Christmas Hat

One of my Christmas gifts was a watch-cap-style hat knitted for me by my daughter:

 It's a terrific color and a gorgeous stitch pattern.  I just called my daughter at work to find out what pattern she used, and it is the Fern Glade hat from Knitty by Megan Marshall.
http://knitty.com/ISSUEwinter08/PATTfernglade.php

The photo below is a close-up of the stitch pattern, though the color is really like the picture above.

I forgot to ask about the yarn so I'll have to add that later.

Christmas must be more tiring than I thought because Boxing Day ended up being Nap Day.  After some clean-up chores today, I hope to finish up the aqua pullover ribbing and knit the sleeves on the machine.