Do you ever get overwhelmed by all the patterns out there? So many in fact that you forget about patterns you loved when they first came out? We Call Them Pirates is one of them. Originally, I was going to knit this for Bubba who was obsessed with the Jolly Roger Squadron of F-14s. Now I will knit it for Muskrat who just likes pirates.
Here is an in progress shot. I am knitting this out of Nature Spun from Brown Sheep. A very nice sport weight wool. Not the best, but nice. It is pretty soft and still inexpensive. I made Sheldon out of it and the wool has held up nicely. I went down a needle size in order to get a smidge smaller hat for my three year old soon to be four’s head. The gauge shows it is going to be a decent fit.
The nerve wracking thing about the pattern is the provisional cast-on. I used some leftover Panda Cotton for the crochet chain, so I hope it pulls out easily enough. The last time I did a provisional cast-on for a hat, it went poorly. I decided to have faith and not finish the edging of the hat before I knit the body of the hat. Hope everyone has a lovely 4th. We are heading out to a cabin. Our first family trip that requires backpacking out our stuff – a whole 1.5 miles. 
Babystepping our way to backpacking with kids.
Babystepping our way to backpacking with kids. 
Love that pattern. Have fun camping.
It looks great! I so agree about the provisional cast-on! When I did it last time, I had to look it up and watch it about 3 times… now I forget how again and I want to knit another hat ;o(