This is WAY better for my Iris Hat!

I am beginning to think I should have started top down instead of bottom up. I have ZERO clue on how to gauge when to do decreases and not run out of yarn. And I have such little bitty bit of previous hat left.
I think I am just going to knit until it’s almost gone and then Kitchener it closed. It would be a quasi Pussy Hat ala the late 2010s. It should then make a decent adult sized hat right? I really should know better by now, lol.
Happy Knitting!!
My favorite pattern on a bind off on the cuff up hat (long way to say crown) says to knit until it’s about 9.45 inches. Mine is 2X2 rib so you would just count the stitches instead of knitting the two knit or purl stitches together (ie: P2 two tog, knit 2 repeat would be knit 2 tog, K 2 repeat on your stockinette stitch)
work one round of K2, purl 2tog (you may need to go to 4 double pointed needles, I like the flexiflips),
work in K2, p1 for 1.18 inches, (on stockinette it would just be knit for 1.18 inches
work one round of K2 tog, pl
work in k1, p1 for 1.18 inches (again for stockinette just knit for 1.18 inches)
K2 tog until 7 stitches remain (sometimes I have one less or one more), cut yarn and leaving approximately 7 1/2 inches as a tail and using a needle draw through the remaining stitches and pull tight, I usually pull it into the inside of the hat and weaving it in using a duplicate stitch to hold.
Hope this is helpful.