This slouchy hat is soft and squishy due to the 100% Australian superfine wool used. The stitch combination used reminds me of bon bon’s and kisses; perhaps it’s also the colors I used for the hat. The hat is worked from the bottom up and you can add one or several pom poms at the top.

Yarn/Hook/Notions:

• Sports weight, #3, Australian 100% superfine merino wool by Cleckheaton in colors Raspberry, and Cardboard, 142 yards per ball, 284 yards total used.
• CA – Raspberry; CB - Cardboard
• 3.5mm hook for headband; 5mm hook for body of hat
• Needle for weaving in ends, pom pom maker (optional), place markers for marking right side of work.

Sizing
Hat fits 21-22” head

Experience Level
Easy

Gauge
With 3.5mm hook: 10 sc sts = 2”; 12 sc rows = 2”
With 5mm hook: 9 sc sts = 2”; 10 sc rows = 2”

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