too many photos of a silly hat

I finished knitting this, today. I left my yarn needle in Jason’s car (remember, I attached the bear’s limbs in the car on Sunday?), so I just left the ends hanging. I just HAD to take some photos, though.

I used this pattern, but I modified it a bit.

1.) I didn’t use seed stitch for the center portion or ribbing for the edges.
2.) I changed the cast-off number for the back-shaping.
3.) When knitting the back, I worked the last stitch of each row WITH the corresponding stitch from each of the sides. Does that make sense? It eliminated the back seams, but also left the ears open.

Next time, I’ll decrease at the center back edge, because it seems kinda…poofy, as is. pretty neat, though! I searched for a while for a hat pattern with pointy ears incorporated into the shaping. I’m going to figure out a way to make them taller next time. If I can accomplish that, it would resemble Max, from Where the Wild Things Are. See?