Description

The Sixpence Hat takes its name from the six coin cables stacked up the side of the beanie version of this hat. The sixpence was retired in 1980, but once represented six pennies or “pence” to the British. You can choose to make your hat in a deeper slouch style by going to eightpence! The coin cable shares space on this hat with an open twisted-stitch braid, and they both beautifully fade away at the crown to form a beanie or slouch-style hat. Twisted stitches and cables sit comfortably on a background of purl stitches to make a crisp, classic look. Try one for yourself!

Finished Measurements

21.75” [55.5 cm] circumference & 8” [20.5 cm] deep for beanie; 9.75” [25 cm] deep for slouch

Materials

• Light worsted weight yarn, approx 130 yds [119 m] for beanie style, 148 yds [135.5 m] for slouch style
• US size 7 [4.5 mm] 16” circular needle or size needed to achieve correct gauge
• US size 7 [4.5 mm] dpn set (or second 16” circular needle)
• Cable needle
• Stitch marker
• Yarn needle

Gauge

22 sts & 27 rnds = 4” [10 cm] in Chart B patt after blocking and slightly stretched

Skills Used

Cables, knitting in the rnd, twisted sts, various dec and inc (some within cables)

Yarns used: Cascade 220 Superwash in color #817 and Bare Naked Wools Kent DK in Driftwood

Construction

Hat is worked from the brim to the crown in the rnd.