Details :
(smaller needle): US size 3/ 3.25 mm on 16” circular needles..

(larger needle): US size 6/ 4 mm on 16” circular needles.
(Or needles to obtain gauge)
Gauge : (Note: We are going to take gauge for both the brim on smaller needles and the body of the hat on larger needles.)

Smaller needles: 6 sts and 7 rows per inch.
Larger needles: (Around) 8 sts and 7 rows per inch.
Finished sizes:
Small size: should fit ages 14-18, depending on measurement of head. Would suggest for circumference of 19”-20” heads.

Medium size: Would suggest for circumference of 20”-23” heads.
(Brim should have negative ease of a few inches, as at this gauge, it will stretch out and stretch back easily.)

Brim: 17” circumference.
Body at fullest: 20” circumference.

Shown in sample at 17” circumference on a size 20” head.
Yarn Used:
DK Weight: 230 yards to 100 (g)
Yardage: approx. 180/200 yards used.
Notions :
Set of circular needles in coordinating sizes, darning needle, cable needle, unique stitch marker to indicate beginning of round,

Abbreviations :
BO: bind off/bound off
BOR: beginning of round
inc: increase(s/d)
k: knit
K2tog: knit the next two sts together as if for one st.
K3tog: knit the next three sts together as if for one st.
m: marker
MR: Insert the left-hand needle under the bar between the last st worked and the next st to be worked from back to front. Knit into the front of this
st. (1 st inc)
p: purl
pBORm: place beginning of round marker
pm: place marker
Rnd(s): round(s)
RM: remove marker
sl: slip st purlwise (unless otherwise noted)
ssk: slip 2 sts knitwise onto right hand needle, then replace them back onto the left hand needle at the new angle. Knit both stitches together.
st(s): stitch(es)
tbl: through back loop(s)
wyib: with yarn in back
* : repeat the stitches as indicated

: repeat last count

1x1RC: Slide 1 st onto the cable needle. Hold in back. K1, k1 from the cable needle.
1x1LC: Slide 1 st onto the cable needle. Hold in front. k1, k1 from the cable needle.
2x2RC: Slide 2 sts onto the cable needle. Hold in back. k2, k2 from cable needle.
2x1RC: Slide 1 sts onto the cable needle. Hold in back. k2, k1 from cable needle.
2x1LC: Slide 2 sts onto the cable needle. Hold in front. k1, k2 from the cable needle.