I bought the pattern for this hat (Hannah Newsboy Hat) on etsy about 2 1/2 months ago. A friend I used to work with at a coffee stand has started her own business creating knitting patterns and knitting hats, mittens, etc. for people. She also recycles yarn and resells it! You should check out her shop, Pepperberry Knits!
I started working on my first hat from this pattern (beanie with scalloped band) a few weeks after purchasing the pattern, but got discouraged after a bad TSA experience. The first time I flew to Virginia with Tom for his job, I got a TSA gal who treated me horribly because I wear an insulin pump. She decided she needed to go through all my bags, testing for explosives. In the process she pulled all 4 needles out of the hat I was working on, and grabbed through the part I'd knitted so far. I took out quite a few rows on the following flight, but didn't pick it up again after that for a couple weeks. I tend to hop around from one project to another rather than just working completely through something. Now it's finished, and I love it!
