Practically Jogless Welts, beginner friendly one color brioche in the round, and a doubled brim make this a super squishy stretchy fun hat.

The cast-on, and most of the hat sections are worked on the size 6 needles. You will only need the size 8 DPNS for the last several rounds to close the hat. The size 8s are optional but add a decorative appearance that mimics the brioche sections.

There have been some amazing mods to the hat including a ponytail version by Gingermcsnap

This pattern was Free during the month of November for Stitches SoCal 2018 and Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald. I want to thank everyone that participated in the #phoenixlamenthatkal.

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Eratta:
Thanks to SlusserJewels for noticing that “After finishing the Brioche sections, the first round of Stockinette will be: (k1, Brk) to EOR.” This should be updated in the current version.