Yarn: Doubled up DK yarn or Bulky

Cable Band
Size 5 needles
Guage: 20sts
Using Cable Chart used in Karisma Mittens:
Cast on 28sts
Right Side: sl1kw, p1 (place stitch marker), work chart, (place marker) p1 k1
Wrong Side: sl1pw, k1, (st marker) work chart, (st marker) k1, p1
Keep doing this until the chart has been fully repeated 11 times. This allows for no breaks in the cables pattern. Stitch the ends together to form a band. (to make seamless, use a duplicate stitch)

Top of Hat
Size 8 needles
Guage: 17 sts
Pick up 84 sts behind knit border of band to preserve the border. Knit all sts in the round until it measures 5.5” including cable band.

Decreases:
Rd1- k5,k2tog repeat around
Rd2- k all
Rd3- k4, k2tog repeat around
Rd4- k all
Rd5- k3, k2tog repeat around
Rd6- k all
Rd7- k2, k2tog repeat around
Rd8- k around
Rd9- k1, k2tog repeat around
Rd10- k all
Rd11- k2tog around
Rd12- k2tog around
Thread yarn through stitches, pull, then weave in ends