Gingerbread Hat by Angela Whisnant

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CO multiple of 12 sts.
Continue ribbing 2x2 for 8 rounds.

Round 1, 5: *K6, P1, K4, P1*
Round 2, 4, 6: *K6, P1, K1, P2, K1, P1*
Round 3: *C6F,P1, K4, P1*
Repeat cable pattern 5 (6, 7) times. Begin decrease rounds.

~*SSK, K2, K2tog, P1, K4, P1*
~Knit and purl according to the pattern
~*S2KP, K1, P1, K1, P2tog, K1, P1*
~Knit and purl according to the pattern
~*(K2tog)3 times, p1*
~Knit around
~K2tog around
~K2tog around