Gwedenn hat by Solenn Couix-Loarer

Craft: Knitting

This pattern is available on Ravelry.

A lovely cabled hat for the whole family! Here’s our Christmas gift to thank you for choosing our yarns year after year and to help you prepare for happy, thoughtful holidays! The cabled patterns on this hat require a little experience and a certain amount of attention, but it’s a spectacular little project that can easily be done in a few evenings. It is knitted in a seamless round from the bottom to the top, starting with a wide single ribbed edge designed to be folded in half. Once the brim is complete, the body of the hat and the crown decreases are all charted (one chart for each size), so you can easily follow your progress by ticking off each completed round :) Explanations are available on our blog.

Sizes

Child (adult S/M, adult M/L)

To fit head circumference up to: 40 to 46 (46 to 54, 53 to 59) cm / 15.75 to 18.25 (18.25 to 22, 20.75 to 23.25) inches with 2 to 8 cm / 0.75 to 3.25 inches of negative ease.

See finished measurements below.

Yarn & yardage

SINGLE YARN Version (GILLIATT)

Approx. 45 (60, 80) g or 1 ball of De Rerum Natura Gilliatt (Arles Merino and black Portuguese merino woolen spun;

250 m / 100 g) or approx. 115 (150, 200) m / 126 (165, 218) yards of similar worsted weight yarn.

The child’s size sample has been knitted in Gilliatt ‘poivre blanc’.

The adult M/L size sample has been knitted in Gilliatt ‘aubépine’.

Version with two yarns held together (ULYSSE + BÉRÉNICE)

Approx. 31 (40, 55) g or 1 (1, 2) ball(s) of De Rerum Natura Ulysse (Arles Merino and black Portuguese merino woolen spun;

185 m / 50 g) or 115 (150, 200) m / 126 (165, 218) yards of similar sport weight yarn.

AND

Approx.14 (18, 24) g or 1 ball of De Rerum Natura Bérénice (55% super kid mohair, 25% silk, 20% organic Arles merino;

210 m / 25 g) or approx. 115 (145, 195) m / 126 (159, 213) yards of similar lace weight yarn.

The adult S/M size sample has been knitted in Ulysse «granit» held together with Bérénice «crépuscule».

Gauge

22 sts x 26 rows = 10 x 10 cm / 4 inches knitted in ribbed cables with larger needles (4.5 mm / US 7), measured after blocking.

Needles

4.5 mm / US 7 circular needles with a cable length of 40 cm / 16’’ for main part

4 mm / US 6 circular needles (or one size smaller than main needles) with a cable length of 40 cm / 16’’ for brim.