One More Thing to Keep Caleb Warm

When Caleb was home at Thanksgiving I was working to finish my Vanguard Cardigan, and at that point I knew I would have some yarn leftover.  It's hard to photograph accurately, but Hazel Knits Cadence in Giddy Up is the exact shade of maroon Texas A&M uses on its website, so I asked him if he'd like a maroon hat.  He did, so as soon as I finished knitting his sweater I started a hat.  I chose the Dragobrat hat, which is a ribbed beanie with a cable motif on one side.  (I Googled and apparently Dragobrat is a mountain in the Ukrainian part of the Carpathian mountain range.  The designer is Ukrainian.)

The pattern is written for sport weight yarn and Cadence is worsted, but the pattern also has sizing from tiny child all the way through adult sizes.  After doing some math, with a side of pure guesswork, I settled on the second to smallest size knit on US 6's (4.0mm).  I knit to the adult measurements and the only thing that didn't quite work is that I needed to start the crown decreases before the last cable crossing on the chart.  As you can see from the picture, it still works out just fine though.  

Now Caleb will be nice and cozy while he's away at school.  It's going to be 80 degrees down there today.  Glad he's got all this new wooly knitwear!