This little hat is one of my favorite things I have made yet – and it only took a few hours! I used worsted weight Ella Rae yarn which is 75% acrylic, 25% wool. I am such a loose knitter that I had to go down to size 2 needles to get the tighter knit I wanted for gauge, which ended up to be 5 1/2 stitches per inch. I cast on 64 stitches and knit in the round for 5 inches. At that point I started decreasing every other row, beginning with K6,K2tog, all around. Then Knit around, then K5K2tog, etc. I had to change to DPN’s at about the K4 stage. Then came the pom pom. I have been so afraid to make a pompom! I have a Clover pompom maker. The directions made no sense so I called up a YouTube video and in about 5 minutes I had the cutest pompom ever! I want to make a lot more of these hats!