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
   equipment  stitch marker, tapestry needle

    crown
     CO 12 sts dividing them between 3-dpn  to beg work ITR.
    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
    Cont in this pat, rep rnds 1 and 2, adding a 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 tapestry needle and 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

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