Oh please can I have the patern for that hate minus the colors?
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Oh please can I have the patern for that hate minus the colors?
Brandi,
Thanks for the compliment.
There are lots of free hat patterns available on the web. A couple of places to look are:
http://www.woolworks.org/
http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEwinter05/index.html
Knitty also has a forum where you might get helpful tips.
I buy lots of books and magazines, and then use the patterns for inspiration and to create my own. Hats are a piece of cake to create. Measure the circumference of the head, subtract 10-15% (depending on how snug you want the hat) and use your gauge swatch to determine the number of stitches for the brim.
You’ll get the details on this in Ann Budd’s Grand Plan book which is excellent for basic hat patterns that you can use with any gauge yarn. You could get the hat patterns only by finding the original article in a back issue of Interweave Knits.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/193...Fencoding=UTF8
My dad’s hat probably came from one of Jil Eaton’s Wee Knits book, but was re-sized to an adult so the pattern is only chickenscratches.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/se...380959-3228033
If you want colorful hat ideas, also check the books from Mags Kandis at Mission Falls:
http://www.missionfalls.com/patterns.php
Have fun and let the creative spirit soar.
LionBrand Yarn also has a bunch of free patterns. As long as you understand gauge, you can resize almost any hat pattern to fit the wearer's head.
http://www.lionbrand.com/cgi-bin/patternFinder.fcgi
Thanks! What guage did you use for your dad's hat and how many stiches did you cast on?
Brandi, knit a swatch with your yarn of choice and do the math. Everybody's head is a different size, yarn comes in different weights and everyone knits at a different tension.
http://knitty.com/ISSUEspring03/FEATswatchout.html
You can find more info and ask lots of questions in the forum at www.knitty.com.
I am all over this! Thank you again.
Huh?? The only gauge I understand is wire gauge for amperage loading. Yarn gauge is much too technical for my pea brain. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by SadieKate
Do I have the book for you! You can even watch DIY Network on 3/2 and learn all about it.;)
http://www.interweave.com/knit/books/wire.asp
SK
PS - gauge in knitting is the stitches per inch you achieve with a certain weight yarn (or wire:)) and needle size.
That is amazing. Knitting with wire. Amazing and strangely appealing.
I learned to knit when I was an exchange student in Lima, Peru, in 1977. I learned to knit in Spanish. I made some beautiful baby clothes. I never learned how to do it in English, and now my hands don't remember how to do it, either! That website is enticing...pick up the knitting again...? :p L.
Gauge is a function of yarn weight and needle size expressed in stitches per inch. Hmmm, that's pretty technical and all this time I thought knitting was too girlie-girl for me. Geez, was I ever wrong! :o Hope you ladies can forgive me.
Are you sure you aren't getting stitches confused with keeping people in stitches? Ya' know, laughter? You are really good at that. Stitches per joke, funny comeback, etc.
I know a jewelry maker who used to knit with very thin gauge wire, I have a pair of earrings made by her.
I've never had the patience for knitting, I was more of a crochet kind of girl.
Wow! Is this a sign that pkq is returning to good health or hitting the "treatment" a bit too hard?:DQuote:
Originally Posted by pkq
Returning to health. The doctor said to not use my "treatment." Boy, she had nerve! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by SadieKate
And, durn, if she wasn't proven right! ;)
Glad to hear the good news.
Just watched the episode and they have a non-girly girl version
No needles, just your garage tools - an allen wrench, a drawplate and a pair of pliers. No nail polish required.:D
http://www.diynetwork.com/diy/na_kni...177158,00.html