Calder Beanie by Sarah Hatton

This is a great project for knitting cables for beginners.  If you can confidently do the knit and purl stitch and cast on, then this is a great tutorial for you. I will show you all the other techniques used to complete the Calder Beanie by Sarah Hatton.

Video Tutorial

Click on the image to watch the tutorial for the Calder Beanie.

Click on the image to watch the tutorial for the Calder Beanie.

Section Links

  1. Making a swatch and casting on
  2. Row 5, Cable pattern
  3. How to unpick mistakes and put stitches back
  4. Knitting the row after the cable
  5. Explanation of top shaping, K2tog, P2tog
  6. Row 13; S1, K1, PSSO
  7. Row 17; Break yarn and thread through
  8. Sewing the seam and finishing off

Pattern and Yarn

The Calder Beanie pattern is available for free from Rowan Yarns.

The recommended yarn for the project is the Rowan Tweed, but I have used the Rowan Pure Wool Superwash DK in shade 106, “Loam”.