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

[hobbitbabe]

The berets that we had as part of our uniform in Brownies and Guides (Canada) had a little piece sticking up like the stem of an apple.

I don't know how to make them. The Guide hats were probably felted. Maybe if instead of casting off when you had a few stitches left, you kept going for another inch or two? Or you could make an icord thing and sew it on, probably your mother's wouldn't take such hard use as we had in Brownies, with the boys pulling them off and all.

[untonuggan]

Interesting. I think I remember those, although in the US I never got the hat (maybe my mom just didn't buy it for me?).

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