Experimental hat now off needles

I have been trying to figure out this hat since Jan. 2008. My latest attempt came out pretty well, and I certainly did my homework-- gauge samples, complex math, charting out the decreases. I did not fully understand the SSP stitch when I started my decreases, but I don't think it made much of a difference. The problem is the size-- it's too big to be a beanie, and too small to be a beret. It just doesn't know what it wants to be, and I can't decide if want to keep it (I don't have a hat, after all) or take it apart-- and if I take it apart, I'm not sure if I want to remake it in a smaller size as a beanie or go the beret route. My solution was to move on to a new project.