Materials

2 balls Berroco "Chinchilla" yarn [77 yards per ball]

Size 8 US (5 mm) 16" circular and one set dp's

Tapestry needle for darning in ends

Guage is roughly 4 sts/in

Band -- Cast on 11 stitches and work in garter stitch (knit every row)

for 20" or desired circumference (remember, heads are

smaller without hair!). Bind off and sew ends together (or graft

together if you used a provisional cast-on).

Crown -- Pick up and knit 110 stitches along one edge of band. Join and

place marker to denote beginning of round. Work in

stockinette stitch for 2 1/2" or desired depth.

Crown shaping

Rnd 1: K19, work center double decrease as follows: slip next 2 sts as

if to knit, k1, pass 2 slipped stitches over. *K19, ctr dbl dec;

rep from * 3 more times (100 sts).

Rnd 2 and all even rounds: Knit

Rnd 3: *K17, ctr dbl dec; rep from * 4 more times (move marker as

necessary to maintain beginning of round) (90 sts).

Rnd 5: *K15, ctr dbl dec; rep from * 4 more times (80 sts).

Rnd 7: *K13, ctr dbl dec; rep from * 4 more times (70 sts).

Rnd 9: *K11, ctr dbl dec; rep from * 4 more times (60 sts).

Rnd 7: *K9, ctr dbl dec; rep from * 4 more times (50 sts).

Rnd 9: *K7, ctr dbl dec; rep from * 4 more times (40 sts).

Change to dp's as necessary.

Rnd 11: *K5, ctr dbl dec; rep from * 4 more times (30 sts).

Rnd 13: *K3, ctr dbl dec; rep from * 4 more times (20 sts).

Rnd 15: *K1, ctr dbl dec; rep from * 4 more times (10 sts).

Run yarn through remaining 10 sts and pull up to close. Fasten off and

darn in all ends.

Copyright 1998 Janet Szabo. Designer gives permission for this to be freely distributed and posted on web sites as long as this copyright notice remains with the pattern. Pattern is not to be sold.