I'm pretty excited about this new beanie! I managed to whip it up in about two days while watching Once Upon a Time (I have found my new knitting show). I was a little hesitant to try this pattern stitch out, but it came out quite nicely!
This one is a lot looser than my other beanies I've made. I casted more stitches into the pattern in order to accommodate the pattern (which I repeated three times). In between the pattern, I just left in regular knit stitches, which I'm still debating was a good idea or not. I didn't want the hat to be too busy - the pattern has bobbles, lace, cabling... It could have been a bit much and taken away from it's intricacy.
I plan to write up the pattern to this slouchie beanie and have it up on Raverly sometime in the near future!