Cabled Slouch Beanie
After knitting a few beanies from patterns I’ve found online (mostly on Ravelry), I decided it was time to start making beanies from my own patterns. I can never find exactly what I want on Ravelry so it seemed like a good idea.
I used a few generic cable patterns from knitting stitch books and I was able to create my own pattern of a long slouch beanie. I made one for a friend who is overseas at the moment and she loved it! So I decided to make one for myself that was slightly different and recorded my steps.
Tools:
- 4mm Circular Needle
- 4mm Double Pointed Needles
- 8ply yarn (3-4 balls)
Pattern:
If you would like a slouchier effect, you should:
1. Dip the entire finished beanie (without pom poms) in cold water so that every bit is wet.
2. Wring out as much water as you can without fluffing or felting the beanie. (It doesn’t have to have every bit of water rung out, but make sure it isn’t soaking wet)
3. Place the beanie over a large plate around the size you would like it to be. (I would usually use a 10″ to 12″ (25cm to 30cm) diameter plate)
4. Let it dry overnight and it should reshape into a more mushroom like form that will create an extra slouchy effect!
This can be done with the pom pom attached, but be sure to only wet the beanie and not the pom poms, it will make your life much easier.
Pom Pom:
For a good pom pom template and more detailed instructions on how to create pom poms go to Mias Craft Ideas
This project is also on my Ravelry page.
If you have any queries, I’m more than happy to help you out 
LOve <3
PQP
What a cute hat! It looks super cozy, and I love that you made your own pattern.
So adorable!! Love this!! I wish I knew how to knit… mince somehow always turned out lopsided.
- aimee
diy blog : swellmayde
Thank you!
Maybe I’ll post a few knitting tutorials to help you out! If you keep trying you’ll eventually get it
xx
Lovely! This is definitely on my list for knitting for next fall!
I adore this! Thanks for the tutorial
Hey, I love the hat! Slouchy and cables, perfect. I was wondering what do c12b, c6f and c6b mean? Do I move 12 to the cable needle in the back, purl the next 4 and then knit the 12 or how does it work? Thanks for the pattern, I’d love to make one!
No problem, I’m glad you like it!
c12b – hold 6 stitches back on a cable needle, knit next 6, knit stitches on the cable needle
c6b – hold 3 stitches to the back on a cable needle, knit next 3, knit stitches on the cable needle
c6f – hold 3 stitches to the front on a cable needle, knit next 3, knit stitches on the the cable needle.
I hope that helps. If you have any other questions feel free to ask
xx
Thank you so much! That cleared it. I’m more used to crocheting, so knitting is a bit of a mystery to me.
I’m trying it as soon as I get some yarn!
Haha, I’m a little bit of the reverse, crocheting is still relatively new to me.
Hopefully I will be posting up some how-to knitting videos or pictures soon to lend a hand with the beanie making
If you run into any problems along the way, I’m happy to help you out. Let me know how the beanie turns out. I’m excited to see someone else try out my pattern!
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Cool beanie!
Everything is pretty straightforward, but I’m just a little confused about the crown.
Before decreasing the stitches i.e. rows 1 – 25 from the start, the patterns repeat 4 times within a row in 33 stitches (hopefully this isn’t too confusing… xD)
But as I start on the crown I realized that the instructions are in 31 stitches, not in 33 anymore. Should I follow the pattern and carry on or should I add another 2 stitches to make up for the missing (?) 2 stitches?
Okay I made this beanie quite a while ago so I may be a little blurry. I THINK it is because the first row of the crown decreases twice, so it would be 31 and not 33. So yes continue with the pattern.
Does this fit for all women sizes and if not, if i put on a different number of cast on will it unbalance the pattern?
This was sized to fit my head which is on the small side. An alternative to adding stitches is dipping it in cold water and reshaping it, this will stretch it out a bit.
However, if you would like to cast on more stitches, as long as you added enough to create another pattern panel it should work fine.