Tam O'Shanter Pattern

MATERIAL-5 skeins of white or color Woolco Germantown Zephyr. No. 4 Woolco hook.

Chain 4. Join with a slip stitch.

1ST ROW-12 double crochet in ring. Join, chain 2 every round.

2D ROW-2 double crochet in each stitch.

3D ROW-*2 double crochet in 1st stitch, 1 in next stitch. *

4TH ROW-2 double crochet in 1st stitch, 1 in each of the next 2 stitches.

5TH ROW-Same as 3d.

6TH ROW-Same as 4th.

7TH ROW-*2 double crochet in 1st stitch, 1 in each of the next 3. *

8TH ROW-*2 double crochet in 1st stitch, 1 in each of the next 4. *

Increase this way until there are 13 stitches in each gore.

17TH ROW-Even.

18TH ROW-Decrease 1 stitch in each gore.

19TH ROW-*Make 1 stitch in each of the next 4 stitches, work the next 2 together. *

20TH AND 21ST ROWS-*Decrease in every 3d stitch.*

22D ROW-*Decrease in every 2d stitch. *

Make 5 rows of single crochet, taking both loops.