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This is a very simple headpiece with several ways to wear it. Wear it on the back of your head as a slouchy beanie for carefree look. Or mould it to beret shape - this shape can be further emphasized by wet blocking and stretching the hat on it’s shape. Or turn the edges up for sporty version.

I purposefully chose somewhat coarse wool to add some grip. The first 3 cm or so of this hat is fitting quite closely, the volume of the “hat body” is created by increasing on the purl bands of the rib after that edge. Actually the volume addition is so large that the beret shape can be easily moulded out, but on the other hand - if you want - the pull of the ribbing keeps the shape of beanie quite easily, too.

My advice would be to fit the edge band carefully to your own head, small adjustments could be done by decreasing the needle size on the first rounds, but the pattern is very easy to size down (or up) in 4 sts increments, too.