How would you decrease a simple k3p3 hat?

#1

Ugh, I should have done k2p2 to make the decreasing easy at the crown but I didn’t. I’m a new knitter so I don’t know how to improvise so much right now! Can anyone help me decrease for the crown? I’m just doing a simple hat - knitting in the round just k3p3 the whole way - size 9 needles…
Any advice on how to decrease? Also (bonus yeesh) if you have any idea approximate how many inches it would take to complete (so I can guesstimate total length of the hat) would be great, though maybe a tall order.
Thanks so much for your help - I tried looking at other hat patterns but the simple ones all seem to be k2p2…

#2

Let’s see. Right now you have

kkkpppkkkpppkkkppp

You could k2, k2tog, p1, ssk, k1 around the hat. That would reduce all the p3’s to p1. Then work a few rows of kkkpkkkp and then eliminate the p’s and finish in stockinette?

#3

Sorry to need my hand held but how would you decrease the single p’s and then how would you decrease the stockinette? Just checking… and thanks so much!!!
:muah:

#4

I would decrease in the purl ribs first, then when they were down to p1 between the knits, start k2tog.