Adventures in hat knitting.....Part 1

I had this novel idea of creating a slouchy hat to fit my big HAIR.  I perused Ravelry, and found an easy cabled pattern that I could knit mindlessly.  The name of the pattern is called Sand Bank.

Over the course of a few train rides to and from work, I was able to cast on, and complete 4 inches of ribbing.

This is perfect for me to be able to actually fold the hat, right?

So, today was a very cold day, and I decided to attempt to finish the hat, so that I can actually have something to wear on my head, and use the remaining yarn to start a matching scarf. The yarn is Miss Babs Yowsa Whatta Skein, and it has excellent yardage, which is a plus.  

So, I made a few modifications to the original pattern.  I went up a needle size in the ribbing portion, and I planned on working an extra pattern repeat, just to have a longer, slouchier hat.  This would theoretically make up for the bigness of my hair.

After I was halfway into the 3rd repeat of the pattern, I decided to try on the hat.

I'm flippin mad.  It is still small.  Ugh.

I feel like ripping it out and calculating to account for another set of cables.  Hopefully I can do that without throwing off the stitch count totally.  I'm so annoyed.  Can't you see it in my face. 

Ugh!