🧶 STRIPED POINTED HAT - Tutorial, by The Woolcatcher on YouTube. 1 min 10 s.
- Video length
- 1 min 10 s
- Time to do it
- 6 to 8 hours
- Difficulty
- Medium
- Steps
- 9
What you need
Steps
Cast on 72 stitches with a stretchy cast-on. This keeps the brim able to stretch over your head without feeling tight.
Join in the round, checking that the cast-on edge is not twisted before you knit the first stitch. Place a marker at the start of the round.
Work K1, P1 ribbing and repeat it to the end of the round. Keep going in 1x1 ribbing for about 21 cm, roughly 56 rounds.
Change colors as you go to make stripes about 1.5 to 3.5 cm wide. Vary the widths if you want the striped look shown in the pattern.
Place 6 markers evenly, dividing the 72 stitches into 6 sections of 12 stitches each.
On the decrease round, work K2tog through the back loop after each marker. That gives 6 left-leaning decreases and leaves 66 stitches.
Knit the next round plain with no decreases. Repeat these two rounds until only 6 stitches remain on the needles.
Cut the yarn and leave a long tail. Thread the tail through the 6 remaining stitches with a tapestry needle, pull tight and secure it, then sew the top closed.
Hand-wash the hat gently in cool water and lay it flat to dry. This relaxes the stitches and smooths the ribbing.
Tips and common mistakes
Check the join before knitting the first round, because a twist here cannot be fixed later without ripping back.
Slip the markers from needle to needle rather than knitting them, so the decrease lines stay straight.
Measure the 21 cm of ribbing from the cast-on edge, not from the last color change.
Keep the K2tog through the back loop loose enough to slide easily, since tight decreases pucker the point.
Questions
How much yarn does the hat use?
The pattern calls for 2 skeins of Nova for a striped hat, or 1 skein if you knit it in a solid color. Buy the same dye lot if you want matching stripes.
How do I know when to start the decreases?
Start after about 21 cm of 1x1 ribbing, or roughly 56 rounds. Try the hat on first, since it should reach the top of your head before you shape the point.
Can I knit this on straight needles?
The pattern is written for knitting in the round on circular needles, so straight needles would need a seam at the back and a change to the decrease setup.
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