Master Cables with This Cute Hat

I think sometimes people get intimidated about learning new skills because they don’t want to have to work with something new on a really big project that might be too difficult or frustrating.

(That’s why I really want my next book to be a whole bunch of knitting skills but only scarves, because who’s scared of a scarf?)

That’s also why I like this pattern from Classic Elite Yarns. The Cable Top Cap by Susan Mills is a cute little beret, and it’s worked from the bottom up so it starts out just like any other hat you’ve ever knit.

The cable portion is at the top and helps make the great star/floral motif at the top, but the great thing is it’s only 14 rounds of the project. That’s enough to get comfortable but not too much to get overwhelmed, I think.

And even if you’re totally good with both hats and cables, this would be a great project for fall and winter, or even for gift knitting, don’t you think?

[Photo via Classic Elite Yarns.]

Looking for more Cable-styled knitting patterns? Check out these Cable Knit Patterns on Etsy

Fall will be here before we know it, and that means there are holidays coming right behind where we might be entertaining at home. It’s always fun to have a hand knit touch in your home for other people to see, and if you’re going to be in the kitchen all day you might as well have some nice knit dish cloths to use.

I love this little plaid hand towel from Darling Jadore. Use a little bit of leftover cotton yarn from another project for the plaid portion. It looks like the horizontal stripes are worked as you knit and the vertical stripes are done with duplicate stitch, making this a quick and easy project even newer knitters can make.

Combine garter stitch and an easy eyelet pattern worked sideways to make the Annette Dish Towel from Cluck Cluck Boots, which is meant to be reminiscent of flour sack towels. It calls for DK weight yarn and you can work it in one color or two (or even three!).

Add a little more texture with this set of kitchen towels from Whileberry Creative. They’re mostly worked in garter stitch with borders in easy knit/purl patterns, and you can work them in sport or worsted weight yarn.

Two of Wands Shop has another cute allover knit and purl pattern they call the Seersucker Textured Tea Towel. It’s an easy repeating pattern worked in worsted weight yarn, and there’s a chart in the pattern you can use, but don’t have to, if you want to practice knitting from a chart.

The Classic Cloth dish towel from Handmade Home by Connie is another one that can use a little leftover yarn in a contrasting color, or you could color block it our use stripes throughout the pattern. This one uses worsted weight yarn and another easy repeating knit purl stitch pattern.

If you like to hang your towel on the oven handle or elsewhere but it’s always falling off, try the Stay Put kitchen towel from Fancy Step Knits. This project is worked in garter stitch and includes a hole partway through so you can pull the towel through itself over a rod or handle. Stripes are optional but a nice addition.

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