Learn to Knit: My First Hat
Learn the basics of knitting in the round! Create a cute hat as you unlock an inspiring new world of skills and potential projects.
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Learn the basics of knitting in the round! Create a cute hat as you unlock an inspiring new world of skills and potential projects.
Introduction
Meet author and longtime knitter Caddy Melville Ledbetter and begin your hat-knitting adventure with an overview of yarn types and the tools you’ll need to make a fun and versatile hat for an adult or child.
Reading the Pattern
Caddy walks you through the written pattern, explaining how to determine which instructions to follow for the size of hat you want to make. You’ll also learn about the stitch abbreviations and how to make the two types of decreases you’ll use.
Knitting a Swatch
Learn the popular long-tail cast-on to get stitches on your needles, then review the knit and purl stitches as you create a gauge swatch for your hat. This little square of fabric will tell you how many stitches per inch you knit (your gauge) so you can be sure that your hat will be the size you want!
The Body of the Hat
Get started knitting your hat by joining your cast-on stitches to create a circle. Caddy shows how to avoid twisting your stitches, then how to get started on your first purl round. You’ll see how to keep track of where you are using a marker and by counting rows.
Avoiding & Fixing Mistakes
Made a mistake? No worries! Caddy will show you how to find your place in your knitting if you set it down, how to avoid common mistakes and how to fix them. Learn how to fix split stitches, pick up dropped stitches, knit back to mistakes or rip back to previous rows. If a dropped stitch is really far back, you’ll be able to hide it with Caddy’s helpful tips!
Finishing the Hat
You’re approaching the finish line! Caddy shows you how to begin decreasing for the crown of your hat and how to switch to double-pointed needles when the hat gets too small for your circulars. You’ll learn how to close up the last few stitches and weave in your yarn tails. Want to add earflaps or cinch up your hat for extra flair? Caddy shows you how!
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