Materials: 1.5 skeins of Knit Picks Wool of the Andes (Worsted Weight– 110 yards/50 grams); Size US 7 needles (16 inch circular and double points)
Pattern Origin: A TV program on NHK (Japanese version of PBS)
This is a hat knit in the round from the bottom up. As the stitches decrease and it’s harder to knit in the round, switch to double pointed needles
Cast on 96 stitches on size 7 needles
Start Ribbing– P2, K2 for 28 rows
Row 1: Turn hat inside out; yarn over, knit to last two stitches, ssk
Row 2-4: Knit
Row 5: (k7, p1) x12
Row 6: (P1, k5, p1, k1) x12
Row 7: (k1, p1, k3, p1, k1, p1) x12
Row 8: (p1, k1) x48
Row 9: (k1, p1) x48
Row 10: (p1, k1) x48
Row 11: ((k1, p1) x3), k2) x12
Row 12: (k2, p1, k1, p1, k3) x12
Row 13: (k3, p1, k3, p1) x 12
Row 14: (p1, k5, p1, k1) x12
Row 15: (k1, p1, k3, p1, k1, p1) x12
Row 16: (p1, k1) x48
Row 17: (k1, p1) x48
Row 18: (p1, k1) x48
Row 19: ((k1, p1) x3), k2) x 12
Row 20: (k2, p1, k1, p1, k3) x12
Row 21: (k3, p1, k4) x12
Row 22-23: knit
Change yarn (optional)
Row 1-2: knit
Row 3: k6, k2tog
Row 4-5: knit
Row 6: k5, k2tog
Row 7-8: knit
Row 9: k4, k2tog
Row 10: knit
Row 11: k3, k2tog
Row 12: knit
Row 13: k2, k2tog
Row 14: knit
Row 15: k1, k2tog
Row 16: knit
Row 17: k2tog
Row 18: k2tog
Thread yarn through the remaining stitches; weave in ends
