I’m loving that I got this magazine for 10 cents! I’ve wanted to make this for a while, but I didn’t feel like I could justify paying $4.50 for the pattern. I got gauge, but I still feel like it’s coming out too big. I’ll work a little more on it before I decide for sure, though.

9/4/2011
It turned out well! I do think the ribbing could have been on tighter needles, but it’ll be fine. I expected the hat to have more negative ease, too, but it’s good like it is. This hat is very simple and fun! As usual, though, I strongly recommend cabling without a cable needle. It will drastically cut down the time it takes to knit it.