Tayuela

Tayuela is a cabled hat with a folded brim and a tubular cast on. In the area of Spain where I’m from a “tayuela” is a 3-legged stool traditionally used to milk cows. I have one in my house and I spent several lovely hours sitting on it in front of the wood-burning stove knitting this hat last Christmas. The hat is available in several sizes, from newborn to adult.

SIZES

0-3 months (3-6 months, 6-12 months, 1-3 years, 3-10 years, adult). The cables in this hat make it very stretchy. The adult size would fit from 11 years old and up.

MATERIALS

• 40 cm / 16” long circular needles in the following sizes depending on the hat size. On the last couple of rounds you may need to change to DPNs (double-pointed needles) or pull out the ends of the needles (where they join the cable) between two stitches so you are more confortable knitting fewer stitches.
  • 0-3 months: 3.5 mm (US4) for the ribbing and 4 mm (US6) for the body.
  • 3-6 months: 3.5 mm (US4) for the ribbing and 4.5 mm (US7) for the body.
  • 6-12 months: 4 mm (US6) for the ribbing and 5 mm (US8) for the body.
  • 1-3 years: 4.5 mm (US7) for the ribbing and 5 mm (US8) for the body.
  • 3-10 years: 3.5 mm (US4) for the ribbing and 4.5 mm (US7) for the body.
  • adult: 4 mm (US6) for the ribbing and 5 mm (US8) for the body.
• markers, cable needle, tapestry needle

YARN

The weight and amount of yarn will depend on the size:

• 0-3 m, 3-6 m, 3-10 y: approximately 75 (100, -, -, 125, -) m / 82 (110, -, -, 137, -) yards of DK weight yarn. I used Knit by Numbers by John Arbon in colours 96 (blue) for the baby size and 91 (mauve) the child size.
  
• 6-12 m, 1-3 y, adult: approximately - (-, 90, 120, - 140) m / - (-, 98, 131, -, 153) yards of Aran weight yarn. I used Triskelion Scylfing Aran in the Embers End (grey) colourway.

DIMENSIONS

With the brim folded, 11 (12, 14, 17, 18, 20) cm / 4.5 (4.75, 5.5, 6.75, 7, 8) “ wide (at the brim) and 14 (17, 18, 19, 20, 21) cm / 5.5 (6.75, 7, 7.5, 8, 8.25) “ long (from folded brim to crown).

GAUGE

DK (0-3 m, 3-6 m, 3-10 y):
• Ribbing (unstretched): 27 st x 36 rounds in 10 cm / 4” with the smaller needles
• Body (unstretched): 28 st x 32 rounds in 10 cm / 4” with the bigger needles
Aran (6-12 m, 1-3 y, adult):
• Ribbing (unstretched): 26 st x 30 rounds in 10 cm / 4” with the smaller needles
• Body (unstretched): 31 st x 27 rounds in 10 cm / 4” with the bigger needles

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