Jill

Amii, your revisions are spot on for ignoring the k5 on row 1 of the Decrease and using the k9 (11) 13 to have even sections on the decrease. The k5 in the original pattern makes for an awkward division of the stitches. Thank you for that tip!

Amii

It’s a lovely hat but I had to keep rewriting the pattern. Perhaps it’s just me. I had to use two sets of circulars or you can shift to DPNs. Once you start decreasing I changed the pattern by skipping the knit 5 on row 1 and changed the number of knit stitches between decreases to 9 (11) 13 in order to place the decreases equally. The leaves are worked one at a time and the beginning is unclear as well but flows well after that.