Pretty much followed Susan’s mods to make a smaller hat for my tiny head:

Cast on 96 sts on #5 needle, worked 24 rows. Worked 12 rows with #7 needle, then changed to #8 needle and knit until it was about 7” long. Decreases as per pattern (using 8 sections of 12 sts instead of 13 sts).

Yarn was handspun from Cookie dearest.