I adapted the hat to adult size by casting on 120 stitches. This is really roomy, giving space for bulky braids.
It’s all grey, no brown.

And up the front, I added a vertical band with rivets: p1, k1 twisted, p1, k3, p1, k1 twisted, p1. Place this band in the center. About every 9 rows, make a rivet in the center stitch of the “k3.”

Horns done as directed by Sar.

For pigtails, I braided 3 bunches of 30 lengths of yarn.
To tie them, I used a doubled length of the same yellow yarn. For the bow, I knitted 2 small rectangles of leftover green worsted, about 1” x 5”. I tied each one with a square knot around the end of a braid. Then I trimmed the ends of the braids.

I’ll have to make another helmet for my Dad.

Sadly, Adaline passed away in March 2014. I have this hat now and it always makes me remember her fondly.