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Materials Required: AMERICAN THREAD COMPANY "GEM" HAT and BAG YARN, Article 144
2 skeins Lt. Yellow or color of your choice
- or -
"DAWN" BULKY YARN
4 ozs. Buttercup or color of your choice.
Aluminum crochet hook size G.

Ch 2, 8 s c in 2nd st from hook, do not join this or following rounds. Place a marker at the beginning of each round.

2nd Round: 2 s c in each s c.

3rd Round: * 1 s c in next s c, 2 s c in next s c, repeat from * all around.

4th Round: Working in s c increase in every 3rd st.

5th Round: Work even in s c, ending round with sl st in last st (32 sts).

6th Round: Ch 3 (counts as 1 d c), 2 d c in next s c, * d c in next s c, 2 d c in next s c, repeat from * all around, join in 3rd st of ch.

7th Round: Ch 3, decrease in next 2 sts (to decrease: yarn over hook, insert in st, pull loop through, yarn over and work off 2 loops, yarn over hook, insert in next st, pull loop through, yarn over and work off 2 loops, yarn over and work off all loops at one time), * d c in next st, decrease in next 2 sts, repeat from * all around, join.

8th Round: Fold the last round toward the wrong side, ch 1, insert hook in same space and in 1st s c of 5th round, yarn over and pull through both sts, yarn over and work off 2 loops, * insert hook in next st and next s c of 5th round, yarn over and pull through both sts, yarn over and work off 2 loops, repeat from * all around, join (32 sts).

9th Round: Ch 4, d c in same space, 1 d c, ch 1, 1 d c in next st, d c in next st, ch 1, d c in next st, * 1 d c, ch 1, 1 d c in next st, 1 d c, ch 1, 1 d c in next st, d c in next st, ch 1, d c in next st, repeat from * all around, join in 3rd st of ch.

10th Round: Sl st in next ch 1 space, ch 4, d c in same space, * 1 d c, ch 1, 1 d c (shell) in next ch 1 space, repeat from * all around, join in 3rd st of ch, turn.

11th Row: Sl st to center of next shell, ch 4, d c in same space, * shell in next shell, repeat from * all around, join in 3rd st of ch, turn. Repeat the last row once.

13th Row: Sl st into next ch 1 space, ch 4, d c in same space, * shell in next shell, repeat from * 19 times, turn.

14th Row: Sl st to center of next shell, * shell in next shell, repeat from * 18 times, sl st in next shell, turn.

15th Row: Work in same manner as last row but repeat from * 16 times.

16th Row: Work in same manner as 14th row but repeat from * 14 times.

17th Row: Work in same manner as 14th row but repeat from * 12 times, do not turn. Work a row of s c around entire lower edge, join, cut yarn.

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