I just finished a new hat. It was off the cuff, without a gauge swatch. I made it up as I went along. It fits perfectly. I designed it to fit around my ponytail and still keep my ears warm. On 2 circular needles, I turkish cast on 30 stitches and increased by 4 stitches every other round. I put the increases at the beginning and ending of each needle. When it started to look like it was big enough to fit my head, I did a gauge measurement and found I needed to increas a little more. When I got to the point it fit my head, I knit even until, trying it on, the front part was about 3/8 inch from my eyebrows ( I did not want this hat to be falling over my eyes). I crochet cast off the front stitches and divided the remaining stitches onto the two needles. No longer working in the round, I decreased 1 stitch per knit row and always purled even until there was one loop left, which i crocheted a few inches and pulled thru it finish.
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