Keep warm and comfortable with luxury and elegance with this unique Chunky Cabled Hat, made in one of Zealana’s most luxe yarns. This chunky cabled hat is designed for Zealana Air Chunky, which is a soft, warm, and unique blend of NZ brushtail possum, cashmere, and silk. Cleverly designed, this pattern starts by knitting the cable end to end, and then grafting the ends to make the cabled brim. Then pick up around the edge of the brim and knit the ribbed crown in the round. Designed by Laura Zukaite for Zealana Yarn, and made available to you as a free download courtesy of Zealana. What You Need to Make the Chunky Cabled Hat Pattern 2 balls of Zealana Air Chunky (sample is in L07 Gold) 4.5 mm circular needles on a 60 or 80 cm cable (or size as needed to get gauge) We have these in a wide range of interchangeable choices across two brands! For Hiyahiya, you will need a cable and your choice of tip, available here: Steel tips 5 inch Steel tips 4 inch Sharp Steel tips 5 inch Bamboo tips 5 inch Cable For Knitpro, you will need a cable and your choice of tip, available here: Symfonie tips (birch wood) Zing tips (aluminium) Cable For more information on circular needles, check out our blog post: The Ultimate Guide to Circular Needles Small circumference needles for top of crown (double-pointed needles, flyers, or mini circulars) We recommend KnitPro Double Pointed Needles or Hiyahiya Sharp Tip Flyers or Steel Tip Flyers Needle for weaving in your ends We recommend the Knitpro Wool Needles Who Do We Recommend the Chunky Cabled Hat Pattern For? The Chunky Cabled Hat pattern is an intermediate pattern that requires some experience with small circumference needles. About Zealana Woolyarns, the owner of Zealana, was the first company to spin possum yarns. They created the Zealana brand in order to showcase their ultra soft, light, warm and durable luxury hand knitting yarns. Their Performa series of yarns features machine washable possum blends. Settlers brought the non-native possum to New Zealand in the 19th century for the purpose of building a fur industry. Then the possums devastated New Zealand’s bird population. When you buy Zealana yarns, you are helping manage the possum population in New Zealand, and helping prevent possum predation on New Zealand native birds. You’re also getting yarn made with a fibre that is breathable, warmer than either merino or cashmere, and luxuriously soft.
