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MATERIALS: FLEISHER'S BULKY FLEECE or BEAR BRAND BULKY-KNIT or BOTANY KWILTEE, 2, 2 oz. skeins, or FLEISHER'S, BEAR BRAND or BOTANY SUPER SPUN ORLON SAYELLE, 2, 2 oz. skeins.

KNITTING NEEDLES: 1 pair "Boye" Needles, Size 10½—or size you require to knit to gauge given below.

GAUGE: 4 sts = 1 inch; 11 rows = 2 inches

Cast on 66 sts for lower edge.

QUAKER ST PATTERN—Purl Rib—wrong side—K 1 row, p 1 row, k 1 row, p 1 row, k 1 row.
Knit Rib—right side—K 1 row, p 1 row, k 1 row, p 1 row, k 1 row.
Repeat purl rib and knit rib once more; repeat purl rib again. There will be 3 purl ribs and 2 knit ribs on right side. Work stockinette st—k 1 row, p 1 row —for 4 rows, end with p row.
First dec. row—right side—K 1, * k 2 tog., k 11; repeat from * to end; 61 sts. Work 3 rows even.
2nd dec. row—K 1, * k 2 tog., k 10; repeat from * to end; 56 sts. Work 3 rows even.
Continue to dec. 5 sts every 4th row 9 times more; always k 1 at beg. of each dec. row and having 1 st less between decs, and at end of each successive dec. row, end with 11th dec. row; 11 sts. K 1 row, p 1 row for 5 rows for a purl rib at top of cap. Break yarn, leaving an 18-in. end. Draw end through re­maining 11 sts leaving sts on strand of yarn.

FINISHING—Block. Draw up yarn pull­ing 11 sts at top of cap tightly tog. Fasten securely. Sew side edges tog. for back seam matching ribs.
Wind small ball of yarn 1 in. in diam­eter and insert in purl rib at top of cap. Thread a 12-in. piece of yarn in needle and run yarn around last dec. row be­low purl rib. Draw up tightly and wind yarn twice around just below purl rib and tie securely. Fasten off.