Easy Knitted Hats
Your First Hat on Circular Needles
A seamless first hat in three sizes, knit in the round in worsted yarn. Markers handle the crown shaping and a table gives the stitch count after every decrease round.
Easy Knitted Hats
First hats and the basics behind them: simple shapes knit flat or in the round, yarn choices, and the mistakes worth avoiding.
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Easy Knitted Hats
Easy Flat-Knit Hat on Straight Needles (Seamed)
A beginner hat knit back and forth on two straight needles, then sewn up the back. Ribbed brim, stockinette body and a crown shaped row by row with every stitch count given.
Easy Knitted Hats
Garter Stitch Hat: Knit Every Row, Seam, Gather
A hat made from one flat rectangle of knit stitches, seamed up the side and gathered at the top. Three sizes, no purling and no circular needles.
Easy Knitted Hats
10 Common Hat-Knitting Mistakes (and How to Fix Them)
Hats that turn out too big, twisted joins, tight cast-ons and lumpy crowns all have simple causes. Here are ten common hat-knitting mistakes and a practical fix for each.
Easy Knitted Hats
The Best Yarn for Knitted Hats: Fiber, Weight and Feel
Fiber, weight and construction decide how a hat fits, feels and wears. Here is how wool, superwash, acrylic and cotton compare, and which thickness suits which hat.
Easy Knitted Hats
How to Knit a Hat: A Beginner’s Roadmap
Every knitted hat is a brim, a body and a crown. This roadmap explains the three stages, the flat and in-the-round routes, and the few skills a first hat needs.