The name: this is called Hope’s Hat because while you are making it you are hoping dearly that it’ll end up being a hat! The hat is made sideways in rows and is seamed up with slip stitches - it is really only at the seaming up part that the hat shape is readily apparent.

Stitches used: chain (ch), single crochet (sc), single crochet two together decrease (sc2tog), slip stitch (slst).

Size: this pattern is one-size-fits-most. It is a very stretchy fabric, and thus will fit most adult head sizes. To be absolutely sure you don’t need to alter the pattern for your head size, make a gauge swatch.

Layout: the first page of the pdf contains the pattern written in words, and the subsequent pages contain a picture tutorial to help with seaming. This way, if you decide to print out the pattern, you can choose to only print the pattern and not the tutorial if you wish.

You can find the official discussion thread for this pattern here: http://www.ravelry.com/discuss/fantasticmio/2198258/1-25