The Story
A quick Pop Up shop project was requested at my LYS to feature these new super bright pom poms from Bernat. I tried 2 different hat designs before landing on this fir-cone inspired beanie… so Fir Times the Charm… get it?

Materials

• Main Color (MC): Cascade Yarns 128 Superwash (bulky weight; 100% merino wool; 128 yds/100g): 1 skein “1946”
• Counter Color (CC): Malabrigo Rios (worsted weight; 100% superwash merino; 210 yds/100g per skein): 1 skein “011 Apple Green”
• Bernat Faux Fur Pom Pom in “Bright Green”
• US 8 (5 mm) 16” circular needle
• US 10 (6 mm) 16” circular needle and DPNs
• Stitch markers: 1 beg of rnd marker, 2 additional markers
• Tapestry Needle

Finished Size
18 inch circumference, 8½ inch height, not including the pom pom,
un-stretched (fits most adult women)

Gauge
16 sts and 24 rows = 4” stockinette in the round on Larger needle

Notes

• This hat is worked in the round from the brim up beginning with the smaller needle for the Brim, changing to the larger needle for the Body of the hat.
• Written instructions are provided for the entirety of the hat. Charted instructions are provided for lace Fir Cone lace section.
• Adjust needle size as necessary to match gauge.
• When the circumference of the hat becomes too small for the circular needle during the Crown Shaping, change to DPNs to finish the hat.
• The CC used for the brim is a worsted weight yarn; this can easily be substituted by a bulky weight yarn to match the weight of the hat. Total CC yardage used: 10 yds