This hat was born on the train on the way to a wedding. I was intending to knit another one of Jared Flood’s Hemlock Ring Blankets, because I knitted it as my wedding present and loved it so much that I wanted one of my own. But I realized when I got ready to cast-on that I had forgotten how to do the invisible cast-on the pattern calls for. So I ended up starting this hat, which has the Feather and Fan pattern from the Hemlock with my own random hat ideas thrown in. It was early February and I was starting to think of spring, and wanted to make a hat I can wear during the transition period. I also like the pairing of the Feather and Fan with a rib because it produces this interesting alternation of curved and flat lines at the brim. Finally, I wanted to make a hat that had three sides so it would look different from the back compared to the front, so the pattern is divided onto three rather than four needles. Best of all, this is a super-quick knit: I started it the day before the wedding and finished it the morning after an entire day of wedding festivities. I even had time to take some pictures with it on before we left.