Waffel hat

Needles Small circular and DP needles US 8 Yarn 100 g Abuelita Merino Worsted and one ball Pickles Silk Mohair Gauge 22 stitches = 4"

Cast on 112 stitches on the circular needles. Knit rib, K2, P2, over the 5 next rounds.

Knit the pattern like this over the next round: Use an extra needle to work the pattern. * Slip 6 stitches (2 knit stitches, 2 purl stitches, 2 knit stitches) on to the extra needles. PLace the needle in front of your work. Wrap the yarn twice around (2x360 degrees) the six stitches. Tighten a bit, but not so much that youll make holes in your work. Knit the six stitches (K2, P2, K2). P2. *. Repeat from * to * throughout the round.

Keep knitting like this: Knit a rib, K2 , P2 over the 5 next rounds. K2, P 2 (The new round will start here. Every time you are about to knit the round of pattern, you will start 4 stitches into the next round to make the waffel-stitch in the correct way)

Knit one full round in teh pattern like before. Continue until the work is 7". Start decreasing right after a round of the pattern. Switch to DP needles. Round 1: * K2, K2tog, K2, P2* Repeat from * to * throughout the round. Round 2-4:* K5, P2* Repeat from * to * throughout the round. Round 5: * K1, K2tog, K2, P2* Repeat from * to * throughout the round. Round 6-8: * K4, P2* Repeat from * to * throughout the round. Round 9: * K1, K2tog, K1, P2* Repeat from * to * throughout the round. Round 10: * K3, P2* Repeat from * to * throughout the round. Round 11: * K2tog, K1, P2* Repeat from * to * throughout the round. Round 12: * K2, P2* Repeat from * to * throughout the round. Round 13: * K2, P2tog* Repeat from * to * throughout the round. Round 14: * K2, P1* Repeat from * to * throughout the round. Round 15: K2 tog, P1* Repeat from * to * throughout the round. Cut the yarn and put it through the rest of the stitches. Pull and assemble.