I love designing and knitting hats, and I would love to love to wear them, but it doesn't always work out so well-- tams can be hard to position properly; snug stocking caps can give you hat head; your ears are too often left out in the cold; and that ponytail-- what to do with it? So the Vespa Hat addresses all of that! It's shaped like a helmet, so there's really only one way to seat it on your head; loose-fitting, so your tresses are not compacted; and it has both earflaps and an optional ponytail hole.
AND the pattern is written for worsted weight yarn (and shown in the lovely, lightly variegated wool/silk Spirit Trail Fiberworks Minerva*), so it works up quickly.
*Those skeins of Minerva are hefty, at 240 grams and approximately 530 yards; one skein is enough for 3 hats-- or maybe I should design some coordinating mittens....