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It’s August which means it’s almost time for pumpkins, mums, and sweater weather! When I had my prop shop, August was prime pumpkin knitting month. I think my record was 24 pumpkins hats in the month of August. I typically offered 2 options, Pumpkin Spice Beanie (That pattern is coming to the blog next week!) and this beanie, Cable Pumpkin Beanie. It’s a pumpkin hat with a twist… literally!
The big wide cables are the focal point of this sweet hat. Those cables give this hat a more vintage feel in my opinion. And I always used a darker more heathered orange instead of the bright orange typically seen. But my typical customer was using a more neutral color palette. I have seen Cable Pumpkin Beanie in brights and it was just as beautiful!
My favorite yarn for this pattern is KnitPicks brava. It’s very soft and has color options for everyone. Yes, it is an acrylic, but when you are making for babies, washable and next to skin soft are very important attributes. Any superwash merino like Cascade 220 Superwash Merino would be equally as amazing for this pattern.
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Cable Pumpkin Beanie Materials and Info
Materials needed: 55-150yds of worsted weight yarn in main color and a few yards for the stem and leaf, size 9 dpn (or circular for magic loop method or larger sizes) a yarn needle and a cable needle
Sizes – preemie (10ins), newborn (13ins), 0-6mth (14.5ins), 6-12mth (16ins), toddler (17ins), child (19ins), teen/sm adult (21ins), adult (23ins)
Gauge – 4sts/1in in stockinette st – ~Gauge is very important!~
Cable Pumpkin Beanie Pattern
Preemie
Cast on 56sts
Rounds 1-3 – [k6, p1] repeat [ ] around
Round 4 – [cb6, p1] repeat [ ] around
Rounds 5-8– [k6, p1] repeat [ ] around
Repeat rounds 1-8 2 times more.
Decreases
Round 1 – [k5, ssk] repeat [ ] around (48sts)
Round 2 – [ssk, k2, k2tog] repeat [ ] around (32sts)
Round 3 – knit around
Cut orange yarn. Work from here with green for the stem.
Round 4 – [ssk, k2tog] repeat [ ] around (16sts)
Round 5 – knit around
Round 6 – [k2tog] repeat [ ] around (8sts)
Round 7-12 – knit around
Bind off. Cut yarn. Weave in ends. Make a leaf (found at the end of the pattern) and tack into place.
Newborn
Cast on 63sts in main color
Rounds 1-3 – [k6, p1] repeat [ ] around
Round 4 – [cb6, p1] repeat [ ] around
Rounds 5-8– [k6, p1] repeat [ ] around
Repeat rounds 1-8 2 times more. Then repeat rounds 1-4
Decreases
Round 1 – [k5, ssk] repeat [ ] around (54sts)
Round 2 – [ssk, k2, k2tog] repeat [ ] around (36sts)
Round 3 – knit around
Cut orange yarn. Work from here with green for the stem.
Round 4 – [ssk, k2tog] repeat [ ] around (18sts)
Round 5 – knit around
Round 6 – [k2tog] repeat [ ] around (9sts)
Round 7 – [k2tog, k1] repeat [ ] around (6sts)
Round 8-13 – knit around
Bind off. Cut yarn. Weave in ends. Make a leaf (found at the end of the pattern) and tack into place.
0-6mths
Cast on 70sts
Rounds 1-3 – [k6, p1] repeat [ ] around
Round 4 – [cb6, p1] repeat [ ] around
Rounds 5-8– [k6, p1] repeat [ ] around
Repeat rounds 1-8 3 times more.
Decreases
Round 1 – [k5, ssk] repeat [ ] around (60sts)
Round 2 – [ssk, k2, k2tog] repeat [ ] around (40sts)
Round 3 – knit around
Cut orange yarn. Work from here with green for the stem.
Round 4 – [ssk, k2tog] repeat [ ] around (20sts)
Round 5 – knit around
Round 6 – [k2tog] repeat [ ] around (10sts)
Round 7 – [k2tog, k1] repeat [ ] around to last sts, k1 (7sts)
Round 8-13 – knit around
Bind off. Cut yarn. Weave in ends. Make a leaf (found at the end of the pattern) and tack into place.
6-12mths
Cast on 77sts in main color
Rounds 1-3 – [k6, p1] repeat [ ] around
Round 4 – [cb6, p1] repeat [ ] around
Rounds 5-8– [k6, p1] repeat [ ] around
Repeat rounds 1-8 3 times more. Then repeat rounds 1-4
Decreases
Round 1 – [k5, ssk] repeat [ ] around (66sts)
Round 2 – [ssk, k2, k2tog] repeat [ ] around (44sts)
Cut orange yarn. Work from here with green for the stem.
Round 3 – knit around
Round 4 – [ssk, k2tog] repeat [ ] around (22sts)
Round 5 – knit around
Round 6 – [k2tog] repeat [ ] around (11sts)
Round 7 – [k2tog, k1] repeat [ ] around to last 2 sts, k2tog (7sts)
Round 8-13 – knit around
Bind off. Cut yarn. Weave in ends. Make a leaf (found at the end of the pattern) and tack into place.
Toddler
Cast on 84sts
Rounds 1-3 – [k6, p1] repeat [ ] around
Round 4 – [cb6, p1] repeat [ ] around
Rounds 5-8– [k6, p1] repeat [ ] around
Repeat rounds 1-8 4 times more.
Decreases
Round 1 – [k5, ssk] repeat [ ] around (72sts)
Round 2 – [ssk, k2, k2tog] repeat [ ] around (48sts)
Cut orange yarn. Work from here with green for the stem.
Round 3 – knit around
Round 4 – [ssk, k2tog] repeat [ ] around (24sts)
Round 5 – knit around
Round 6 – [k2tog] repeat [ ] around (12sts)
Round 7 – [k2tog] repeat [ ] around (6sts)
Round 8-13 – knit around
Bind off. Cut yarn. Weave in ends. Make a leaf (found at the end of the pattern) and tack into place.
Child
Cast on 91 in main color
Rounds 1-3 – [k6, p1] repeat [ ] around
Round 4 – [cb6, p1] repeat [ ] around
Rounds 5-8– [k6, p1] repeat [ ] around
Repeat rounds 1-8 4 times more. Then repeat rounds 1-4
Decreases
Round 1 – [k5, ssk] repeat [ ] around (78sts)
Cut orange yarn. Work from here with green for the stem.
Round 2 – [ssk, k2, k2tog] repeat [ ] around (52sts)
Round 3 – knit around
Round 4 – [ssk, k2tog] repeat [ ] around (26sts)
Round 5 – knit around
Round 6 – [k2tog] repeat [ ] around (13sts)
Round 7 – [k2tog] repeat [ ] around to last st, k1 (7sts)
Round 8-13 – knit around
Bind off. Cut yarn. Weave in ends. Make a leaf (found at the end of the pattern) and tack into place.
Teen/Small Adult
Cast on 98 in main color
Rounds 1-3 – [k6, p1] repeat [ ] around
Round 4 – [cb6, p1] repeat [ ] around
Rounds 5-8– [k6, p1] repeat [ ] around
Repeat rounds 1-8 5 times more.
Decreases
Round 1 – [k5, ssk] repeat [ ] around (84sts)
Cut orange yarn. Work from here with green for the stem.
Round 2 – [ssk, k2, k2tog] repeat [ ] around (56sts)
Round 3 – knit around
Round 4 – [ssk, k2tog] repeat [ ] around (28sts)
Round 5 – knit around
Round 6 – [k2tog] repeat [ ] around (14sts)
Round 7 – [k2tog] repeat [ ] around (7sts)
Round 8-13 – knit around
Bind off. Cut yarn. Weave in ends. Make a leaf (found at the end of the pattern) and tack into place.
Adult
Cast on 105 in main color
Rounds 1-3 – [k6, p1] repeat [ ] around
Round 4 – [cb6, p1] repeat [ ] around
Rounds 5-8– [k6, p1] repeat [ ] around
Repeat rounds 1-8 5 times more. Then repeat rounds 1-4
Decreases
Round 1 – [k5, ssk] repeat [ ] around (90sts)
Cut orange yarn. Work from here with green for the stem.
Round 2 – [ssk, k2, k2tog] repeat [ ] around (60sts)
Round 3 – knit around
Round 4 – [ssk, k2tog] repeat [ ] around (30sts)
Round 5 – knit around
Round 6 – [k2tog] repeat [ ] around (15sts)
Round 7 – [k2tog] repeat [ ] around to last st, k1 (8sts)
Round 8-13 – knit around
Bind off. Cut yarn. Weave in ends. Make a leaf (found at the end of the pattern) and tack into place.
Leaf
Cast on 9sts in green leaving a long tail to sew the leaf onto your hat.
Row 1 – purl across
Row 2 – k1, m1, k7, m1, k1 (11sts)
Row 3 – purl across
Row 4 – k1, m1, k9, m1, k1 (13sts)
Row 5 – purl across
Row 6 – k5, sl1, k2tog, psso, k5 (11sts)
Row 7 – purl across
Row 8 – k4, sl1, k2tog, psso, k4 (9sts)
Row 9 – purl across
Row 10 – k3, sl1, k2tog, psso, k3 (7sts)
Row 11 – purl across
Row 12 – k2, sl1, k2tog, psso, k2 (5sts)
Row 13 – purl across
Row 14 – k1, sl1, k2tog, psso, k1 (3sts)
Row 15 – p3tog Do not bind off. Cut yarn and pull through remain stitch. Weave in this end. Use the cast on tail to tack your leaf unto the hat near the base of the stem.
Cable Pumpkin Beanie Abbreviations
K – knit
P – purl
k2tog – knit 2 together
ssk – slip slip knit
sl – slip
psso – pass slipped stitch over
cb6 – sl the next 3sts onto cable needle, hold in back, k the next 3sts, k the 3 sts from the cable needle
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