I am on a tear. Yesterday, I made myself another sun hat, and I think it's the best one I've made so far. I used Lion Brand Cotton, in a berry color I bought at A.C. Moore a few years ago. In fact ...

Then I worked in my stitch pattern (Stockinette for the body, Seed Stitch for the brim) until it was the desired circumference. An average adult hat is 20″ so I kept knitting until my piece was ...

Pick up and knit (see Glossary) 100 (110, 120, 130) sts evenly spaced along top edge of band, working into the back of the sts below the selvedge. Join for working in rnds.