This hat is a step up from my Not So Stoned Stoner Hat and is an easy ear flap hat, knit in the round.

This was the first (and so far only) commissioned piece I’ve made. The buyer sent me a few images of the hat she wanted and gave me the task of recreating it, which I did, with the attention to detail only an OCD engineer can give. I studied the pictures for hours, counting stitches and guessing at measurements. I walked around yarn stores trying to color match skeins to zoomed in images on my phone. At one point I even used Photoshop to get the exact color. This pattern is what I came up with.

The flaps are knit individually first and then the rest of the hat is cast on, joining the flaps to the body for a seamless hat. Yay seamless!!