I found a use for my leftover skein from my first Oslo hat! This is also for a Christmas gift, and I think it’ll make a cute matching set. This is quickly becoming my favorite hat pattern, I just can’t get over how professional the finished object looks.

I didn’t make many alterations or modifications to the pattern and followed all of the recommended measurements.

For the brim, I cast on using Longtail CO method because I find it easy to pick up stitches from this CO. I then marked every 10 stitches using a safety pin type stitch marker, directly into the cast on stitch itself. This made it super easy to line up the stitches when folding the brim and knitting together.

I modified the decreases, replacing the Slip 1, K, pass over stitch with an SSK, because I thought it looked a bit neater.

This yarn is a heavier weight than the pattern calls for, so the hat has a wonderful thick and squishy feel to it.