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The Simple Santa Hat is a bottom up hat worked in the round using fingering weight yarn. It is a perfect project to use your leftover stash. Use festive colours to make it jolly or play with colours to make it an everyday wearing hat.

Here is a link to my Project Page with this hat and VIDEO Simple Santa Hat

Gauge:
26 sts x 33 rows = 4 inch / 10 cm stockinette stitch in the round with US 2.5 - 3 mm circular needles or size needles to obtain the gauge

Materials:
Needles
US 2.5 - 3 mm 16 inch (40 cm) circular US 2.5 - 3 mm DPNs or 32 inch (80 cm) circular for magic loop (for decreases)

Yarn
FINGERING WEIGHT
HEDGEHOG FIBRES Sock Yarn
90% superwash merino, 10% nylon 100g - 437 yds (400 m)
Colours (Ribbing - Typewriter, Body - Pheasant)

Weight of an adult hat approx 75g (including pompom)

Notions 6 makers, 1 beginning of round marker, 1 tapestry needle

Size:
Adult - head size 22 inch (56 cm)

Finished size: 11.5 x 8 inches or 29 x 20 cm  

To make the hat bigger or smaller, just add or remove an equal number of stitches at the beginning and at the end of the round. Changing needle size and different yarn weight can also change the size of the hat.