Knit Hat Patterns Without Double Pointed Needles
CATHERINE on November 07 2017.
Knit hat patterns without double pointed needles. Heres a free knit hat pattern from Berroco that creates so much texture using a broken rib stitch. Knit until the total length is 20 cm 21 rounds. While knitting the Barley Hat you will learn to knit in the round on circular and double pointed needles and how to decrease.
Knit whatever side doesnt have the working yarn attached to it. K4 k2tog 12 times60 sts. The hat is worked bottom-up in the round on small circumference circular needles at first and then decreases at the top are worked on double-pointed needles.
Half the stitches on one needle half the stitches on the other. A hat and scarf go together so well as a packaged deal so it seems like a logical next step from scarves. Every other round will have 12 fewer stitches.
I suggest doing ribbing for an inch or two to start the hat. On 4 5mm US 8 double-pointed needles cast on 100 stitches 25 stitches per needle. If you are knitting your way through The Simple Collection with us you have already completed or nearly completed your first scarf or blanket.
WS P2 K1 rep to the end of the row. In this case the pattern recommends you cast on with double pointed needles DPNs. Sized to fit an adult womensmens head.
Change to double-pointed needles when you no longer have sufficient stitches to fit around the circular needle. Ankers Hat is a simple hat constructed with segments of rib. Rep rows 1 and 2 until the piece measures 3 inches from the cast-on edge ending with a WS row.