Looking for real thick wool knitted hats..that are nice

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Seriously! Even Smartwool hats seem to be 50% acrylic now.

Mohair makes up 5% of this hat. But seems to give it a slightly fluffy quality which for bizarre reasons I like. For a very warm hat where I am not jogging but sweating very lightly over several hrs. outdoors further up in the mountains under very frigid temperatures, Smartwool is not quite something I'm interested in and then there's wind blowing hard in the wilderness with nightfall coming down. Alot of thin merino wool hats seem to be for shorter time activities in lighter winter temperatures. I do always wear a jacket with hood which has been handy for being out for 4-5 hrs. in a winter mountain wilderness region and several times there has been heavy snowfall when we've been snowshoeing. It's times like that being prepared with warm clothing always felt better.

Shouldn't have abandoned knitting after my mid-teens. The knitter that used to be....was my mother who gave it up for lack of time. We'll see.....
Still, I'm actually appalled by the (inferior) quality of knit wool hats in stores. What happened to the tight knit real wool, ski knit hats with snowflakes and broad range of bright colours, designs?

I understand about the itch factor. Dearie can only wear acrylic hats because of that....he's mostly bald. On top of that, he does not want/have any real wool sweaters, socks. None. No interest in merino wool/smart wool. He still finds it sensitive to his skin.