Perfect Pumpkin Hat

Materials:

• Red Heart® Super Saver®: 1 skein each 254 Pumpkin A and 672 Spring Green B
• Knitting Needles: 5.5mm [US 9]
• Yarn needle
• Stitch markers

Gauge: 22 sts = 4”; 22 rows = 4” in pattern

Measurements: Directions are for Baby hat; changes for child, adult, and large adult hats are in parentheses. To Fit Head: 14 (16, 20, 22)”.

Abbreviations:

• ssk (slip, slip, knit) = slip next 2 sts knitwise, one at a time, to right needle, insert tip of left needle into these 2 sts from the front and knit together
• A, B = color A, B
• K = knit
• mm = millimeters
• P = purl
• psso = pass the slipped st over
• St st = Stockinette stitch (Knit on right side rows; Purl on wrong side rows.)
• st(s) = stitch(es)
• tog = together
• yo = yarn over; * or ** = repeat whatever follows the * or ** as indicated
• [ ] = work directions in brackets the number of times specified

Instructions:

Hat
With A, cast on 49 (57, 65, 73) sts.
Row 1 (Right Side): Knit.
Row 2: Purl.
Row 3: Knit.
Row 4: K1, [P4 (5, 6, 7), K2] 8 times.
Row 5: [P2, K4 (5, 6, 7)] 8 times, P1. Repeat Rows 4 and 5 until 5 (6, 7, 9)” from beginning, end  Row 4.

Shape Top
Row 1 (Right Side): [K2tog, K8 (10, 12, 14), slip 1, K1, psso, place marker] 4 times, K1 – 41 (49, 57, 65) sts.
Row 2 and all even Rows: Purl.
Row 3: [K2tog, Knit to 2 sts before marker, slip 1 K1, psso] 4 times, K1 – 33 (41, 49, 57) sts.

Stem
Join B and repeat Rows 2 and 3 until 17 sts remain, end Row 2.
Next Row (Right Side): [K2tog] 8 times, K1 – 9 sts.
Next Row: P1, [P2tog] 4 times – 5 sts. Cut yarn leaving 10” tail. Weave yarn through remaining sts and draw up firmly; fasten securely.

Finishing
Sew back seam. Weave in ends.
Leaves (Make 3)
With B, cast on 5 sts.
Rows 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11: Purl.
Row 2: K2, yo, K1, yo, K2 – 7 sts.
Row 4: K3, yo, K1, yo, K3 – 9 sts.
Row 6: SSK, K5, K2tog – 7 sts.
Row 8: SSK, K3, K2tog – 5 sts.
Row 10: SSK, K1, K2tog – 3 sts.
Row 12: Slip 1, K2tog, psso. Fasten off. Weave in ends. Sew leaves around stem as desired.