Despite going quickly enough, this project isn't without its challenges. I haven't done a lot of colorwork yet and my previous successful project was with much heavier yarn that likely hid any tension problems better. I don't think my tension is horribly off, but this is a strange hat that calls for colorwork with sport weight yarn on US size 7 needles - for yarn that normally recommends US size 5. Since I'm a somewhat tight knitter I was hoping my gauge would be tighter, if anything, and in any case I don't have US 5 or 6 needle tips for my circulars (something that is in the process of being remedied with a KnitPicks order!).
The stitches do look a bit loose, but after dragging my feet for a bit and trying to decide what to do I decided to follow the pattern and hope for the best. Jared Flood is an accomplished designer and I'm going to trust that he had a plan. Maybe between the yarn floats in the back and the halo the yarn develops this will work out. It's good practice either way, but I do hope it works out to be wearable and not an embarrassing example of novice colorwork. Perhaps a nice soak and some careful blocking will help pretty it up a bit, too.
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