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Size: One Size, size can be adjusted during the felting and drying.

Materials: N crochet hook. 2 skeins Brown Sheep Company, Inc. Lamb’s Pride –Bulky-, 85%wook/15%Mohair 4oz each, color M-07 Sable.

Rnd 1: ch 2, work 6 sc in 2^nd ch from hook, place marker in first last st, do not join, you will be working in continuous rounds.

Rnd 2: 2 sc in each st around. (12)

Rnd 3: (sc, 2 sc) rep around. (18)

Rnd 4: (sc 2 times, 2 sc) rep around. (24)

Rnd 5: (sc 3 times, 2 sc) rep around. (30)

Rnd 6: (sc 4 times, 2 sc) rep around. (36)

Rnd 7: (sc 5 times, 2 sc) rep around. (42)

Rnd 8: (sc 6 times, 2 sc) rep around. (48)

Rnd 9: (sc 7 times, 2 sc) rep around. (54)

Rnd 10: (sc 8 times, 2 sc) rep around. (60)

Rnd 11: (sc 9 times, 2 sc) rep around. (66)

Rnd 12: (sc 10 times, 2 sc) rep around. (72)

Rnd 13: (sc 11 times, 2 sc) rep around. (78)

Rnd 14: (sc 12 times, 2 sc) rep around. (84)

Rnd 15: (sc 13 times, 2 sc) rep around. (90)

Rnd 16: sc in next 30 sts, (dec sc, sc) 20 times. (70)

Rnd 17: sc in next 30 sts, (sc 2 times, dec sc) 10 times. (60)

Rnd 18: sc around.

Rnd 19: sc in next 30 sts, (dec sc, sc 4 times) 6 times. (54)

Rnd 20-25: sc around.

Rnd 26: sc in next 29 sts, sc in back lp only of next 25 sts, sl st in next st, fasten off. Weave in loose ends.

Row 1: working on right side, attach yarn in un-worked front loop of the 30^th sc of last rnd, ch 1 sc in same st, sc in front lp of next 24 sts, turn.

Row 2: ch 1, dec sc over first 2 sts, sc in next 21 sts, dec sc over last 2 sts, turn.

Row 3: ch 1, dec sc over first 2 sts, sc in next 19 sts, dec sc over last 2 sts, turn.

Row 4: ch 1, dec sc over first 2 sts, sc in next 17 sts, dec sc over last 2 sts, turn.

Row 5: ch 1, dec sc over first 2 sts, sc in next 15 sts, dec sc over last 2 sts, turn.

Row 6: ch 1, dec sc over first 2 sts, sc in next 13 sts, dec sc over last 2 sts, turn.

Row 7: ch 1, dec sc over first 2 sts, sc in next 11 sts, dec sc over last 2 sts, turn.

Row 8: ch 1, dec sc over first 2 sts, sc in next 9 sts, dec sc over last 2 sts, fasten off.

Working on right side, attach yarn in the 29^th st of rnd 26 of hat, this is just before the 1^st st of the brim, ch 1, sc in first sc of row 1 of brim, sc in each row and sc around brim you will work a sc in last st of row 1 of the brim, sl st 1^st sc of rnd 26. Fasten off. Weave in all loose ends and felt.

Set your washing machine to the smallest load with hot water, place hat in hot bath and add 1 tbs. of laundry soap. Run agitation cycle only. (I leave the lid open on my machine so it does not spin). Check hat after first agitation cycle, if needed restart agitation cycle. (My machine it takes 2 full cycles to get the full felt affect). Check hat occasionally so you do not over felt. If hat seems too large still continue felting until you get the size you want. When the hat is the right size remove, DO NOT RUN SPIN CYCLE, and squeeze out excess water. Hand shape hat and let dry. If you have a bowl the right diameter of the finished size you want you can stretch the opening of the hap over the bowl to dry. You will want the top of the hat to be loose over the bowl so you can shape it to lie flat over the brim.

Pick off any loose wool and brush lightly after hat has dried. If desired you can hand stitch the brim to the hangover of the top of the hat so it stays flat.