YARDAGE IS MUCH LESS THAN PATTERN SAYS.

“JKS” has 7698 stitches.

If you make the largest size it will be 20% longer, because “JKS” size decreases stitches at a faster rate than all other sizes.

CO size “JKS” on 4mm needles
10 rounds grey marl.
Change to 5mm and red yarn.
HPKCHC Hat BO post here.
HPKCHC Ball BO post here.
SFAC BO post here

I wasn’t sure Frank would wear a hat with a pompom. I love him but he is a stick-in-the-mud. So I knit a small ball with the same yarn as the bottom band.

bobble: 4.5mm needles; knit in the round.
CO 4 sts. Increase to 20 sts.
finished size: 1.25” diameter