Materials:
MARIO HAT
Size US7 (4.5mm) DPN or circular needles 100 yards Caron Simply Soft Berry Blue 9609 (blue) 50 yards Caron Simply Soft Limelight 9607 (green) Scraps of: Caron Simply Soft White 9701 (white) Caron Simply Soft Black 9727 (black) Caron Simply Soft Sunshine 9755 (yellow) Caron Simply Soft Autumn Red 9730 (red) Caron Simply Soft Bone 9703 (flesh tone) Caron Simply Soft Chocolate 9750 (brown) Gauge: 6 st/in and 7 rows/in in stockinette
Directions:
· CO 104 stitches in green yarn · Work K2P2 ribbing for 1 inch · Work 5 rows stockinette stitch · Switch to blue yarn and knit 40 rows stockinette · Work crown decreases as follows: · \*K6, K2tog\* around · Knit around · \*K5, K2tog\* around · Knit around · \*K4, K2tog\* around · Knit around · \*K3, K2tog\* around · Knit around · \*K2, K2tog\* around · Knit around · \*K1, K2tog\* around · Knit around · \*K2tog\* around · Cut yarn and thread tail through remaining stitches. Weave in ends. · Use duplicate stitch to add images from chart.
Weave in all ends and enjoy! Original Mario charts from: http://luvs-2-knit.blogspot.com/2011/04/mariographs-for-crochet-afghan-stitch.html, which has many, many more Mario charts available. Modified and simplified by me for purposes of this hat.
