Knitting a Hat

I've been knitting away on my hat and it's just way too many stitches for that needle, so I asked a knitter on Etsy (MountainEagleCrafter) and she said she uses the 29" needles, not the 16" circular needles, which makes more sense to me. But I'll finish the hat I already started on these. I like the yarn texture and colors so far. I'm just doing the ribbing now so I should be finished soon.