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   With red yarn, ch 11 and join. (do not ch 1 and no joining after this round).
   Sc for 1 round.
   Sc, making 2 decreases in this round, one in the middle and one at end.
   Sc for 1 round.
   Sc, making 1 decrease in the middle.
   Sc for 1 round.
   Sc, making 1 decrease at the end.
   Sc for 1 round.
   Sc, making 1 decrease in the middle.
   Decrease, sc, decrease, sc, decrease and join. Finish off.

   With boucle yarn, join along the opening (bottom) of the hat. Make 2 sc in each free loop around. Finish off, but leave an 8-inch tail. With tapestry needle, tack down the boucle yarn to hat.

   With boucle yarn again, join along the top of the hat. This part is a little free-form: make multiple sc in the few stitches left up there and keep going around until you can’t see red sticking out on the top and it starts to resemble a little ball. Finish off leaving a long tail again and sew down with the tapestry needle to form it a bit more.

   Bend the hat to give it the curve. Or you could even sew it down a little to give it a permanent bending look.

   
   

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