Adult Hat: Attempt #1

. Ever since I made Penelope's hat Chris has been saying "where's my hat?! I want one with ear flaps" Making his hat I learned all sorts of new techniques. I knitted those darn ear flaps 3 times and kept messing up when trying to create the brim. Once I got those done it became easy peasy, and a short 3 hours after creating the brim I was speeding along. That is until I didn't read the pattern correctly when I had to shape the top and it ended a tad short...like 2 inches too short...and I'm not advanced enough to figure out how to rip out a bunch of decreasing stitches for 12 rows.

Doesn't it look sort of like a Renaissance Fair knight's hat or something?
It is even worse in the back. His neck would be very cold.

So even though I didn't want a grey hat, it looks like I've got a cute one that fits :)
It might be a while until I feel like tackling those ear flaps again. Chris will probably get his hat in July. (Don't worry, he has about 5 amazing hats his grandma has made him over the years. He'll get through the winter.)