wip thursday: the brother hat, take two

Are you ready for the deluge of holiday knitting posts?  Because here they come!

This year my brother gets a hat.  Again.  Last year I knit him essentially the same hat, but in a nice Malabrigo yarn, which he put through the washer and dryer.  Sometimes I just forget that teenage boys don't know anything about proper laundry care.  So this year I'm using Berroco Vintage, and hoping it will last more than a year!

The pattern I'm using is The Boy Hat, and I love it.  The crown shaping is fantastic, everything one could hope for: it looks nice and keeps up the visual pattern until the very end.  Perfect!