Cables For Christmas

Cables are my favourite design feature in knitting.  I love their timelessness, their nod to my Celtic heritage, how they can be both simple and intricate.  A cable hat pattern is often a go-to for me when I’m thinking about gift knitting.

 

 

Amongst the modest purchases I made at Perth Festival of Yarn this year was a skein of DK weight Dye Candy yarn in ‘Tortie Not Tabby’ which I knew at first sight had to come home with me.  Both my cats are tortoiseshell and a hat in this yarn would be perfect as a winter gift for my close friend who cares for them when I have to be away from home.  I knew I wanted to make a hat with a slight pattern that would complement the speckling of the yarn; cables seemed the perfect answer.

 

Pemberley Cables by Sweet Yarns was exactly what I had in mind and worked up a dream on my needles.  This will be a pattern I return to many times.

 

 

 

for more about the yarn

 

 

Dye Candy is veteran independent yarn dyer, Hutch, who is based in Northern Ireland.  You can find their website here:  dyecandy

 

 

 

for more about the pattern

Pemberley Cables is available to purchase on Ravelry:  Pemberley Cables