This knit hat is what you might expect for <$3. It's not very high quality, but it's good enough. It exceeds my expectations. Made in China, shipped from China (at least for my order).

The color is a pleasant shade of brown (called coffee), at least as dark as pictured in the listing. The material is stretchy but not overly so. The material is also much heavier than you might expect, but the description is correct in saying that is can be used year round. I wouldn't have your baby wear it outdoors as a winter hat in a cold climate, or during the hottest part of summer, obviously. It seems like a medium weight or heavier cotton weave and there are two layers because of the way the hat is made.

The stitching seems adequate. Again, it's a low-quality item being manufactured on the cheap in China, so you get what you pay for - the stitching is not the strongest, and it may eventually fray or pull apart. Someone probably got paid less than $0.005 to run this through a sewing machine as fast as possible, so they didn't do a neat job with the ends of the stitching (you'll see when you receive it - I just snipped with a scissors). Any flaws are completely inside the hat. From the outside the hat looks nearly perfect, a common characteristic of Chinese-made goods before they are used.

I washed the hat gently with some new baby clothes with no detergent before putting it on the child. I didn't use a dryer. I might be wrong, but it seems to have pilled a tiny bit already. The tag, apparently meant to capitalize on some recent fashion trend, is pointless, and I wish it were not there, but it shouldn't cause a problem. It does wrap around to the inside of the hat.