I finished this hat over the weekend.

The pattern is from “One Skein” and I used Misti Alpaca Chunky. I can’t say enough how much I love this yarn. I did make some mods to the pattern. I wasn’t so sure how my pointy head would look in a hat that was purposefully pointy, so I decided to incorporate decreases into the top of the hat.

At a certain point (I don’t remember how far in, maybe 6″?) I began decreases as follows:

k5 in pattern, k2tog (or p2tog depending on the pattern), to the end
knit one round in pattern
k4 in pattern, k2tog (or p2tog depending on the pattern), to the end

so on and so forth. I tried my best to incorporate my decreases into the pattern. If I came to a spot where I needed to knit a purl together with a knit stitch, I turned that stitch into a knit.

Anyway, I’m just in love with the yarn and now I’m deciding which color I should make my new scarf. hmmm… I’m thinking chartreuse.

edit: Two corrections to the pattern too. The big cable should be twisted on the 8th row and then every 12th thereafter (according to the photo.) And I think it’s near impossible to get the gauge on 11’s, I’d start swatching with 10’s and that’s what I used.