Heartwood Hat

The Heartwood Hat is a deeply-textured & engaging knit, entwined with cables which trace their path from the brim into a ring of knotted hearts, and up into a flowerlike crown. Two sizes are included, each requiring a single skein of DK-weight yarn. The coordinating Heartwood Cowl is available separately, and uses fingering-weight yarn for the perfect balance of drape and squish.

Skills & Techniques

  • Long Tail Cast On (optional)

  • Working in the round

  • Working 2-over-2 cables and a few six-stitch cables

  • Working decreases

  • Charts and written instructions are both provided in full

Materials Needed

  • 1 skein of Happy Hank Co Classy DK (100% superwash merino; 218yds/200m per 100g skein), or 167 (200)yds/153 (183)m of DK-weight yarn. Sample colourway: ‘Soba’.

  • For a similar effect to the sample, choose a smooth, multi-plied, worsted-spun yarn.

  • US 6 / 4mm needles (or needle size that gives you the right gauge) for working in the round, plus the same size needles for working a small circumference in the round

  • US 4 / 3.5mm needles (or a couple sizes smaller than your main needles) for working in the round

  • You will also need 1 end-of-round marker, 4 (5) additional markers (optional), a cable needle, and a needle for weaving in the ends

  • A needle for weaving in the ends

Finished Measurements

  • Relaxed after blocking, unstretched: 15 (18)”/38 (46)cm brim circumference, and 8.5”/21.5cm length from cast-on to crown

  • To fit 18-20 (21–23)”/46-51 (53.5-58.5)cm head circumference

  • Shown in larger size on my 22”/56cm head.

Read more about the Heartwood Hat and its inspiration on my blog.