This week I finished a lovely cable hat. I started it on Friday and it was finished by Monday. I knitted using some yarn I bought on holiday on the Isle of Lewis appropriately named Wool 4 Ewe. The shop is in the middle of Stornoway and I just had to go in!

I was immediately drawn to the undyed yarn in the middle of the shop. The owner, Jackie, explained that the yarn came from sheep farmed on her croft. She had a variety of yarn from 4 ply to aran and a variety of mix of wool but all undyed. I chose the DK made from a mix of Hebridean wool and Cheviot/bluefaced Leicester cross wool. It is quite dense but lovely an warm and the Hebridean is water resistant so just what you need for a hat.

The pattern is by Juliet Bernard, published in The Knitter, and is a lovely mix of cables with a rather nice crown design.

I love doing cable work. When I first started doing it the patterns were written out row by row. Nowadays patterns include helpful charts which I find useful.

If you haven't tried cables then a hat is a good project to start with. If you'd like me to teach you then come to my Next steps in Knitting course starting on the 4th of November. Message me if you are interested. Now I have to get back to my Christmas knitting projects.