So I realize not everyone wants to read eye-crossingly long and complex lines of knitting abbreviations. in that case, this is the version you want. It uses lace chart abbreviations instead of the written out row instructions. Here’s a link to my blog posting: Frondly Yours, now Charted Territory.

Also you’ll use either the size 9 or size 10 1/2 needles depending on if you want the hat to be slouchier.

pattern updated on 1/17/12 at 12:10 pst - placed in the missing kfb symbol that is used in line 1 of Chart A