What is a hat nib?

[untonuggan]

My grandmother is 92 and lives in Yorkshire, United Kingdom. She's knitted for me for years. Now that she's found out I knit (when she can't anymore due to arthritis) she has requested a hat. I got the request through my mother, so some of this information is second-hand.

Apparently, she wants a hat with a "nib."

I do not know exactly what a nib is, but that could be due to differences in age/location/dialect/etc. I was hoping someone here knew what a hat nib was. My mom thinks it might be some sort of brim, but I'm not sure. If you have suggestions of patterns on ravelry, that would be great too.

Thanks for any help!

Comments

[dragonfly]

Funny, it so happens I just made my mom a hat, and I forgot the little bobble on top, to my annoyance. So when I read your post, I immediately assumed that's what must be called a nib.

[untonuggan]

Do you usually make it out of an i-cord or what?

(Sorry for the belated reply, I had a migraine and was avoiding computer screens and then I was behind on entries.)

[dragonfly]

How would I-cord make a nib? Maybe wrapped in a coil?

The only nib I've made was of a bundle of four inch lengths of yarn folded in half and cinched around the middle with another short length. Then you attach the folded end to the hat with a few stitches and let the yarn ends all stick up.

But I bet there are a gazillion ways to do it.