One of a quartet of hats knitted for Endsend’s birthday. (He reports back that he is very thrilled with them.) I never wear beanies, so this was a great way of getting to play with really cool patterns and not feel guilty about failing to wear them.

• Using the right excellent tubular 2x2 rib cast on, mentioned by Megan of notmartha.org

• Even though I went down a needle size, the largest size still turns out to be more of a gigantor size.