Pattern notes: This pattern is written for an average adult size hat (22” circumference). To make a child/teen size (20”), use needles/yarn that will give you a gauge of 6.75 stitches per inch. To make a large adult size (24”), use needles/yarn that will give you a gauge of 5.5 stitches per inch.

one special stitch marker to mark the beginning of the round and then I placed an ordinary stitch marker at the beginning of every repeat of the pattern (every 27 stitches)