I was blessed to find a crochet pattern, since I don't have circular knitting needles, and it actually went together quite smoothly. I only had to take out the first inch or two of the body of the hat once when I determined that it was going to be too small, and I had to re-do the earflaps after he tried it on and we discovered that they were too large and actually came over the very edges of his eyes (oops; the perils of making a piece of clothing for someone without the benefit of them being able to try it on).
So, without further ado, ML in his new hat (with added background by the man himself :-):
Oh, and I had to use muted colors, because the yellows available here were too pale and the orange was too pink, but I like the way it turned out.
