Oh, what a fight :)

Mods:

• Cast on 110 stitches with needle 3.5mm (instead of US3/3.25mm - would use smaller needle next time, brim is very loose, but still okay because it doesn’t mess up your hair as much as with very tight hats ;)).
• Worked in k1,p1 rib for 13 rounds (instead of 10), to get a broader brim, which works out fine.
• Switched to 5mm needle (instead of US5/3.75mm), because I confused European/US needle sizes, ahem. Fabric is loose, but not too much, so maybe 4 or 4.5mm next time would be better.
• Switched to double pointed needles (5mm) in Rnd 16. (81st.)
• Worked decreases as instructed (26 rounds)

Tried seed stitch pattern for the hat body, but didn’t work because of the single-stitch-increases every 10th stitch which muddle up the pattern. Ribbed back half of the hat.

Tried decreasing every row (not every second) because I was afraid, the slouch might get too big with my wrong needle size. But the decreases shrunk the hat amazingly quick, so it was way too small. Ribbed again (all decreases).

Important for increases: M1 = Pick up strand between needles with left needle from front to back and knit through back loop. Just knitting one stitch out of the strand normally results in a huge hole in the fabric.

Important for decreases (as I lost count between them after a while): Slip first stitch purlwise when reaching the visibly different decreasing “rib”-stitch of the preceeding round. Slip this stitch first, then knit, then pass slipped stitch over, slip next stitch purlwise.

Finally worked decreases as instructed and the hat turned out perfect: with a broader brim, shorter increasing part and normal decreasing part. It has a slight slouch, but not too much for my taste.

Will knit this again, as it’s a perfect project for one-skein-only - I just used 0.75 of one skein Madelinetosh Merino DK.

Gauge MTosh Dk (Pattern Gauge: 6 sts = 1 inch)
Needle 3.5mm - 8 sts
Needle 4mm - 7 sts
Needle 5mm - 6 sts

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