I had two balls of KnitPicks Capra wool/cashmere yarn (color: Harbor) sittin' around and wanted to make something outstanding, but not too difficult or time-consuming.
To be honest, I had the yarn because I was going to make this hat, but I had to rip it out six (yes, six) times due to twisting while joining the stitches, casting on too few stitches, casting on too many, not doing the cabling correctly, dropping stitches in the first round, and something else but I forget.
So, I concluded that hat just wasn't meant to be, and I'm so glad it didn't work out between the two of us.
The pattern is very straight-forward and you just have to trust it. I also found that a row counter thingy worked very well to keep me organized. Then again, I have a very bad short-term memory, and can't seem to remember what row I'm knitting if I don't have it written down or counted with some sort of external device.
The pattern calls for 1 1/4 inches of ribbing for the cuff but if I were to make it again, I'd make the cuff 1 1/2 inches long. My hat fits perfectly, but I could see how it would be just a touch short on some heads.
Happy knitting!
