Crochet Hat Pattern #2171

MATERIALS
BERNAT SHAKERSPUN (2 oz. skeins) — 2
1 BERNAT-Aero crochet hook Size K (Canadian Wool Crochet Hook No. 4)
OR ANY SIZE HOOK THAT WILL GIVE THE STITCH GAUGE GIVEN BELOW

GAUGE: 2 s c and 2 spaces = 3 inches

Ch 50, join with a slip st to form a ring. Mark beg of round. Round 1: * Ch 3, skip 2 ch, 1 s c in next ch, repeat from * around. Do not join. Round 2: * Ch 3, 1 s c in next ch 3 space, repeat from * around. Repeat Round 2 seventeen times more. Round 20: Repeat Round 2 having 2 ch between each s c instead of 3 ch. Round 21: DEC ROUND: * Ch 2, draw up a loop in next ch 2 space, draw up a loop in next ch 2 space, yarn over hook and through 3 loops on hook. Repeat from * around. Repeat Round 21 until all sts are de­creased. Break yarn and darn end through center.