matches my coat! Covers my ears and lets my ponytail out without lifting the hat off the ears.

Pay attention to the pattern while knitting!

Definitely not good TV knitting - I ended up doing more ripping back and reknitting the short rows several times. Also a little confusing with needing to break the yarn and start the next row after several stitches. Swapping large and small needles per pattern instructions, many times during the knitting was a little confusing too, and I missed it and did more ripping a few times.

But really, the results are worth the confusion. It’s really a fun hat. I like it very much.