Slouchy Puff Pom-pom Beanie

I know that I am a little late for the puff stitch band wagon and I know that their are patterns and tutorials out there but this is how I did mine.

I used 2 colors of Caron-Simple Soft(white and blue[Go Colts]), but you can easily use only 1, and a H hook.

With White, 

Row 1:

Chain 10, Sc 9 across. Turn

Row 2:

Sc in front loops only. 

Repeat row 2 for a total of 70 rows. 

Cut yarn and sewn ends together. 

With Blue,

Row 1:

Sc in between each side row around band sl st in beginning sc (70 sc) 

Row 2:

Pull up ch 1, Puff stitch in 1st sc, ch 1, skip stitch one sc, *puff stitch in next, ch 1; repeat from * across, sl st into top of first puff stitch. 

Row 3:

Sl st into ch 1 sp, pull up ch 1, puff stitch in same ch 1 sp, ch 1, *puff stitch into ch 1 sp, ch 1, repeat from * across, sl st into top of first puff stitch

Repeat row 3 for 10 more rows (12 rows) 

Cut yarn with 12" of end

For closure fold in half and draw yarn up in a stitch across from last stitch, fold in opposite sides and draw yarn up in stitches from each side, repeat until top of hat is fully closed. 

Pom-pom is optional!!! But always fun.

Until Next Time!