Been knitting a bunch lately

I finished those fingerless mitts a while ago -- they came out pretty nicely! A couple things I'd do differently if I do them again (there's some messed up rows you can see in the picture) and I might line them with fabric eventually -- I didn't want to cut the yarn I was using to make the darker stripes bordering the fishtail lace panel, so the yarn is kinda looped across like an eleven stitch section all the way up. I can see myself snagging it with a finger eventually, but the thought of cutting the yarn and weaving in the ends over and over again for a two stitch border was . . . unappealing.

( fishtail mitts )

I am currently knitting up a circle scarf in bamboo stitch (which is fun! Very simple, but I like the look) with seed stitch borders, and am thinking of knitting a matching hat -- I have never attempted a hat before.

Is it easy to keep track of the decreases that shape the crown? It must be, right? Hats are usually like, the second or third sort of thing people knit, after scarves.