happy vd!

yah! yah! yah! so i'm a day late and a dollar short! the story of my life!
but it was finished before and i took the pictures on valentine's day so that should count in my book!

 i got the idea for this hat when i was grocery shopping and saw a young gal with a similar cabled hat. i caught a glimpse of her several times throughout the store but the clincher was when i was in my car and she pushed her cart right past me so i got a good look! i thought 'i can do that!'. i could hardly contain myself until i could get home and get on it! her hat was a bright pink but with the holiday fast approaching i thought this wonderful tonal red in 'cherry splash' by brown sheep lanaloft worsted weight would be perfect!

and it is! i started with an inch edging of k2,p2 and then combined an eight stitch cable and a four stitch cable for the body with three purl stitches between each cable.

i finished the top with a ssk/k2tog, beginning in the middle of the four stitch cables which decreased the top by twelve stitches each round.

i stayed with the pattern throughout and ended with six stitches which i finished by threading a yarn through and finishing off on the inside. i used size 7 needles and cast on 108 stitches. when i knit it again, i think i will use a size 5 or 6 needle for the k2/p2 band at the beginning so it is just a tad tighter! all in all, i'm very happy with the results and it will be perfect for our next snowpocalypse which i hope is a long, long, long way off!