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The Braided Cable Slouch Hat Pattern features a beautiful braided crochet cable! Welcome to week four of the Wonderful Hats Crochet Along!
If you missed last week, don’t worry! These hat patterns will remain on my blog and in my Etsy and Ravelry shops, so there is lots of time to catch up!
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Last week’s hat, the Waffle Beanie, can be found here: Waffle Beanie Crochet Pattern
This is week four of the Wonderful Hats Crochet Along. Today we will learn how to make the Braided Cable Slouch Hat.
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Materials:
For this crochet beanie, I will be using one ball of the Patons Canadiana Yarn by Yarnspirations. The colour I am using in the video tutorial below is the Fool’s Gold. I will be pairing it with a 5 mm crochet hook. For those curious about the hook that I show in my video today, it is a handmade hook of Birdseye Maple made by KnitBrooks in beautiful Nova Scotia.
The Design:
The design used in the slouch hat today is a crochet cable stitch. It is worked using a combination of double crochet, front post double crochet and extended front post double crochet stitches. Cables can be intimidating at first, but I encourage your to try it! The video tutorial below will provide a few extra tips for you. The cable pattern itself looks as though it has been braided. The rest of the design is created using half double crochet stitches. Like the other hat patterns in this crochet along, it is worked from the bottom (starting at the Brim) up. You can add a pompom to the top, or leave it without, both options look great!
The Construction:
The brim of the hat is worked in rows. In my design I use a series of slip stitches worked in the back loops only, however, if you are not a fan of slip stitches (as I know many are!), then you may substitute the slip stitches for single or even half double crochet stitches.
This is a slouchy hat – it has lots of room in it! You can make it less slouchy though by subtracting stitches from the foundation round of half double crochet stitches. The cable only requires 12 stitches. Just remember, if you adjust your stitch count, work your adjustments into the decrease stitches as well.
PDF Copies are available:
I will write out the pattern in full below and will follow it with a free video tutorial. But for those of you who wish, you may also find a PDF copy of the pattern available for purchase in my Etsy and Ravelry Shops linked below:
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Sarah
Braided Cable Slouch Hat Pattern:
Skill Level: Intermediate
Gauge: 19 sts x 12 rows of hdc = 4 inches
Finished Size: 10 x 7.5 inches laid flat excluding pompom
Yarn: Patons® by Canadiana (100% Acrylic; 3.5 oz, 100 g; Approx. 205 yds, 187 m). Worsted/medium Weight (4). You will need 1 ball/hat. Colours Shown: Burgundy, Fool’s Gold, Teal Heather.
Hook: Size H/8 (5 mm) Hook. Adjust hook size if necessary to obtain correct gauge
OPTIONAL: Pompom to attach to the top
Stitches and Abbreviations:
Bpdc – Back Post Double Crochet
Ch – Chain
Dc – Double Crochet Stitch
Exfpdc – Extended Front Post Double Crochet (yo, insert hook into st indicated, yo, draw up a loop. Yo and draw through 1 loop on hook, yo and draw through 2 loops on hook, yo and draw through remaining loops on hook)
Fpdc – Front Post Double Crochet
Fpdc3tog – Front Post Double Crochet three Stitches Together
Hdc2tog – Half double crochet two stitches together
Rpt – Repeat
Sk – Skip
Sl St – Slip Stitch
Yo – Yarn Over
Pattern Notes:
- Pattern is written in American English terms.
- Brim of hat is worked in rows, body of hat is worked in rounds.
- Ch 1 at beginning of round does not count as stitch.
- Turn at the end of round.
- Weave in ends as needed.
- OPTIONAL: Brim of hat may be worked using either single crochet stitches or half double crochet stitches instead of the slip stitches.
Free Crochet Pattern:
Brim (Worked in Rows):
Ch 8.
Row 1: Sl st in the 2nd ch from hook and in each ch across. Ch 1, turn. (7 sl sts)
Row 2: Working in the blo, sl st in each st across. Ch 1, turn. (7 sl sts)
Continue to repeat row 2 until work from the beginning measures approximately 19 inches.
Do not fasten off, but fold brim of hat so that two shorter ends meet. Now working through both thicknesses, sl st across working through the blo on each side. Do not fasten off, turn work right side out (so that the right side is facing you).
Now working around the edge of the brim, continue working in rounds as follows:
Hat Body (Worked in rounds):
Rnd 1: Ch 1, evenly work 108 hdc all the way around. Join with a sl st in the first st, do not turn. (108 sts)
Rnd 2: Ch 1, hdc in each st around, join with a sl st in the first st.
Rnd 3: Ch 1, hdc in each of the next 30 sts, fpdc in each of the next 3 sts, sk the next 3 sts, exfpdc in each of the next 3 sts, now working behind the sts just made, dc in each of the skipped 3 sts, fpdc in each of the next 3 sts, hdc in each of the remaining 66 sts, join with a sl st in the first st. Do not turn.
Rnd 4: Ch 1, hdc in each of the next 30 sts, fpdc in each of the next 12 sts, hdc in each of the remaining 66 sts, join with a sl st in the first st.
Rnd 5: Ch 1, hdc in each of the next 30 sts, sk the next 3 sts, exfpdc around the next 3 sts, now working in front of the sts just made, fpdc around each of the sk sts, sk the next 3 unworked sts, exfpdc around each of the next 3 sts, now working in front of the sts just made, fpdc around each of the sk sts, hdc in each of the next 66 sts, join with a sl st in the first st.
Rnd 6: Ch 1, hdc in each of the next 30 sts, fpdc in each of the next 12 sts, hdc in each of the remaining 66 sts, join with a sl st in the first st.
Rnds 7-10: Repeat rnds 3-6.
Rnd 11: Ch 1, [hdc in each of the next 10 sts, hdc2tog] twice, hdc in each of the next 6 sts, fpdc in each of the next 3 sts, sk the next 3 sts, exfpdc in each of the next 3 sts, now working behind the sts just made, dc in each of the skipped 3 sts, fpdc in each of the next 3 sts, hdc in each of the next 4 sts, hdc2tog, [hdc in each of the next 10 sts, hdc2tog] 5 times, join with a sl st in the first st.
Rnd 12: Ch 1, [hdc in each of the next 9 sts, hdc2tog] twice, hdc in each of the next 6 sts, fpdc in each of the next 12 sts, hdc in each of the next 3 sts, hdc2tog, [hdc in each of the next 9 sts, hdc2tog] 5 times, join with a sl st in the first st.
Rnd 13: Ch 1, [hdc in each of the next 8 sts, hdc2tog] twice, hdc in each of the next 6 sts, sk the next 3 sts, exfpdc around the next 3 sts, now working in front of the sts just made, fpdc around each of the sk sts, sk the next 3 unworked sts, exfpdc around each of the next 3 sts, now working in front of the sts just made, fpdc around each of the sk sts, hdc in each of the next 2 sts, hdc2tog, [hdc in each of the next 8 sts, hdc2tog] 5 times, join with a sl st in the first st.
Rnd 14: Ch 1, [hdc in each of the next 7 sts, hdc2tog] twice, hdc in each of the next 6 sts, fpdc in each of the next 12 sts, hdc in the next st, hdc2tog, [hdc in each of the next 7 sts, hdc2tog] 5 times, join with a sl st in the first st.
Rnd 15: Ch 1, [hdc in each of the next 6 sts, hdc2tog] twice, hdc in each of the next 6 sts, fpdc in each of the next 3 sts, sk the next 3 sts, exfpdc in each of the next 3 sts, now working behind the sts just made, dc in each of the skipped 3 sts, fpdc in each of the next 3 sts, hdc2tog, [hdc in each of the next 6 sts, hdc2tog] 5 times, join with a sl st in the first st.
Rnd 16: Ch 1, [hdc in each of the next 5 sts, hdc2tog] twice, hdc in each of the next 6 sts, fpdc in each of the next 12 sts, hdc in each of the next 6 sts, hdc2tog, [hdc in each of the next 5 sts, hdc2tog] 4 times, join with a sl st in the first st.
Rnd 17: Ch 1, [hdc in each of the next 4 sts, hdc2tog] 3 times, hdc in each of the next 4 sts, sk the next 3 sts, exfpdc around the next 3 sts, now working in front of the sts just made, fpdc around each of the sk sts, sk the next 3 unworked sts, exfpdc around each of the next 3 sts, now working in front of the sts just made, fpdc around each of the sk sts, hdc in each of the next 5 sts, hdc2tog, [hdc in each of the next 4 sts, hdc2tog] 4 times, join with a sl st in the first st.
Rnd 18: Ch 1, [hdc in each of the next 3 sts, hdc2tog] 3 times, hdc in each of the next 3 sts, fpdc in each of the next 12 sts, hdc in each of the next 4 sts, hdc2tog, [hdc in each of the next 3 sts, hdc2tog] 4 times, join with a sl st in the first st.
Rnd 19: Ch 1, [hdc in each of the next 2 sts, hdc2tog] 3 times, fpdc in each of the next 3 sts, sk the next 3 sts, exfpdc in each of the next 3 sts, now working behind the sts just made, dc in each of the skipped 3 sts, fpdc in each of the next 3 sts, hdc in each of the next 3 sts, hdc2tog, [hdc in each of the next 2 sts, hdc2tog] 4 times, join with a sl st in the first st.
Rnd 20: Ch 1, [hdc in the next st, hdc2tog] 3 times, fpdc in each of the next 12 sts, hdc in each of the next 2 sts, hdc2tog, [hdc in the next st, hdc2tog] 4 times, join with a sl st in the first st.
Rnd 21: Ch 1, [hdc2tog] 3 times, [fpdc3tog] 4 times, hdc2tog around, join with a sl st in the first st.
Fasten off leaving a long tail. Using the long tail, sew the top of the hat closed. Fasten off and weave in your ends. Attach Pompom to the top.
Video Tutorial:
