Helmet Style Baby Hat

Last month I made this gender-neutral baby helmet (hat) for a baby shower:





It's a slightly modified pattern, which you can find here or within my ravelry.com profile here.
(I bound off with the contrasting cream color and added the pompom. I probably put pompoms on too many things...I also made a very simple braided cord that I folded in half and held together with an overhand knot at the bottom. I passed the braid through near the bottom of the little ear flaps before I knotted the end. It's kind of a loopy-cordy thing.)