FINISHED MEASUREMENTS:

approx 18 (19)" [45.5 (48.5) cm] circumference at brim, unstretched, 21 (22½)" [53.5 (57) cm] circumference at widest point, 10" [25.5 cm] from brim to crown / shown in 21"

YARN:

/ petal 111 / 2 skeins

NEEDLES:

16" circular in size US 2 [3.5 mm] / set dpns in size US 2 [3.5 mm]

GAUGE:

14 sts and 20 rnds in bubble stitch pattern = 1½" [4 cm] tall and 2" [5 cm] wide

NOTES:

Hat is knitted in the round from brim to crown.

SKILLS REQUIRED:

Long-tail cast on (link provided), increasing, decreasing, dropped stitches, working in the round. Charts and line-by-line instructions included.