Some knitting, and some, well, probably mostly knitting

I actually knitted this in November 2008, in the exact same yarn, and used it almost exclusively last winter. However, it grew from baggy to falling-off-my-head-if-I-made-sudden-movements-baggy, so I ended up never using it, even though it was quite warm and I liked the color and look very much. Figuring that was a bit of a waste, earlier this week I frogged the entire old hat, and re-knit the same pattern, but in a non-baggy version. Cast on 60 stitches, increased 6 evenly after the ribbing, and then followed the pattern (except with 3 purl rows instead of 4) until the decreases, where I sort of made up my own, with details on Ravelry, as I didn’t have the pattern in front of me. I think my decreases ended up being more gradual than in the original pattern, which fits a less baggy hat.

• Pattern: Evalue
• Yarn: Misti from Du Store Alpaka
• Colorway: Dark purple (409, I think)
• Needle: 6mm
• Yarn amount: Finished new hat weighs 77g.
• Modifications: Cast on 60 stitches, increased 6. Different decreases.
• Ravelry link