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Size 22

Materials: Clark's O.N.T. Mercerized Crochet 8 balls, size 5, White or J. & P. Coats Mercerized Crochet, 6 balls. Milward's steel crochet hook No. 5 and No. 3. 2½ yards millinery wire.

Crown: With No. 5 hook, ch 3. 1st rnd: 6 s c in 2nd ch. 2nd rnd: 2 s c in each st of previous rnd. 3rd rnd: * 2 s c in next st, 1 s c in next st. Repeat from * around. Continue with s c, making 6 increases every rnd, equally spaced. Do not make increases over increases of previous rnd. Work until crown measures 5¼ inches in diameter then work a rnd without increasing. Next rnd: Increase 5 times, evenly spaced. Then work one rnd without increasing, and increase 4 times in the next rnd. Continue without increasing until crown measures 3¼ inches from 1st rnd to edge. From now on the hat is made with d c (except over wires), and each row is joined with sl st, and turn.

   Change to No. 3 hook and work loosely. Work * 1 row d c without increase, join, ch 3, turn. Repeat from * until crown measures 6 inches from 1st rnd to edge. Change to No. 5 hook. Work 2 rows of s c in each st, join with sl st, ch 1, turn. Holding inside of hat toward you, work 1 s c in each of 2 sts, and 2 s c in next. Join with sl st. Change to No. 3 hook, ch 3, turn, d c in each st, join, ch 3, turn. D c in each of 9 sts, 2 d c in next, for one row. Work 2 rows without increasing and in next row increase in every 15th st. Work a row of s c over wire, being careful not to bend wire more than necessary. Fasten wire neatly together, join the row with sl st, ch 3, turn. D c in each st, increasing in every 25th st, join, ch 3, turn. In next row increase 20 times, but do not have increases come over those of previous row. Join, ch 3, turn. Then make a row with increases 30 times. Make another row of s c over wire. In next row of d c, increase in every 5th st. Work a row of d c without increasing, and finish with a row of sl sts. Fasten off.

Cord: With thread double, ch 6. D c in 4th st from hook, d c in each of next 2 sts, * ch 6, turn. D c in 3rd st of turning ch of previous row, ch 6, turn. D c in 3rd st of turning ch, ch 3, turn. 2 d c under the ch 6, d c in 3rd st of turning ch of previous row. Repeat from * until piece is long enough to fold over and over loosely around crown of hat. (Make the cord slightly more than twice the crown measurement.) Sew in place as shown in illustration.