Customizing a pattern

How-to Questions
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Hi!

A friend of mine asked to re-make a hat that he had, but lost. This is the hat: http://cgi.ebay.com/CHICAGO-BEARS-NFL-FOOTBALL-VISOR-KNIT-HAT-BEANIE-new_W0QQitemZ260325493152QQcmdZViewItem

I am only doing the knitting part of the project, and the beanie part is straight foward, but I am having trouble with the visor part. I was searching for patterns with a visor on it, but none of them look right to me. I think it would be easier to knit up the beanie and do the visor according to my own specifications, but I don’t know how to make a pattern and although I have made hats, I have never done the visor. Does anyone have any suggestions?

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the way its done in commercial hats (and can be done in hand knit hats.

Knit some extra rows.(make hat extra long–about 2 or 3 inches)

then using:
1 gal (empty!) bleach bottle
or
a 2 gal tub of ice cream (again empty!)

cut a crescent. (cut one of paper/cardboard as a sample, to get about the right size/shape)

the the 2 gal tub is going to give you a slightly better crescent, because its tapered as well as being curved.

tuck this crescent into a cuff (made from the extra length and sew in place.