Proper Princess Topper

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• Step 1

  stitch pattern
  Cable Pattern (worked over 18 stitches)
  Row 1 (RS): P4, SBC, k6, SFC, p3, k1.
  Row 2: Sl 1 wyif, k3, p6, k4.
  Row 3: P3, SBC, p1, k6, p1, SFC, p2, k1.
  Row 4: Sl 1 wyif, k2, p2, k1, p6, k1, p2, k3.
  Row 5: P2, SBC, p2, FC, p2, SFC, p1, k1.
  Row 6: Sl 1 wyif, k1, p2, k2, p6, k2, p2, k2.
  Row 7: P1, SBC, p3, k6, p3, SFC, k1.
  Rows 8 and 10: Sl 1 wyif, p2, k3, p6, k3, p2, k1.
  Row 9: P1, SFC, p3, k6, p3, SBC, k1.
  Row 11: P2, SFC, p2, FC, p2, SBC, p1, k1.
  Row 12: Sl 1 wyif, k1, p2, k2, p6, k2, p2, k2.
  Row 13: P3, SFC, p1, k6, p1, SBC, p2, k1.
  Row 14: Sl 1 wyif, k2, p2, k1, p6, k1, p2, k3.
  Row 15: P4, SFC, k6, SBC, p3, k1.
  Row 16: Sl 1 wyif, k3, p10, k4.
  Repeat Rows 1–16 for pattern.

• Step 2

  Hat
  Use scrap yarn and a crochet hook to provisionally
  cast on 18 stitches. Leaving a 12" (30.5cm) tail, hold
  both yarns together and work Row 1 of the Cable
  Pattern into the provisional cast-on. Work Rows
  1–16 of the Cable Pattern twice, then Rows 1–15
  once more. Piece should measure approximately 12"
  (30.5cm). Do not cut the yarn.
  Undo the provisional cast-on, picking up the stitches
  as you go, and graft the two ends together using
  Kitchener stitch and the yarn tail.
  With the right sides facing and both yarns held
  together, pick up and knit 60 stitches in the slipped
  stitches along the edge of the band. Place marker and
  join to work in the round. Place a marker after every
  15th stitch while working the first round.
  Rounds 1–5: Knit.
  Round 6: *Knit to 2 stitches before the marker,
  k2tog, sm; repeat from * around.
  Repeat Rounds 1–6 until 4 stitches remain. Cut the
  yarn, thread it through the 4 stitches, and secure.

• Step 3

  Veil
  With B, cast on 68 stitches. Work in garter stitch for
  12" (30.5cm) or to desired length.
  Shaping
  Row 1: *K2tog; repeat from * to end—34 stitches.
  Rows 2 and 4: Knit.
  Row 3: Repeat Row 1—17 stitches.
  Bind off. Sew the shaped end of the veil to the top of
  the hat. Weave in all ends. Wet block, being careful
  not to crush the veil, and lay it flat to dry.

• 

  Step 4

  Finishing
  Trace the finished hat onto a large piece of paper.
  Move the hat so that the right-hand edge of the
  fabric exactly meets the left-hand edge of the
  tracing, and trace again. Move the hat so that the
  left-hand edge of the fabric exactly meets the righthand
  edge of the first tracing, and trace again.
  You now have a shape that resembles about a third
  of a circle. Cut on the outside tracing lines, and roll
  the paper to form a cone. Tape the edges in place,
  and fit the paper cone inside the hat, trimming any
  excess that is in the way. Trim around the lower
  edge so that the paper cone is ." (13mm) shorter
  than the hat.
  Remove the tape and use the paper cone as a
  template to trace the shape onto the needlepoint
  plastic canvas. (You will need to use two pieces of
  canvas seamed together.) Cut the plastic canvas on
  the tracing lines, overlap the side edges slightly, and
  use scrap yarn to seam them securely.

  Insert the plastic cone into the hat, and sew the lower
  edge of the plastic to the inside of the hat, preferably
  with an overcast stitch and matching sewing thread.
  Tie the elastic cording securely to the plastic canvas
  about 1" (2.5cm) up on the inside of the hat. Lay the
  hat flat with the cording at one edge to easily find
  the opposite point at which to attach the other end
  of the elastic. Thread the elastic through the canvas
  here and secure the end as before by tying it to the
  plastic canvas after the hat has been placed on the
  royal head and the elastic adjusted to ensure the best
  fit. Trim any excess cording.

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