Inspired by these Minerva Yarns 1936 directions and the toasty experience of falling asleep with the santa cap on on Christmas Eve. Unfortunately, i added a seventh increase in the round fairly early on. I’ve tucked it in as a pleat in the back — a good technical experiment. The major lesson learned is to use stitch at every increase, not just the beginning of the “row.”
Were i to want to improve this a little more, rereading the instructions i find two rounds of no increases would be welcome as the final band on the beret.