My Lea Hat Pattern

So I've been spending my time knitting, watching tv, and attempting to avoid class and any homework associated with it and so I made up my own pattern. This is a take on a pattern I've seen a couple times that I like but was never able to convince myself to purchase (what with it looking so relatively simple).
My bestest best friend is up at school way up north and I'm worried about her poor little head freezing so I made her this hat for her birthday. I thought about making something with lace but that wouldn't have kept as much heat in! I haven't had anyone else test the pattern so let me know if there are any errors... And it's reversible-ish!
My Lea Hat
© Designed by A. Jessup, Feb. 2007

My Lea Hat

Materials: US size 6 16" circular needles and size 6 dpns
Stitch marker
Worsted weight yarn, your choice (I used Paton's Soy Wool Stripes (sws))...
Cast on 80 sts using the long-tail method (although if you want a looser brim you can also use the backwards loop cast on).
Place marker and join to knit in the round, following pattern.
Pattern :
*Knit 1, Purl 4* repeat from * to *.
Repeat pattern 16 times in each round. Knit until desired length before decreasing.

Mine was approx. 6 inches long but to make a longer or shorter (smaller) hat you can knit anywhere from 5 to 7 or more inches before decreasing.

Begin decreasing, switching to dpns when neccessary.
1st dec. rnd: *K1, p1, p2tog, p1*. Repeat from * to * until the end of the round, 64 sts.
2nd dec. rnd: *K1, p2tog, P1*. Repeat from *to* until the end of the round, 48 sts.
Next rnd: *K1, P2*. Repeat to the end of the round.
3rd dec. rnd: *K1, p2tog*. Repeat from *to *, 32 sts.
4th dec. rnd: K1, *K2tog*. Repeat from *to*, 16 sts. When you reach the end of this round you will have one st left over; remove the marker and knit it together with the first st from the next round.
Final dec. rnd: *K2tog*. Repeat from * to *, 8 sts.

Finish off hat by pulling yarn through remaining sts, pulling yarn through to other side, knotting and weaving the end in. Block if absolutely necessary (and only if you used cotton or animal fibers... otherwise you won't have much luck with that).

Because of the striping in the yarn I used the pattern doesn't stand out that strongly, so you might want to take that into consideration if you knit this.

I also decreased quite quickly... if you want to decrease more slowly, feel free to add rounds following the pattern in between decrease rounds, although I'm not sure how that would affect the final product. This is my first posted pattern (although I've created several), so please take that into consideration as well. Thanks, and I'd love any feedback!

Feel free to use for personal private use, but do not distribute, copy, or sell this pattern without my permission.