Wonderful hat! The top is beautifully closed with loops.

I also knitted a hat for my mother. The top did not come out, so it took a lot of time. I knitted it many times. I knitted it with an English elastic band pattern. It is also a little larger, but I had a thin elastic band, the kind that I sometimes see on socks and on the cuffs of sweaters. I sewed a thin elastic band into the hat, and it began to fit my mother's head.

Casting on over 130 stitches was a mistake really. I should have thought about it more clearly, but I just wanted a quick project and wrongly trusted that pattern. I learnt a lesson for future reference.

To calculate the loops for a hat, we use the "grandmother's method".

The method for measuring the loops for a hat is to wrap the thread around the head three times. This quick method, without calculations, allows you to determine the exact length of the thread for a set of loops, which is usually three head circumferences. For convenience, another 10-15 cm is added to the set.

You do not need to knit a sample and calculate the density.

A detailed description of this method can be found on the Internet.