The pattern
Materials
- Yarn: Plassard · Orion, about 90 m.
- 40 cm circular needle in your gauge size, and a set of (or a long circular needle for magic loop) for the .
- 8 , one in a different color for the start of the round; a tapestry needle.
16 stitches × 20 rows = 10 cm in the body stitch, after blocking.
Brim
80 stitches. Join in the round without twisting; place the beginning-of-round marker.
Work in (k2, p2) for 10 rounds, i.e. 5 cm.
Body
Knit every stitch for 19 rounds, or 9.5 cm. The hat now measures 14.5 cm from the cast-on edge.
Crown
Place a marker every 10 stitches: 8 sections (the beginning-of-round marker marks the first one). When the stitches no longer reach around the circular needle, switch to double-pointed needles (or magic loop).
- Round 1: knit all stitches.
- Round 2: *k8, k2tog* 8 times — 72 sts.
- Round 3: knit all stitches.
- Round 4: *k7, k2tog* 8 times — 64 sts.
- Round 5: knit all stitches.
- Round 6: *k6, k2tog* 8 times — 56 sts.
- Round 7: knit all stitches.
- Round 8: *k5, k2tog* 8 times — 48 sts.
- Round 9: knit all stitches.
- Round 10: *k4, k2tog* 8 times — 40 sts.
- Round 11: knit all stitches.
- Round 12: *k3, k2tog* 8 times — 32 sts.
- Round 13: *k2, k2tog* 8 times — 24 sts.
- Round 14: *k1, k2tog* 8 times — 16 sts.
- Round 15: *k2tog* 8 times — 8 sts.
Finishing
Cut the yarn leaving a 20 cm tail. With the tapestry needle, thread it through the remaining 8 stitches, pull tight and fasten off on the inside.
Weave in the ends, then the hat flat or over a balloon the size of the head.
Pattern calculated by FARROW. Check your gauge before you start: every number depends on it.



