Because I wanted to use all the colors in the gradient yarn, I knit the hat longer than specified in the pattern and only began the decreases when I reached the final color in the cake.

Folded the brim of the hat to the inside and sewed it down to make a doubled brim.

Incorporated Invisible Stranding technique from “It’s Not About the Hat” pattern by Susan Rainey when floats at the top of the hat got longer than 7 sts.