Month of Husband Knitting: Olympic Hat

Finally the second project of my Month of Husband Knitting is done.  I say "finally" because it felt like I worked on this project for a long time, despite it being a week.  Maybe it's been a long week.

I used the Olympic Reindeer Hat pattern available on Ravelry (it is a reproduction of the Polo hats worn by the US Olympic Team in 2010) and made it out of Swish Worsted Weight from Knit Picks (in Serrano, Dusk, and White). A number of people reported having problems with the decreases for this pattern, but I didn't have trouble with them.  Using stitchmarkers at the quarters seems to have helped.

Overall this was a good pattern (read details on Ravelry here) though I cut a number of rows and the hat is still a little bit too tall.   I like the colors and the reindeer, though.  I actually made this as a way to use stash yarn leftover from another project, which worked really well.  I would recommend having some experience with colorwork before trying this pattern because it has some very long carries that are hard on tension.

I think the hat looks nice (though I still need to block it to even out the colorwork) and will be very warm.  All good things in the upper Midwest, where the weather makes winter accessories both a necessity and a fashion statement.