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Pattern:
Cast on 19x4 stiches (76 stitches)
Join in round, placing marker on first stitch if needed.
Rib: *k1, p1 repeat from * around
Repeat last round for ribbing for 12 cm.
Change color to red in the next round.
Increase by 6 stitches in the next row to 91 stitches.
1st red row: *k5, m1r (make 1 stitch to the right) (91 stitches)
(M1R = Pick up the strand between two stitches with the left needle coming from behind.
Insert the right needle into the lifted strand from left to right.
Wrap the working yarn around counter-clockwise and pull through.
Drop the stitch off the left needle.)
Make the body of the hat, (k91/rounds) 13 cm with knit stitches only.
Shaping the hat: decrease by 6 stitches in every 6th rows.
Setting row of shaping: k13, k2tog (knit 2 stiches together) 6 times, k1.
1st-5th rows: knit stitches all around
6th row: (k12, k2tog) 6 times, knit the last stitch
7th-11th rows: knit stitches all around
12th row: (k11, k2tog) 6 times, knit the last stitch
...
Continue decreasing (k2tog 6 times) in every 6th row,
((k10, k2tog; k9, k2tog; k8, k2tog...k2, k2tog) until you have 13 stitches left.
Pick up the remaining 13 stitches on a needle.
Sew them together to shape the top of the hat.
Leave a long tail for attaching the pompom.
Make a pompom to the desired size, sew it to the hat.
