Cabled Newsboy Cap - Free Knitting Pattern for Women

You Will Need

Yarn

Aspen by Classic Elite Yarns (alpaca/wool, 47 m/100 g)

2 skeins color #1575 (coffee with milk)

Needles

8 mm circular needles
Set of 8 mm double-pointed needles
Cable needle (CN)

Additional

Stitch marker

Cable Newsboy Cap

This design looks very stylish, and it’s much easier to knit than it might seem. The cap is worked from the top down in the round in a bold raised cable pattern. Give it a try — you’re sure to love it!

Sizes

М(L)

Finished Measurements

Head circumference 48 (57) cm

Gauge

10 sts and 20 rounds = 10 x 10 cm (Cable pattern)

Special Abbreviations

Increase 1 st: knit 1 through the front and back loops.
Left Cable of 2 sts: slip 1 st onto CN and hold in front, p1, k1 from CN.
Right Cable of 2 sts: slip 1 st onto CN and hold in back, k1, p1 from CN.

Cable Stitch Pattern

(multiple of 4 sts)

Rounds 1 and 2: *k1, p2, k1; repeat from * around.
Round 3: *left cable of 2 sts, right cable of 2 sts; repeat from * around.
Rounds 4–7: *p1, k2, p1; repeat from * around.
Round 8: *right cable of 2 sts, left cable of 2 sts; repeat from * around.
Rounds 9 and 10: *k1, p2, k1; repeat from * around. Repeat rounds 1–10.

CAP

Crown

With double-pointed needles and yarn A, cast on 12 sts, leaving a long tail for seaming. Distribute sts on 3 needles. Join to work in the round, placing a marker at the beginning of the round.

Round 1: knit.
Round 2: (increase 1 st) x12 — 24 sts on needles.
Round 3: knit.
Round 4: (increase 1 st) x24 — 48 sts on needles.
Round 5: knit.

For size L only

Round 6: *k5, increase 1 st; repeat from * around — 56 sts on needles.
Round 7: knit.

For both sizes

Switch to circular needles.

Crown/Body

Repeat rounds 1–10 of the Cable pattern 2 times, then rounds 1–5 once more. Purl the next round, removing the marker.

Brim

Work the brim in rows on double-pointed needles with the yarn held double.

Row 1 (RS): k17 (19), turn work.
Row 2: k16 (18), turn work.
Row 3: k15 (17), turn work.
Row 4: k14 (16), turn work.
Row 5: k13 (15), turn work.
Row 6: k12 (14), turn work.
Row 7: k11 (13), turn work.
Row 8: k10 (12), turn work.
Row 9: k9 (11), turn work.
Row 10: k8 (10), turn work.

Switch to circular needles and a single strand of yarn.

Place a marker on the right needle. Next round (RS): k8 (10), (pick up and purl 1 st from the wrap, k1) x5, purl to 5 sts before marker, (k1, pick up and purl 1 st from the wrap) x5. Bind off.