Hello yarn friends! I’m Alex, the crochet and Tunisian crochet designer behind With Alex. I’m so happy to be back on the Clover Blog today with a new, Tunisian crochet pattern and video tutorial! The Twisted Cable Beanie is full of beautiful cables and it’s a lot of fun to make. All you need is a second crochet hook! Scroll down for the pattern.

The cables for this hat were inspired by all the beautiful, cabled hats I see in my favorite winter and holiday movies. I think this beanie would be a perfect accessory in any one of my favorite snowy, winter movies.

The Twisted Cable Beanie is crocheted flat, bottom up. After decreasing, the hole at the top is closed and then the back of the hat is seamed. A mattress seam can be used to create an invisible seam, making the cables flow beautifully around this beanie.

This pattern uses two hooks from the Clover Interchangeable Tunisian Crochet Hook Set and one cord and stopper. First, the size H 5.00 mm hook is used for the brim of the hat and then the cord is switched to a size J 6.00 mm hook for the body of the hat. The size H 5.00 mm hook can then be used to make the twisted cables when needed throughout the pattern.

Pearls or beads can be added to give this beanie an elegant touch and the instructions on how to add pearls/ beads are in the pattern below. The pearls are easily added with a Clover Amour Steel Crochet Hook as you crochet so no counting and pre-stringing the pearls before starting the project!

Designed with Universal Yarn Uptown Worsted or made with other suitable worsted weight yarns, this beanie is super warm and great for any winter activity that you have planned!

Wear it for ice skating, sledding, walking through the snow, or just wear it on super cold days when you wish it would snow. It’s also a wonderful hat to wear for normal everyday activities when the weather is cold. It’s only September but I’m already wearing mine in the early weekday mornings before my child goes to school.

The cables pop and are super squishy, making the texture amazing, but fun to create. The Twisted Cable Beanie also makes a wonderful gift for any occasion.

This beanie is one size fits most adults and it will stretch to 23 inches.

Let’s get started!

Twisted Cable Beanie

Difficulty

Advanced

Size

Adult (20″-23″ circumference)

Materials

• (2)Universal Yarn Uptown Worsted or other suitable yarn
  • Medium Weight Yarn
  • 100% antipilling acrylic
  • 100g/180yds/165m
• Clover Interchangeable Tunisian Crochet Hook Size H 5.00 mm- Art No.3694
• Clover Interchangeable Tunisian Crochet Hook Size J 6.00 mm- Art No. 3696
• Clover Interchangeable Tunisian Cord 16- Art No. 3645
• Clover Patchwork Scissors-Small- Art No. 493
• Clover Darning Needle Set- Art No. 339
• Clover Measuring Tape- Art No. 9610
• Optional: Clover Amour Steel Hook Set-green (whatever size fits through the bead/pearl)- Art No. 3675
• Pearl: 10mm (Whatever size allows worsted weight yarn to fit through the hole)

Gauge

8 sts & 6 rows = 2 inches (use R2)

Abbreviations

• ch: chain
• yo: yarn over
• sl st: slip stitch
• st(s): stitch(es)
• sk: skip
• tks: tunisian knit stitch
• tps: tunisian purl stitch
• tss: tunisian simple stitch
• twss: tunisian twisted simple stitch
• FLO: front loop only
• m1tb: make one in the top bar (increase)
• tks2tog: tunisian knit stitch decrease

Video Tutorials

• Twisted Cable Beanie Full Video Tutorial coming Friday!
• Tunisian Twisted Simple Stitch or twss
• Make One In The Top Bar or m1tb
• Tunisian Knit Stitch Decrease or tks2tog

Special Stitches

• tss2tog sl st:

Insert the hook behind the front vertical bar of the next 2 stitches (image 2), yarn over and pull up a loop. (image 3)

• twisted cable:

Skip the next 5 stitches, tunisian knit stitch into the next 4 stitches (image 2), with a second crochet hook tunisian knit stitch into the first 4 skipped stitches (image 3),slide these stitches onto the first hook by twisting the second hook straight up and while keeping it in the front (image 4), insert the first hook through these stitches (image 5), and slide the stitches onto the first hook and off of the second hook. (image 6)

Notes And Other Tutorials

• This pattern is worked flat with the right side of the work facing.
• At the beginning of each row, the first stitch is on the hook and counts as a Tunisian knit stitch.
• To finish this hat, you will close the hole at the top of the hat and then seam up the back.
• The circumference of the hat will be smaller than the finished width after it is seamed.
• There is a gauge for this hat but there are also measurements throughout the pattern.
• The Size H 5.00 mm tunisian hook is used to start this hat and it is also used as the second crochet hook during the cable rows.

How To Finish The Brim and Start The Body:

R6: Forward Pass:

*chain 1 (image 1), tss2tog sl st (image 3). Repeat from the * across until 1 stitch remains (image 4), insert the hook behind the last two vertical bars (image 5), yarn over and pull through the loops on the hook (image 6).

chain 1 (image 1), turn the work so that the bottom is now the top (image 2), slip stitch up the side (into the end of each row) six times (image 3).

How To Add Pearls Or Beads:

R11, R17, R23, & R29.

Insert the hook into the next stitch (image 2), put a pearl on the small hook (image 3), yarn over the small hook with the working yarn (image 4), pull through the pearl and pull a loop (image 5), take the small hook out of the loop made (image 6), put the main hook through the loop made (image 7), and pull through the stitch making sure the pearl pops through. (image 8)

The Pattern

With size H (5.00 mm) tunisian crochet hook with cord:

R1: Forward Pass: ch 78, starting in the 2nd ch from the hook, pick up a loop in the back hump of each ch across. =78 loops

Return Pass: yo and pull through 1 loop on the hook, *yo and pull through 2 loops on the hook. Repeat from the * across until 1 loop remains on the hook.

R2: Forward Pass: tks (on hook), *tss, twss. Repeat from the * across until 1 st remains, tks into the last st. =78 loops

Return Pass: yo and pull through 1 loop on the hook, *yo and pull through 2 loops on the hook. Repeat from the * across until 1 loop remains on the hook.

*Should measure approximately 19.75” long.

R3-R5: Repeat R2.

R6: *ch 1, tss2tog sl st. Repeat from the * across until 1 st remains, insert the hook behind the last two vertical bars, yo, and pull through the loops on the hook.

ch 1, turn the work so that the bottom is now the top, sl st up the side (into the end of each row) six times.

*Should measure approximately 2” tall.

R7: Forward Pass: tks (on hook), sk the next st, pick up a loop in the v of the next st, *pick up a loop FLO in the next 2 sts, pick up a loop in the same st but insert the hook into the middle of the v. Repeat from the * across until 1 st remains, sk the next FLO and pick up a loop behind the last 2 vertical bars at the end of the row. =114 loops

Return Pass: yo and pull through 1 loop on the hook, *yo and pull through 2 loops on the hook. Repeat from the * across until 1 loop remains on the hook.

Change hook to Size J (6.00 mm) tunisian crochet hook with cord and continue:

R8: Forward Pass: tks, *tps into the next st, twisted cable, tps into the next st, tks into the next 3 sts. Repeat from the * across until 1 st remains, tks into the last st. =106 loops 

Return Pass: yo and pull through 1 loop on the hook, *yo and pull through 2 loops on the hook. Repeat from the * across until 1 loop remains on the hook.

R9: Forward Pass: tks, *tps into the next st, tks into the next 4 sts, m1tb, tks into the next 4 sts, tps into the next st, tks into the next 3 sts. Repeat from the * across until 1 st remains, tks into the last st. =114 loops

Return Pass: yo and pull through 1 loop on the hook, *yo and pull through 2 loops on the hook. Repeat from the * across until 1 loop remains on the hook.

R10: Forward Pass: tks, *tps into the next st, tks into the next 4 sts, tps into the next st, tks into the next 4 sts, tps into the next st, tks into the next 3 sts. Repeat from the * across until 1 st remains, tks into the last st. 

Return Pass: yo and pull through 1 loop on the hook, *yo and pull through 2 loops on the hook. Repeat from the * across until 1 loop remains on the hook.

R11: Forward Pass: tks, *tps into the next st, tks into the next 4 sts, tps into the next st (or insert the pearl bead), tks into the next 4 sts, tps into the next st, tks into the next 3 sts. Repeat from the * across until 1 st remains, tks into the last st. 

Return Pass: yo and pull through 1 loop on the hook, *yo and pull through 2 loops on the hook. Repeat from the * across until 1 loop remains on the hook.

R12-R13: Repeat R10.

R14: Repeat R8.

R15: Repeat R9.

R16: Repeat R10.

R17: Repeat R11.

R18-R19: Repeat R10.

R20: Repeat R8.

R21: Repeat R9.

R22: Repeat R10.

R23: Repeat R11.

R24-R25: Repeat R10.

R26: Repeat R8.

R27: Repeat R9.

*Should measure approximately 8.25” tall.

R28: Forward Pass: tks, *tps into the next st, tks2tog, tks into the next 2 sts, tps into the next st, tks into the next 2 sts, tks2tog, tps into the next st, tks into the next 3 sts. Repeat from the * across until 1 st remains, tks into the last st. =98 loops

Return Pass: yo and pull through 1 loop on the hook, *yo and pull through 2 loops on the hook. Repeat from the * across until 1 loop remains on the hook.

R29: tks, *tps into the next st, tks2tog, tks into the next st, tps into the next st (or insert the pearl bead), tks into the next st, tks2tog, tps into the next st, tks into the next  3 sts. Repeat from the * across until 1 st remains, tks into the last st. =82 loops

Return Pass: yo and pull through 1 loop on the hook, *yo and pull through 2 loops on the hook. Repeat from the * across until 1 loop remains on the hook.

R30: Forward Pass: tks, *tps into the next st, tks2tog, sk next st, tks2tog, tps into the next st, sk next st, tks into the next st, sk next st. Repeat from the * across until 1 st remains, tks into the last st. =42 loops

Return Pass: yo and pull through 1 loop on the hook, *yo and pull through 2 loops on the hook. Repeat from the * across until 1 loop remains on the hook.

R31: Forward Pass: tks, tps into the next st, *tks2tog, sk next st, tks into the next st, sk next st. Repeat from the * across until 5 sts remain, tks2tog, sk next st, tks into the last 2 sts. =19 loops

Return Pass: yo and pull through 1 loop on the hook, *yo and pull through 2 loops on the hook. Repeat from the * across until 1 loop remains on the hook.

R32: Forward Pass: tks, tps into the next st, *tks2tog. Repeat from the * across until 1 st remains, tks into the last st. =11 loops

Return Pass: yo and pull through 1 loop on the hook, *yo and pull through 2 loops on the hook. Repeat from the * across until 1 loop remains on the hook.

Bind Off:

R33: *Insert the hook into the next st just like for a tks, yo and pull through the loops on the hook to complete the sl st. Repeat from the * across. =10 sts

*Should measure approximately 9” tall.

To Finish The Beanie:

• Close the hole at the top of the hat.
• Use the mattress seam or preferred method to seam up the back of the beanie.
• Weave in all of the ends.
• Add a pom pom if you would like.
• Block the brim of the hat to fix any curl.

The end!

I would love to see your Twisted Cable Beanies! Tag @_with_alex and use #crochetingwithalex on Instagram so I can see and share your projects.

Find With Alex on her Blog | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | Pinterest | Ravelry

 

Stay connected with Clover on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Pinterest | YouTube | Ravelry