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Maddie's Hat fits a child's head 20-22"

Materials: Pink yarn, orange boucle yarn, lime green yarn, all worsted weight. Gauge: 5 stitches = 1" Needles: set of size 6 double points, cable stitch holder Hat: CO 90 Stitches in Pink. Rounds 1-6: Purl each row. Rounds 7-8: Green Yarn: *P1, K1 tbl, P1, K4, P1, K1 tbl, P1* repeat this nine times around. Round 9: *P1, K1 tbl, P1, (slip 2 to cable holder and hold in front, K2, then K2 from cable stitch holder), P1, K1 tbl, P1* , repeat 9 times around. Rounds 10-14: Repeat row 7. Round 15: Repeat row 9. Rounds 16-18: Repeat row 7. Round 19: WIth Pink Yarn. Knit one round. Round 20: With Pink Yarn. Purl one round. Rows 21-32: With Orange Yarn: Knit 12 rounds. Round 33: With Pink Yarn. Knit one round. Round 34: With Pink Yarn. Purl one round. Rounds 35-46 With Green Yarn: Repeat Rows 7-18. Rounds 47-52: With Pink Yarn, Purl 8 rounds. Round 53: With Pink yarn, purl one row decreasing 2 evenly spaced. To Make Tuck: *With right hand needle, pick up loop of purl st on wrong side, 8 rows below. Slip loop onto left hand needle and knit together with st on needle. Repeat from * to end of row. To Make Crown: continue with Pink Yarn. There will be 8 decreases each round, every other round. Row 1: *(K2 tog, K9) around, repeating from * Row 2: Knit one round. Row 3: *(K2 tog, K8) around, repeating from * Row 4: Knit one round. Continue until *(K2 tog, K1) has been worked. Then knit one more round. There should be about 22 stitches left. Next row: *(K2 tog) repeat Next row: Knit one round There should be about 10 stitches or so left. Cut yarn and thread through remaining stitches and pull up and finish.