The Viking Helmet: Crochet Pattern to Knit Pattern

I can think of almost nothing I'd rather do than knit. This isn't a joke. I'll stay up later than I mean to just to put one more row on a piece or I'll browse the internet for patterns on my lunch break. It's pretty serious, this relationship between knitting and me.
However, I have started cheating on knitting a little bit. I'm learning to crochet. (Don't tell my knitting needles...) I had to though! My dear friend Shannon is getting ready, any day now actually, to have a baby girl and when I found this pair of booties, I knew I had to learn to crochet, just to make them.

These above are a little better shaped than mine, shown below..

But I loved making them anyway. And I'm fairly certainly Shannon loved them too. They made their way into her maternity photo shoot! Lucky me. :)

So after surviving my first attempt at crocheting, I got gutsy and decided to try again, on this amazing pattern I found.

The pattern is available on Etsy here.

Well, after two or three or a hundred tries, I decided I was being too optimistic so early in my crocheting career and crocheting this hat wasn't going to happen.
Faithful knitting to the rescue. (Insert dramatic hero music here.)
This was my first attempt at converting a crochet pattern to a knit pattern. They aren't easily exchangeable, so I basically just applied the knit stitches I already know to create the look I wanted.

I am absurdly proud of the way it turned out.
I'm not sure how the band on the crochet pattern would've turned out, but ribbing is always a good band on a knit hat. And instead of crocheting popcorn, I used knit bobbles to create the rivets. I did end up crocheting the horns because those directions were easy enough to follow and it would've been harder to create a knit pattern for them. I used a decrease that I was already familiar with to create the crown.

All in all, my first try at knitting a crocheted piece was a success. While I should probably take away from this that knitting is my true talent and I should give up on crocheting, my mom would undoubtedly remind me that my first million or so attempts at knitting were complete failures, but I've just blocked them from my memory since getting better. I'm sure I have no idea what's she talking about. All of my knitting projects have been perfect since day one. :)