Claremont Cabled Hat in Blue Sky Fibers Woolstok - 202001 - Downloadable PDF

Claremont Cabled Hat by Virginia Sattler-Reimer – Pattern Summary

About This Pattern

The Claremont Cabled Hat is a knitted hat design by Virginia Sattler-Reimer, released as part of Blue Sky Fibers' Traveler Series (Pattern No. 1325 / No. 202001). It is available as a downloadable PDF and is rated Intermediate in difficulty, making it an excellent next step for knitters who are comfortable with basic hat construction and ready to explore cable work in the round. The design strikes a balance between textured cabling and smooth stockinette, resulting in a hat with just the right amount of slouch — polished enough for everyday wear, relaxed enough for casual styling.

What Is Being Made

This pattern produces a single cabled slouch hat knitted in the round. The finished hat has a circumference of 19 inches and a height of 9 inches, sized as a one-size design intended to fit most adult heads. The silhouette features a structured ribbed or cabled brim that transitions into a blend of cable panels and stockinette across the body of the hat, culminating in a shaped crown decrease. The colorway shown in the original pattern is Lilac Bloom, though the design works beautifully in any shade of Blue Sky Fibers Woolstok.

Techniques Used

Knitters working through the Claremont Cabled Hat will practice and refine several important techniques:

• Knitting in the round on both circular needles and double pointed needles, transitioning between the two as the crown shaping reduces stitch count
• Cable knitting using a cable needle, including both standard left-cross cables and decrease cables
• Crown shaping and decreases, which require careful attention to the cable pattern as stitches are reduced toward the top of the hat
• Reading and working from a cable pattern, which may include both written instructions and abbreviations

Stitches Used

The Claremont Cabled Hat uses a focused set of stitch techniques that give the design its distinctive texture:

• Stockinette stitch (knit every round when working in the round), which forms the smooth background sections of the hat body
• 1/1 LC (1 over 1 Left Cross Cable): slip 1 stitch to cable needle and hold to front, knit 1, then knit 1 from the cable needle — a compact, elegant cable twist that creates fine rope-like detail
• 1/1 Dec LC (1 over 1 Left Cross Decrease Cable): slip 1 stitch to cable needle and hold to front, k2tog, then knit 1 from the cable needle — a clever combination of cabling and decreasing used during crown shaping to maintain the cable aesthetic while reducing stitches

These small-scale cables are characteristic of refined, wearable knitwear — they add visual interest without overwhelming the overall design, and they work particularly well in the smooth, stitch-definition-friendly fiber of Woolstok.

Materials

The pattern calls for Blue Sky Fibers Woolstok, a worsted weight yarn made from 100% Fine Highland Wool, sold in 50g skeins with approximately 123 yards each. The Claremont Cabled Hat requires 2 hanks of Woolstok. Woolstok is known for its smooth, consistent twist and excellent stitch definition, which makes it particularly well-suited to showcasing cable work. Its Fine Highland Wool content gives the finished hat warmth, durability, and a pleasant hand.

Needles and Notions

To knit the Claremont Cabled Hat, you will need the following tools:

• Size 6 (4mm) 16-inch circular needle — used for the brim or lower sections at a tighter gauge
• Size 7 (4.5mm) 16-inch circular needle — the primary needle for the body of the hat, or the size needed to achieve gauge
• Size 7