cathycarron

  sizing: head circumference
    M: 20-21in: 51-53cm
    L: 22-23in: 56-58cm

  yarn
     bulky gauge: 10 sts = 4 in: 10 cm

  ydge
    color (A): 20, 25
   color (B): 80, 85 yds
 
  needles:
   8 mm: size 11 US - dpn  & cn (16 & 24in: 41 & 61cm
   OR size to obtain gauge 

  equipment
    stitch marker
    tapestry needle

  crown
     CO 12 sts dividing them between 3-dpn  to obtain the initial 12 sts
    Rnd 1 and all odd rnds: k
    Rnd 2: *k1, m1 - rep from * around - 18 sts
    Rnd 4: *k2, m1 – rep from * around - 24 sts
    Rnd 6: *k3, m1 – rep from * around - 30 sts
    Continue in this pattern, rep rnds 1 and 2, adding an additional k st
    before each m1 until you have completed the rnd where the k sts
    before the m1s number 7 (8) sts: - 54 (60) sts.
    k 1 rnd

    For L-size only, for M-sizes skip to rise.
     *k19, m1 - rep from *,  2x more: - 63 sts
    Note: Switch to cn; pm at the beg/end of the rnd;

  rise
    k for 6 in:5 cm  from top of crown

  brim
   Change colors and begin to work back and forth - leaving an opening
   - in the garter stitch for (2¾, 3)in: (7, 8) cm
  BO loosely

  finishing
   Sew in ends, tacking up the brim where it is split.
   Using a darning needle threaded with a double-strand of yarn, wind
   yarn around the split intersection as if to form the middle of the bow
   created by the upturned edges.

  abbreviations
   cn =  circular needle
   CO = cast on
   dpn =  double pointed needle
   k = knit
   m1 = make one, by knitting in the back of the next stitch and then
            knitting the st itself
   pm = place marker