Men's Knit Pom Hat

The B yarn is knitted using 2 strands together with 5.5 mm needles.
The A yarn is knitted using 1 strand with 5.5 mm needles.
Garter Stitch (G. st), Knit all the sts.
Reverse Stocking Stitch (rev St-st),
Row 1: purl.
Row 2: knit.
Repeat these 2 rows.

Using A cast on 73 sts.
Work in G. st as follows:
- 4 rows A,
- 2 rows B,
- 2 rows A,
- 2 rows B,
- 2 rows A,
- 2 rows B,
- 4 rows A.
Then work 25 rows (13 cm/5 in) with A in rev St-st.
On following row, knit 1, knit 2 together, knit 7, knit 2 together, continue thus to end of row.
65 sts remain.
Purl 1 row, knit 1 row, purl 1 row.
On following row, knit 1, knit 2 together, knit 6, knit 2 together, continue thus to end of row.
57 sts remain.
Purl 1 row, knit 1 row, purl 1 row.
On following row, knit 1, knit 2 together, knit 5, knit 2 together, continue thus to end of row.
49 sts remain.
Purl 1 row, knit 1 row, purl 1 row.
On following row, knit 1, knit 2 together, knit 4, knit 2 together, continue thus to end of row.
41 sts remain.
On following row, purl1, purl 2 together, purl 3, purl 2 together, continue thus to end of row.
33 sts remain.
On following row, knit 1, knit 2 together, knit 2, knit 2 together, continue thus to end of row .
25 sts remain.
On following row, purl 1, purl 2 together, purl 1, purl 2 together, continue thus to end of row.
17 sts remain.
On following row, knit 2 together, purl 2 together, continue thus to end of row.
9 sts remain.

Cut the yarn, leaving a 20 cm (8 in) length of yarn and thread this through the tapestry needle.
Insert the needle through the 9 sts, remove needle and pull tight, sew a few sts to secure and sew in yarn end neatly along edge.
Sew seam of turn up (striped part). Turn hat inside out, then continue the seam to point at top (the right side of the hat shows the knit rows).
2 Make a pompon using B and sew it securely to top of hat.
Sew in all loose ends along wrong side edges and trim the ends