What Was I Thinking?

I had some time yesterday morning, so I took a look at the hat and mittens I want to finish up this week. I had already decided that the hat was long enough, and all I needed to do was the decreasing at the top. So I went ahead and finished it up, and here it is:
It came out ok, but for some reason I screwed around with the pattern. I made the brim shorter than called for, and then I ended up making the body of the hat shorter as well. It will fit a child, but still - what was I thinking? I really should just stick to the pattern or find another one if I don't like the one I'm using! I actually don't like the way this pattern handles the decreasing at the top, so I should stop using it, if I can remember.

Then I looked at the mittens. One problem with putting projects down is getting back into them when you pick them up again. So I counted stitches and measured what I had done to try to figure out what size I was making. The first pair should be straightforward. One mitten is already done, and it was easy to figure out what size I was making.

The other pair, however, caused me to ask yet again - what was I thinking? I started the first mitten on one long circular needle, which is fine, since I have a pattern that is written for 3 dps that I can translate to one long circ. The problem is that I seem to be using the number of stitches from a pattern that is written for 2 straight needles. So I am going to have to figure out how to put these 2 patterns together to make this mitten and then remember what I did to make the second one. I think I will tackle that problem over the weekend when I have time to think!