O's Elf Hat

About a week before Christmas, we watched Elf, prompting O. to declare that he must have an elf hat.  I reminded him that he had a red and white striped hat from last Christmas, but he really thought it should be red and blue.  As I'm sure has been made apparent, I am easily persuaded to fulfill such requests.

I made this year's the same way, just a right triangle cut on the fold, but I cut the pattern piece into 4" sections for the stripes and made the ribbing for the band wider heightwise, but a bit smaller in circumference than last year's version, since that one fits me better than the boy.

Elfing it up on Christmas Morning