​Light Summer Hat

You’ll need:

1 skein of 100% cotton (130m/50g);

Circle knitting needles 3,75 (40 cm long) and 6 (60 cm long);

Knitting needles 6;

Stitch markers.

Stitches control: 4 sts = 2,5 cm of stockinette stitch with knitting needles 6.

Used Patterns

Decrease 2 sts (double decrease) = slip knit2tog, 1 knit st, draw it through the slipped st.

Relief pattern:

1^st row: * knit sts to the 1^st marker, double decrease*; repeat from * to * x 5 times around, then, to the end of row = 84 sts;

2^nd row: knit sts;

3^rd row: as 1^st row = 72 sts;

4^th row: knit sts;

5^th row: as 1^st row = 60 sts;

6^th row: knit sts;

7^th row: * (yarn over, 1 knit st) to the 1^st st marker, yarn over, double decrease*; repeat from * to * x 5 times around, then, (yarn over, 1 knit st) x 4 times = 96 sts;

8^th row: knit.

Instructions

Cast on 96 sts with knitting needles 3,75, place marker in the beginning and circle the sts in a ring, make 8 cm of 2 x 2 rib. Turn to knitting needles 6: 8 knit sts, * 1 knit st, place marker, 15 knit sts*; repeat from * to * x 4 times around, 1 knit st, place marker, 8 knit sts, (7 sts before the 1^st marker in the last row).

Then, repeat 1^st-8^th rows of the relief pattern x 4 times, then, repeat 1^st-6^th rows. Continue work, decreasing sts (turn to straight knitting needles):

1^st row: as the 1^st row of the relief pattern = 48 sts;

2^nd row: knit;

3^rd row: as the 1^st row of the relief pattern = 36 sts;

4^th row: knit;

5^th row: as the 1^st row of the relief pattern = 24 sts;

6^th row: knit;

7^th row: * double decrease, 1 knit st*; from * to * around = 12 sts;

8^th row: knit2tog around = 6 sts.

Cut the yarn. Draw the loose end through the sts and tighten.