I think I want to try this pattern, but do you think that k1, p1 ribbing would be ok? I seem to do that easier thatn k2, p2. I always get that ladder thingy with k2,p2.
Love this pattern. So cute!
Yep, I think it would be totally fine. It just might not be as stretchy. But it won’t make or break you 
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Not as stretchy, huh? Well maybe I will try it both ways and see which I like best. Thanks Anise.
Can you tell me where the pattern for those Cabled hats are ???
Love them !!!
They are on page 1 of this thread. Or go to the Free Patterns page at the top of the screen.
WOW!!! I only hope I can some day do something SO beautiful!!! 
That is purdy.
I’ll have to try it soon.
You did a great job, Anise. I’m trying to do follow your instruction, but i’m in difficulty when decreasing rows. Can you share with me a picture of the hat’s top? It may easier for me to imagine. Thanh you so much!
Btw, you have very cute model
well, i don’t have a picture of that hat because my camera is messed up. But I can try and find pictures that decrese similarly and do myu best to explain.
Basically as you decrease, you are making the cables skinnier and skinnier until they disappear 
So each cable has 9 stitches–3 stitches per rope with three ropes. The first decrease you lose a stitch in each set, so now you have cables that are 6 stitches–2 in each set. The next decrease you lose another stitch in each set so now you are making a braid with only 3 stitches–1 in each set of three. So your cables are getting smaller and smaller.
It should look pretty much like this picture (the picture in blue)
http://tiajudy.com/cablecap.htm
See how her cables just get narrower and narrower? That’s how yours should look, too, just with a braid instead of a standard cable.
Good luck!
cool pic. Thanks
I’m working on it now! It’s my reward for each stripe I do in my friend’s scarf… :rollseyes:
I made a small version for my nephew with two cables at the bottom and the rest knit. Tis cute.
Mine looks okay at the first twist. Took me a while to choose a color and I’m still not sure about it, but I can always knit another, no?
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You can never knit too many pretty hats!
i adore this pattern and am determined to succeed in making just such a cap! it will be a challenge for me, but i think i’m at the point where i could hack it.
but i do have couple questions. really novice-y questions, too. and i’d ask in the local knitting store, but i’m in paris for a quarter and i already had a hard enough time trying to explain to the saleswoman that i needed a cable needle (no dictionary translation for that, sadly!!).
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ok, so when i decrese there are double-pointed needles involved. ok, fine. i guess it’s just like what’s shown on this website for small knitting in the round projects. but… how and when do i transfer stuff onto those three needles?.. and can i do the crazy-looking magic needle version? i don’t have DPNs here… anywhere, really, never knitted in the round before!
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at the end, you say “pull through the remaining stitches.” ok, by this point you can tell i’ve only knitted things that involved “tie a knot and be done with it” at the end.
what does that mean, to pull through the remaining stitches?
other than that, i think i actually understand the rest. congratulations on making such a clear and understandable pattern, even a newbie like me can figure it out!
Since I haven’t seen anise on recently, I will try to answer your questions.
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As you are knitting the hat in the round it should fit easily around your circular needle without stretching. When you decrease you slowly begin knitting around a smaller and smaller circle, which at some point will no longer fit comfortably around your needle. This is when you switch to the DPNs. There are two ways to do this: 1. slip all of the stitches (purlwise) onto the DPNs, then start knitting with them. 2. Just start knitting a round using a DPN instead of the circular needle. When 1/4-1/3 (depending if you have a set of 5 or 4 DPNs) of the stitches are knitted onto the DPN, start knitting with the next one. Repeat until all the stitches are on DPNs. I tend to do the second method because it saves a step, but it is really a personal preference. You could use the magic loop method as well. If you want to do this you will either need two needles (a 16in for the body of the hat and something longer for the top part - 29-36in maybe) or you could just get one long needle and do the whole thing by magic loop.
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At the end of the decreasing you will be left with a small number (usually under 10) of stitches on the needles. In order to “bind off” these stitches and close the hole at the top of the hat, you need to sew them closed. Cut your working yarn leaving a tail of 8-10 inches or so and thread a yarn needle onto it. Using the yarn needle, pass the yarn tail through each stitch on the needles (basically pretend you are going to slip the stitches onto the yarn needle purlwise, but you don’t have to take them off of the knitting needle). Once the yarn is through all the stitches (or as you do each stitch if you want) remove the knitting needles. Tug on the yarn tail to tighten and close the hole. Pull the yarn tail through to the inside of the hat and fasten off.
I hope that answered your questions. Let me know if you have any more. Happy knitting! :XX:
aww, thank you jennifer! i appreciate the response. i’m excited about trying this hat, hopefully i’ll get it right! your advice will help quite a bit i think. 
I bet you’ll do just fine! This was actually one of my first knitting projects, so it’s not really as hard as it might seem.
And thanks for stepping in, Jennifer! I just recently picked up my needles again…so I’m going t come out of lurkdom!
I loved the hat!!!
I’m a new knitter and will challenge myself making one for me!
I have a question about the description of the pattern for decreasing rows. You write:
Decrease rows:
Work two rounds of: (p1,k9, p1) around.
Next round, decrease within each cable: P1, hold three stitches forward, K1 k2tog, from held stitches k1 k2tog, K1 skpo, P1, repeat from, *
My question is what does the * refer to? In the above lines, there is no *, so I’m not sure how to proceed.
Thank you so much!
I made this hat last year and I loved it. I gave to a friend of mine for her birthday and it’s her favorite ski hat now.
I didn’t even notice this when I made the hat… You just repeat from the first P1 on that round. So it should be
Next round, decrease within each cable: *P1, hold three stitches forward, K1 k2tog, from held stitches k1 k2tog, K1 skpo, P1, repeat from, *
Hi, I just wanted to say Anise, thanks for your lovely pattern (Braided Hat). I live in New Zealand and my son asked for a hat with an Aran pattern. I bought a couple of patterns from the local shop and had a look at heaps of hat patterns on the internet and out of them all he has chosen your one! He wants it knitted in typical Aran cream colour. Thanks for creating this hat and having it available on the internet. Kindest regards from Kiwi girl.