Cabled Beanie Crochet Pattern for Men

I love crocheting for my family! I love seeing them wear the pieces I have made them like this Cabled Beanie. I might be a bit biased, but I do think Jonathan looks great in this hat, and the cables make the beanie unique and interesting and the blue is such a nice pop of colour!

I’ve designed this pattern to come in several sizes for boys and men, this post only includes the size for men’s average and large, but make sure to sign up for my email list to find out as soon as the smaller sizes have been released! And if you’re anything like me, and your head is the same size as your husband, you might just steal it for yourself because it also looks great on women!

The Yarn

I found this gorgeous yarn in Calgary this summer when I was there for Our Maker Life Conference, which was amazing by the way! I’m fairly new to the yarn world, so needless to say I am not familiar with every brand name out there and had never heard of Universal Yarn, but I saw this skein of Denim Heather Uptown Worsted, and fell in love with the colour. My husband normally prefers wearing neutrals like the grey of the Jonathan Beanie, but he even loves wearing this blue!

Pattern

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Materials Required

-Size 4.0mm (US 6) and 4.5mm (US 7) crochet hooks
(or whatever hooks are needed to obtain gauge)
–Universal Yarn Uptown Worsted, in Denim Heather, Weight 4 Worsted (100% Acrylic, 180 yds / 165m, 3.5 oz/ 100 g) 2 Skeins
-Stitch Marker
-Yarn needle
-Scissors

Abbreviations (US Terms)

-Sc: Single Crochet
-Blo: Back Loop Only
-Sl st: Slip Stitch
-FPdc: Front post double crochet
-*LFPdc: Long front post double crochet
-Sk: Skip
-St (s): Stitch (es)
-Ch: Chain
-Sc2tog: Single crochet two together
* I’ve been told there is more than one definition for a LFPdc. The way I’ve been taught, and show in this tutorial, is to yarn over, insert hook into front post, pull through. There should be 3 loops on your hook. Yarn over, pull through 1 loop. Yarn over, pull through two loops. Yarn over and pull through the last two loops

Gauge

With 4.0mm hook: 18 sc by 21 rows of sc is 4”x 4”.

With 4.5mm hook, in the round gauge, crochet a magic circle.

Round 1- Ch 1 then 8 sc into the circle.
Do not join, work in continuous rounds.
Round 2- 2 hdc in each st. (16)
Round 3- *1 hdc in first st, 2 hdc in next st, repeat from * around. (24)
Round 4- *1 hdc in first 2 sts, 2 hdc in next st, repeat from * around. (32)
Round 5- *1 hdc in first 3 sts, 2 hdc in next st, repeat from * around. (40)

Diameter should now measure 2.5”.

Notes

	Head Circumference	Brim Circumference	Hat Height	Height with Folded Brim
Average	21-22”	20”	10”	8 to 9”
Large	23-24”	22”	10”	8 to 9”

-The hat is worked from the bottom up.
-For detailed notes/video of how to crochet this cable pattern, see my post on How to Crochet Cables.

Directions

Men’s Average

Brim- using 4.0mm hook
Row 1- Ch 13, turn sc in second ch from hook and across.
Row 2- Ch 1, turn, sc blo across (12).
Rows 3 to 80- Repeat row 2.
Fold brim in half and sl st rows 1 and 80 together. Do not fasten off. 

Hat Body- using 4.5mm hook
Round 1- Ch 1, sc around the top of the brim, evenly adding 4 extra sts (84).
Do not join. Work in continuous rounds. The use of a stitch marker is very useful to keep track of first st in round.
Round 2- Sc around.
Round 3- *Sc in first 4 sts, FPdc in next 2 sts two rows below, sc 4, sk2, LFPdc in next 2 sts two rows below, LFPdc back in 2 sts, two rows below, that were skipped. Repeat from * 5 more times.
Round 4- Sc around.
Round 5- *Sc in first 4 sts, FPdc in next 2 post sts, sc 4, FPdc in next 4 post sts. Repeat from * 5 more times.

Repeat rounds 2 to 5 until round 29.
Round 30- *Sc2tog, sc 4, sc2tog, sc 6. Repeat from * around (72).
Round 31- *Sc in first 3 sts, FPdc in next 2 sts two rows below, sc 3, sk2, LFPdc in next 2 sts two rows below, LFPdc back in 2 sts, two rows below, that were skipped. Repeat from * 5 more times.
Round 32- *Sc2tog, sc3, sc2tog, sc 5. Repeat from * around (60).
Round 33- *Sc in first 2 sts, FPdc in next 2 post sts, sc 2, FPdc in next 4 post sts. Repeat from * 5 more times.
Round 34- *Sc2tog, sc2, sc2tog, sc 4. Repeat from * around (48).
Round 35- *Sc in first st, FPdc in next 2 sts two rows below, sc, sk2, LFPdc in next 2 sts two rows below, LFPdc back in 2 sts, two rows below, that were skipped. Repeat from * 5 more times.
Round 36- *Sc 6, sc 2 tog. Repeat from * around (42).
Round 37- *Sc 5, sc2tog. Repeat from * around (36).
Round 38- *Sc 4, sc2tog. Repeat from * around (30).
Round 39- *Sc 3, sc2tog. Repeat from * around (24).
Round 40- *Sc 2, sc2tog. Repeat from * around (18).
Round 41- *Sc, sc2tog. Repeat from * around (12).

Fasten off and leave long end. Using yarn needle, weave end around posts of top 12 sts, tighten to close. Fasten off and weave in ends.

Men’s Large

Brim- using 4.0mm hook
Row 1- Ch 13, turn sc in second ch from hook and across.
Row 2- Ch 1, turn, sc blo across (12).
Rows 3 to 88- Repeat row 2.
Fold brim in half and sl st rows 1 and 88 together. Do not fasten off.

Hat Body- using 4.5mm hook
Round 1- Ch 1, sc around the top of the brim, evenly adding 2 extra sts (90).
Do not join. Work in continuous rounds. The use of a stitch marker is very useful to keep track of first st in round.
Round 2- Sc around.
Round 3- *Sc in first 4 sts, FPdc in next 2 sts two rows below, sc 5, sk2, LFPdc in next 2 sts two rows below, LFPdc back in 2 sts, two rows below, that were skipped. Repeat from * 5 more times.
Round 4- Sc around.
Round 5- *Sc in first 4 sts, FPdc in next 2 post sts, sc 5, FPdc in next 4 post sts. Repeat from * 5 more times.
Repeat rounds 2 to 5 until round 29.

Round 30- *Sc2tog, sc 4, sc2tog, sc 7. Repeat from * around (78).
Round 31- *Sc in first 3 sts, FPdc in next 2 sts two rows below, sc 4, sk2, LFPdc in next 2 sts two rows below, LFPdc back in 2 sts, two rows below, that were skipped. Repeat from * 5 more times.
Round 32- *Sc2tog, sc 3, sc2tog, sc 6. Repeat from * around (66).
Round 33- *Sc in first 2 sts, FPdc in next 2 post sts, sc 3, FPdc in next 4 post sts. Repeat from * 5 more times.
Round 34- *Sc2tog, sc2, sc2tog, sc 5. Repeat from * around (54).
Round 35- *Sc in first st, FPdc in next 2 sts two rows below, sc 2, sk2, LFPdc in next 2 sts two rows below, LFPdc back in 2 sts, two rows below, that were skipped. Repeat from * 5 more times.

Round 36- *Sc 4, sc2tog. Repeat from * around (45).
Round 37- *Sc 3, sc2tog. Repeat from * around (36).
Round 38- *Sc 2, sc2tog. Repeat from * around (27).
Round 39- *Sc, sc2tog. Repeat from * around (18).
Round 40- *Sc2tog. Repeat from * around (9).

Fasten off and leave long end. Using yarn needle, weave end around posts of top 9 sts, tighten to close. Fasten off and weave in ends.

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