Knitting Jenny Pattern 144: Icelandic Léttlopi Wool Ski Hat

Knitting Jenny Pattern 144: Icelandic Léttlopi Wool Ski Hat is cabled with 3 braids, and designed with pure Icelandic sheep wool, which contains special fiber properties to enable knitting yarn that is lightweight, warm, durable, breathable, and water resistant, the perfect textile combination for a ski hat.  

The ski hat is knit circularly, and is constructed as follows: 

• Cast on, knit the brim, increase, knit the cabling pattern of the head, then systematically decrease at the crown.

Knitting Jenny Pattern 144 creates an elastic and flexible ski hat that fits a Size Medium adult head, with instructions for Size Customization.

Knitting Jenny Pattern 144 features Ístex brand Icelandic lopi wool in the léttlopi weight, which is considered a worsted/Aran weight.

The léttlopi put up is 50 gram balls that include approximately 100 meters.

The Size Medium hat can generally be knit with just a single 50 gram ball as the finished hat weighs approximately 49 grams. Additional yarn may be required, though, to accommodate larger sizes or certain knitting methods. 

The following tools are required:

• 3.5mm, 16 inch circular knitting needle (for the ribbing)
• 6.0mm, 16 inch circular knitting needle (for the cabling pattern)
• 6.0mm double pointed needles (for the crown)
• Cable needle, if desired
• Stitch markers
• Darning needle
• Scissors

The gauge for Knitting Jenny Pattern 144 is:

• 20 stitches and 23 rows to 4 inches (10 centimeters) over the cabling pattern, knit circularly with 6.0mm knitting needles, after washing, blocking, drying.

Knitting Jenny Pattern 144 includes 10 pages, with sections dedicated to the following topics: Seamlessly Joining Circular Knitting, Water Splicing, and Blocking.

Knitting Jenny Pattern 144 is intended to be read electronically, in consideration of the environment.

Published in the United States in 2026 by Mall & Mall Press, a publishing imprint of Mall & Mall LLC.

The publication is delivered as an immediate digital download in PDF format and therefore cannot be returned, exchanged, or refunded.