YES, THIS HAT REALLY IS CROCHETED!!! Introducing a better way to crochet cables using Slip Stitches. You won’t believe how easy and fun it is to master this revolutionary technique, and will fall in love with making these wonderful hats. Slip Stitching creates the most wonderfully supple fabric that is very elastic and soft. This pattern is 1 of 8 hat patterns in the book, Alaskan Hats Using Slip Stitch, which includes written instructions for 3 sizes.

Please note the following correction:
page 62, paragraph 2 says to lay hat right sides together
to close. That is incorrect. It should read wrong sides together.