The "Hubby Hat"

So my husband loves to complain about how I have never knit him a hat. There is some merit to this claim, although it is not entirely true. About four years ago I did make him a hat that was slightly ill fitting, although he still wore it for years. For Christmas three years ago I picked out a beautiful Classic Elite worsted weight cashmere to make him a fabulous hat. Unfortunately, this version was also ill fitting, and so began a process of knitting and ripping out of said hat until I finally set it aside for good. Truth be told, my husband has a large and squarish head that is difficult to knit for, although it does contribute to his dashing good looks! So this fall, after making two bulky weight hats for myself, I decided to take another shot at knitting a hat for my him. Above is the fruit of this labor, which I only had to rip out once to prefect. I will share the pattern below for any of those souls knitting hats for men with large heads. It can also be sized down to suit smaller heads.

Hubby Hat
Yarn: Blue Sky Bulky - 1 skein for hat, add a second skein for contrast trim
Needles: 17' circular needles, and 17' double pointed needles (I work the whole hat on a short set of circulars, although it does get a bit tricky towards the top)

Cast on: 38 sts (use 2nd color to make contrast trim)
RND 1-4: k1, p1 rib to end
RND 5-8: Knit
RND 9: k12, s2kp, k16, s2kp, k 4 (34 sts)
RND 10: Knit
RND 11: k3, s2kp, k114, s2kp, k11 (30 sts)
RND 12: Knit
RND 13: k9, s2kp, k12, s2kp, k3 (26sts)
RND 14: Knit
RND 15: k2, s2kp, k10, s2kp, k8 (22 sts)
RND 16: Knit
RND 17: k6, s2kp, k8, s2kp, k2 (18 sts)
RND 18: Knit

Cut the yarn, leaving a long enough tail to thread through the remaining sts. Pull the tail tight after threading through sts to close the hole. Weave in all lose ends.