Fair Isle Hat

I had a hat I made with my handspun that I wasn't happy with. It didn't fit right and that frustrated me. So after a year, I ripped it and re-knit it. This is made with some random black yarn and my own handspun, seen here. I'm thrilled with how it came out and it is toasty warm.

This was knit on size 6 dpns. I cast on 120 stitches and knit 2x2 rib for a few inches then a few inches of straight knitting in the black, then I jumped into the pattern. For decreasing I divided the stitches evenly (groups of ten) and knit 8, k2t the first row of decreases, alternated with a row of straight knitting and reduced the number knit before the k2t by 1 every decrease round. It made an attractive spiral pattern on the top of the hat.