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Knit your own Sarah and Duck hat using this simple free knitting pattern from CBeebies Grown-ups.

Materials

75g of green aran-weight yarn

set of 4 x 5mm dpns, or one long 5mm circular for Magic Loop

Gauge

20 st x 32 rows = 10 cm (adjust needle size to get gauge)

Instructions

Brim

Cast on 84 sts using a stretchy cast on (eg. long tail). Place marker and join

to work in the round.

Purl 15 rounds.

Knit until hat measures about 15 cm from cast on edge. (You may need to

adjust this to match the distance from just above your eyebrows to the top

of your crown.)

Crown decreases

Round 1: [k12, k2tog] around

Round 2: k

Round 3: [k11, k2tog] around

Round 4: k

Round 5: [k10, k2tog] around

Round 6: k

Round 7: [k9, k2tog] around

Round 8: k

Round 9: [k8, k2tog] around

Round 10: k

Round 11: [k7, k2tog] around

Round 12: k

Round 13: [k6, k2tog] around

Round 14: k

Round 15: [k5, k2tog] around

Round 16: k

Round 17: [k4, k2tog] around

Round 18: [k3, k2tog] around

Round 19: [k2, k2tog] around

Round 20: [k1, k2tog] around

Round 21: [k2tog] around

You should have 6 stitches remaining.

Top cord

Put the remaining stitches onto one needle. Work i-cord for 10 rounds.

Break yarn and pull through remaining stitches. Weave in ends and put on

head.

Techniques

Long tail cast

Knitting in the round

I-cord

When you've finished

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