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Panic Button Hat

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Tried using up thick yarns I was running out of to make a hat...waste not, right?  Started with grey, not much, so the idea was a border/bit of decoration.  Then rust, a nice color, could add a circle of grey at the top to bookend it.  Then ran out of rust.  Wait, didn't I have more?  Scramble, dig, make a mess, ugh!  OK, fine, no more rust, stick with the plan--finish with grey.  Ack!  No grey at all? Scramble, dig, make a mess....  Oh!  :D Some of the rust.  Nope, not the same rust.  Sigh.  Plan C.  Another color, same thickness--gold?  No, too bright.  Forest green?  No, too dark.  Dig, dig, dig.  Ah, a more subtle orange.  Finish with....ran out?  What?!  Dig, dig, dig.  Was sure I....  Crap.  Where was that...  Fume.  Ah,  a scrap.  Not much, but gets me closer...  Dig, dig, dig.  What's this?  Part of a failed started project--in the right orange!  *Undo failed project.  Lauds self for not throwing it out.*  Closer, but not enough.  Plan Q?  Mumble, mumble, half-hearted d