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Baby Cable Switchback Hat
Hand Knit Baby Cable Switchback Hat PatternThis is a beautiful hand knit hat pattern featuring a clever design trick I call the "switchback".

I put quite a lot of care into designing this pattern, hoping it would seem almost like pages out of my personal scrapbook, shared with you. It features a full-color cover sheet with a photo of the knitted item, a photo of our beautiful barn, and a timely quote from the "I Live on a Farm" blog.


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Printed & Mailed Price: $6.00 (plus shipping)
Online Download $5.00

Or ... buy the yarn for this hat plus the pattern, and save on shipping!
Price: $27.00 (plus shipping)

Main Color
Contrasting Color
*(See complete color choices below. Colors marked "In Stock" will be shipped immediately; colors not in stock may be special ordered.)

Samples of pattern pagesThe pattern includes color reference photos of details and helpful info to convert the pattern for men or infants and children.

Plus, as an added bonus I have included an extra page at the back for your own journal entries about the project including a space to add a photo of the hat you make following my pattern.

This pattern is six pages total (cover, four sheets of instructions, and one personal journal sheet).

Best wishes,
~firefly

Color combinations I recommend:

3829 Aqua Ice & 3878 Chinchilla
3823 Spring Leaf & 3829 Aqua Ice
3878 Chincilla & 3845 Fieldstone Heather
3853 Black Cherry & 3875 Inca Grey
3885 Bolsita Orange & 3810 Necropolis Navy
3823 Spring Leaf & 3878 Chinchilla
3816 Lapaz Natural & 3823 Spring Leaf
3816 Lapaz Natural & 3829 Aqua Ice
3816 Lapaz Natural & 3878 Chinchilla
3816 Lapaz Natural & 3876 Pacha Mama

Please Note: Out of stock colors may be special ordered. Please expect a possible delay of one to three weeks for shipment of out of stock colors.

Montera Yarn from
Classic Elite Yarns

50% Llama, 50% Wool
handwash cold, dry flat
4 sts/inch on #9 needles
100 grams per hank
127 yards

43 Colors to Choose From:

Montera Color Choices Group 1
3816 Lapaz Natural (In Stock)
3842 Basilico (In Stock)
3843 Coffee Bean
3876 Pacha Mama (In Stock)
3878 Chinchilla (In Stock)
3845 Fldstn Heather (In Stock)
3885 Bolsita Orange (In Stock)
3868 Ancient Orange
3833 Honeybell

Montera Color Choices Group 2
3825 - Sunflower
3893 Ch'ulla Blue (In Stock)
3856 Majolica Blue
3831 Turquoise
3862 Kingfisher Blue
3829 Aqua Ice (In Stock)
3875 Inca Grey (In Stock)
3803 Falcon Grey (In Stock)
3813 Black

Montera Yarn Color Choices Group 3
3819 - Rose Quartz
3895 Moor Flower
3837 Sweet Pea Pink
3832 Puma Magenta
3826 Andes Lavender
3852 Prvn Potato (In Stock)
3849 Amethyst (In Stock)
3810 Ncrpls Navy (In Stock)
3846 Maquito Teal (In Stock)
3854 Alice Blue Heather

Montera Yarn Color Choices Group 4 3887 Pear
3823 Spring Leaf (In Stock)
3860 Cape Breton Forest
3881 Green Tea
3840 Tuscan Hills
3882 Bold Rose (In Stock)
3866 Carnation
3818 Bittersweet (In Stock)
3853 Black Cherry (In Stock)

Montera Yarn Color Choices Group 5 3858 Cintachi Red
3827 Cochineal
3817 Soft Iris
3848 French Blue
3880 Sage
3834 Berry

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