Helpful notes

I had a few dramas with this pattern so I thought I’d add some helpful hints to anyone else starting out.

• It is easy to lose count during the Odessa stitch pattern. To prevent this, I placed a stitch marker (loop of waste yarn) after each repeat. It helps if you accidentally lose a stitch or forget a YO.

• If you forget how many repeats of the non-beaded pattern round you have done, you can tell by how many stitches it takes to get to the bead within a repeat (another reason the stitch markers come in handy!). Note: this is counting from after you do the SSK.
  3 stitches until knitting on top of the bead = first round.
  2 stitches until knitting on top of the bead = second round.
  1 stitch until knitting on top of the bead = third repeat.

• You always knit the previous YO, and do a YO straight after doing so.

CO 110 on 4.5mm.

Knit 9 rows of ribbing with 4.5mm.

Knit 6 repeats of Odessa pattern to give approximately 6 inches of hat before beginning decreases.

Used 88 beads.

Hat fits nicely over the tops of my ears :) Very pleased with the finished product.