Tubular cast-on 132 to 4mm straight needles. Transferred to a 2.25mm round needle for the ribbing in main color. Changed to a 3.5mm round needle for the body of the hat and used the back-of-work float-knitting method described in the pattern “It’s Not About the Hat”, with the columns of float knitting lining up with the trunks of the trees.

The first time I attempted this pattern, I used a 3.0 mm needle for the main body of the hat, and the floats weren’t long enough to allow it to stretch over my head (they’d’ve had to be long and dangly which would’ve been a mess).

This time it came out okay, but if anything, it’s a little big. I detect a tendency for it to fall down and probably get in my eyes unless I fold the brim up very high. It will sit higher up on the head, with air in the top like a proper toque, if I put it on right… but it feels like it’s just waiting to slide down a little.

The pattern section, with this needle, is tall enough that even with an extremely tiny, like 1cm ribbing edge, I don’t think it would have made a snug beanie on me. If I want a different fit I’ll probably have to change the number of pattern repeats, and maybe try a different yarn gauge.