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This hat’s garter brim with short rows provides extra ear coverage and helps it stay put!

Skills required
Long-tail cast-on
Working a small circumference in the round
German short rows
Decreasing

Materials
125 yards of aran-weight yarn for hat (pompom will take extra)
US 8/5 mm needles or size needed to obtain gauge for your preferred method of working small circumferences
US 7/4.5 mm needles or one size smaller than gauge needles for your preferred method of working small circumferences
Stitch marker
Tapestry needle for weaving in ends
Pompom maker and extra yarn (optional)

The garter portion uses about 50 yards if you want to use a different color for that section.
The pompom shown used about 40 yards (not included in yardage given)

Chat thread for volume 2 of the Mountain Trails Collection is here.

Sample was knit in Simply Wool Aran in Winkle, Wordsworth, and Wallace