It was super easy to make, only took two hours. I just used a basic hat pattern, increasing as I needed (well, no pattern was used, I just made it up as I went along). I made it a hair too big (I increased one row more than I should have), so I threaded a leftover piece through the stitches at the top of the last blue stripe, and pulled it snug. It's very warm, and dense. I used almost two whole skeins of Whirligig, so it was about twenty dollars for material alone.
I showed my mom, and she didn't believe that I made it at first. Anyway, I adore making hats, but my next two projects are knitting a Dr. Who scarf for my brother, and a Christening gown for his son (probably will have until the end of May for that). I have to buy some thread and find a decent pattern.