fptc in each of next 3 st, fptc in each of first 3 sk st

Row 3: (WS) 6 bpdc

Row 4: (RS) 6 fpdc

Repeat!

Pattern

Magic Circle

Round 1: 8 sc in mc, sl st to join. (8)

Round 2: Ch 3, dc in 1st st, dc x2 in each st around, sl st to join. (16)

Round 3: Ch 3, (dc + fpdc) in next, *dc in next, (dc + fpdc) in next,* repeat around, sl st to join. (24)

Round 4: Ch 3, (dc + fpdc) in next, fpdc in next, *dc in next, (dc + fpdc) in next, fpdc in next,* repeat around, sl st to join. (32)

Round 5: Ch 3, (dc + fpdc) in next, fpdc in next 2 st, *dc in next, (dc + fpdc) in next, fpdc in next 2 st,* repeat around, sl st to join. (40)

Round 6: Ch 3, (dc + fpdc) in next, fpdc in next 3 st, *dc in next, (dc + fpdc) in next, fpdc in next 3 st,* repeat around, sl st to join. (48)

Round 7: Ch 3, dc in next, (dc + fpdc) in next, fpdc in next 3 st, *dc in next 2 st, (dc + fpdc) in next, fpdc in next 3 st,* repeat around, sl st to join. (56)

Round 8: Ch 3, dc in next 3 st, sk next 1 st, fptr in next 2 st, fptr around same stitch as the 3rd dc, fptr in the next st, *dc in next 4 st, sk next 1 st, fptr in next 2 st, fptr around same stitch as the 4th dc, fpdc in the next st,* repeat around, sl st to join. (64)

Round 9: Ch 3, dc in next 3 st, fpdc in next 4 st, *dc in next 4 st, fpdc in next 4 st,* repeat around, sl st to join. (64)

Round 10: Repeat Round 9.

Round 11: Ch 3, dc in next 3 st, sk next 2 st, fptr in next 2 st, go back to first sk st, fptr in each of next 2 st, *dc in next 4 st, sk next 2 st, fptr in next 2 st, go back to first sk st, fptr in each of next 2 st,* repeat around, sl st to join. (64)
Note: Round 11 is a repeat of Round 8 without the increase.

Round 12-20: Repeat Rounds 9-11.

Round 21-22: Ch 1, sc in each st around, sl st to join. (64) 

Round 23: Ch 3, dc in each st around, sl st to join. (64) 

Round 24: Ch 3, *fpdc in next 2 st, bpdc in next st,* repeat around, sl st to join. (64) 

Round 25: Ch 1, reverse sc in each st around, sl st to join. (64) 

Fasten off. Weave in ends.

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