riffles

The riffles of a stream burble, tinkle, and splash over jumbled rocks to create a wrinkled fabric of water, just as the twisty cables sprinkled throughout the Riffles Hat slide over smooth runs of ribbing.

The hat is worked circularly from the bottom up, first working a fold-up ribbed brim, then a cable chart that seamlessly transitions into the crown. The cable pattern is provided in charted form only.

Skill Level
Appropriate for a knitter who feels neutral-to-positive about knitting ribbing (seriously, it is a lot of ribbing)

Techniques
Cable knitting, twisted stitches, reading charts
Optional: rib cabled cast on (instructions provided), making a pom pom (instructions provided)

Yarn
300 yards/275 meters of light fingering weight yarn (including pom pom)
Sample was knit with 1 skein of The Wandering Flock Merino Fingering, in Peach Pop

Gauge
48 stitches & 42 rows per 4” x 4”/10 cm x 10 cm in twisted rib (unstretched), after blocking

Needles
One 16”/40 cm circular needle and one set of double-pointed needles (DPNs) in size needed to obtain gauge listed
Suggested Size: 2.75 mm (US 2)

Dimensions
16”/41 cm circumference and 10.5”/27 cm long, unfolded, after blocking
Note: Hat is very stretchy and will fit head sizes ranging from 19–23”/48–58 cm comfortably

Tools
Blunt tapestry needle, cable needle
Optional (for pom pom): soda can; small, sharp scissors (e.g. embroidery scissors)