Love Bumps Hat Pattern © Robin Agar - Celli 2012

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Bum

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Cast on 72 stitches, place marker and join, taking care not to twist stitches.

Knit Brim: Row 1: K3, P3 around.

Repeat Row 1 seven times for a total of 8 rows.

Work Pattern:

Row 1: Knit all stitches

Rows 2, 3 & 4: Sl3, K3 around

Rows 5, 6 & 7: Knit all stitches

Row 8: G1, K5 around

Row 9: Knit all stitches

Rows 10, 11 & 12: K3, Sl3 around

Rows 13, 14 & 15: Knit all stitches

Row 16: K3, *G1, K5* to last 3; end with G1, K2

Repeat Rows 1 - 16 two more times for a total of 48 rows.

Decrease Crown:

Row 1: Knit all stitchesRow 2: K4, K2tog aroundRow 3: K3, K2tog aroundRow 4: K2, k2tog around

Finish: Cut working yarn, leaving a tail. Draw the tail through the stitches left on your needle. Cinch tightly, secure and weave in ends. Spread some love and share!

Knit Using:

Worsted or 4-weight yarn

approximately 125 yards.

Size US 10 circular knitting

needles

Pattern is a multiple of 6

stitches.

Abbreviations:

Sl3 = slip 3 stitches, one at a time, as if to knit

G1 = Gather Stitch: With yarn behind work, as if to knit, bring the right hand needle

through the 3 strands on the wrong side of the work created when stitches were slipped. (see photo below) Knit the next stitch and then draw the new stitch though the three

strands.

K2tog = knit 2 stitches together as one.