How cute is this one piece wonder? This hat pattern is courtesy my dear friend Sophistakitten, who managed to get it together for your knitting pleasure - pics of her mod to the hat soon!

Norwegian cap
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Materials: 2 Skeins of worsted weight yarn, 1 black, 1 white.
Needles: One pair US #7 straights and US #4 (or size to obtain gauge)
Gauge: on size 7 in Stockinette Stitch 5 sts and 7 rows = 1 inch

With size 4 needles and color A, cast on 85 sts for facing of front hem. Work in St st for 7 rows, ending with a p row.

Openwork row: (right side) K1, *yo, k2 tog; repeat from star * to end. Switch to size 7 needles; p1 row.

Pattern: (row 1) With color A, k2, * with color B k1, with color A, k3; repeat from *, end last repeat k2 with color A.

Note: to prevent a hole when changing colors, always bring color to be used under last color used.

Row 2: P1 A, * p1 B, p1 A, repeat from * to end.

Row 3: K4 A, *k1 B, k3 A; repeat from *, end last repeat k4 A.

Carry color not in use loosely along the edge. Continue to follow pattern as on chart until 29 rows above open work row. End with a p row with A. With A, bind off 29 sts. Break yarn and join in last st on needle. Follow pat as on chart for back of cap for 17 rows above the bind-off row, ending with a P row. Dec. 1 st each side of next row and repeat decs. every 2nd row 5 times more, following chart; 15sts. Bind-off with A as if to purl. Block.

Turn back facing along open work row and hem to wrong side. Sew seams joining side edges of back part to bound-off sts of front part, sewing 1 st to every 2 rows.

Tie String and Crochet Edge: With A, make ch. 14 ins. long. Beg. at openwork row of front hem on left side of cap, work 1 row sc around neck edge; ch 16 1/2 ins. Fasten off. Join A in first sc on left side of neck edge. Work 1 sc in each of ch., working in back loop only, 3 sc in last st at end, 1 sc in each st on other side of ch, 1 sc in each sc on neck edge and each st on right ch, 3 sc a end , 1 sc in each st on other side of ch. Join. Fasten off.

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(for larger photograph of this chart click here)
From “High Fashion Hats,” 1962