MEGIDO HAT WITH HORNS

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These are worked in the round (no sl st) so get a stitch marker handy (I like to use a bobby pin)

with red: ch 25 and sl st to form a ring

Row 1-3: sc in each st around

Row 4: sl st 1 st, 23 sc, sl st in last st, TURN

Row 5: skip 1st st, 22 sc, skip 1 st, sc, TURN

Row 6: skip 1st st, 20 sc, skip 1 st, sc, TURN

Row 7: skip 1st st, 18 sc, skip 1 st, sc, TURN

Row 8: skip 1st st, 16 sc, skip 1 st, sc, TURN

Row 9: skip 1st st, 14 sc, skip 1 st, sc, TURN

Row 10: skip 1st st, 12 sc, skip 1 st, sc, TURN

Row 11: skip 1st st, 10 sc, skip 1 st, sc, TURN

Row 12: skip 1st st, 8 sc, skip 1 st, sc, TURN

Row 13: skip 1st st, 6 sc, skip 1 st, sc, TURN

Row 14: skip 1st st, 4 sc, skip 1 st, sc, TURN

Row 15: skip 1st st, 2 sc, skip 1 st, sc, TIE OFF

HERE IS THE TRICKY PART, SO READ CAREFULLY!!!!

Get your orange yarn ready. See the oval-shaped opening you created by skipping all those stitches? That is the part that goes against the hat. Now, hold that part against your head so that the thinnest part (the last row you did) faces DOWN. It should lie flush against your head. Megido horns curve BACKWARDS so choose a spot on the round part (your base ring) that is exactly in the BACK and stick your stitch marker in it. This is where you will attach orange. (It helps if you flatten it first so you can pick a stitch that is directly on the side) MAKE SURE YOU DO THIS EACH TIME WITH THE CORRECT SIDE OF YOUR HEAD SO THAT THE HORNS WILL GO NICE AND SYMMETRICAL ON THE HAT. THE LEFT AND RIGHT HORNS NEED TO BE DONE DIFFERENTLY SO THAT THEY WORK.

ATTACH ORANGE YARN TO BASE RING, IN ST YOU CHOSE

Row 16: sc in each st around (25 st)

Row 17-28: repeat rows 4-15

Row 29: sc around (25 st) TIE OFF

Row 30: attach orange 12 st from where you tied off, sc around

Row 31-42: repeat rows 4-15

Row 43: sc around (25 st) TIE OFF

Row 44-55: attach orange 12 st from where you tied off, repeat rows 4-15

Row 56: sc in each st around (25 st) TIE OFF

Row 57-68: repeat rows 4-15

Row 69(heh): sc around (25 st) TIE OFF

Row 70-81: repeat rows 4-15 (Again, I know, but you gotta push onward!)

Row 82: sc around (25 st) TIE OFF

SWITCH TO YELLOW

Row 83-87: repeat rows 4-8

Row 88: sc around (25 st)

Row 89: *skip 1st st, sc in next 4 st, repeat from * around (20 st)

Row 90: *skip 1st st, sc in next 3 st, repeat from * (15 st) TURN

Row 91: skip 1st st, 8 sc, skip 1 st, sc TURN

Row 92: skip 1st st, 6 sc, skip 1 st, sc TURN

Row 93: skip 1st st, 4 sc, skip 1 st, sc TURN

Row 94: skip 1st st, 2 sc, skip 1 st, sc

Row 95: sc around (15 st)

Row 96: *skip 1 st, 2 sc, repeat from * (10 st)

Row 97: *skip 1 st, 1 sc, repeat from * (5 st) DRAW CLOSED

Stuff firmly (I know these fuckers are hard to stuff, sorry) and sew firmly onto sides of hat

Add symbol by making a chain of your desired length in the Megido hemospectrum color and sewing it onto your hat in the shape of the Aries symbol

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