The pattern repeat is 12 stitches so you can reduce or increase size by subtracting or adding a pattern repeat.

I usually begin using DPNs about the 7th or 8th row of Crown Decrease rows. I use five #6 DPNs for the final decreases.

This hat was designed as a chemo hat for charity. I knit chemo hats for Texas Oncology - Bastrop, Texas as well as for friends who ask.