Hiya guys! Happy Sunday!
I thought I would do this week’s post
on knitting woolly hats – the equipment I use and some photographs of hats I’ve
made.
Since making my fave red bobble hat, I’ve
had loads of pals saying that they loved it! And they were asking me if I could
make them one, which is basically what I have been doing in my spare time this week!
Unfortunately, I forgot to take
photos of the hats I’ve given away, but I do have the ones I’ve made for myself
and family that I can show you.
So, basically all I really use to
make the hat is a 36-peg round knitting loom with the hook, and the needle to
finish off the hat…and wool of course!
I bought my loom in a quirky little
store in town. The pack came with instructions on how to make a hat. I followed
the instructions for my very first hat, but I didn’t really like the way the
hat turned out, as the brim sort of curled up - not sure if it was because of
the wool I was using or not. So I searched YouTube to find another way of making
a hat.
I found a few videos on how to do
different styles and patterns, and I have put the links below so you can watch
them for full instructions.
Anyway, these are three hats that I’ve
made:
Loom knit hat #1
Red bobble hat: this is actually the
easiest one to make, because it only takes a few hours to do! Super easy! I
also think it looks the nicest on, but that might just be me.
Close up of bobble
Detail of
stitches
Loom knit hat #2
Front Back
Dark blue slouch beanie: this one
took a wee while, probably the longest of the three, mainly because you have to
do a lot of swapping stiches on pegs and purl stiches. (I can’t explain what a
purl stich is because I’m still a beginner and don’t really know the terms and
stitches yet…but you can find out how to do it in the second video in list of
links at the bottom of the post.)
I was using the wrong size of loom
for this hat. An odd number of pegs was needed to create the knitted detail, so
it didn’t turn out exactly like the video…I ended up with a different kind of
stitch!
Detail of
stitches
Loom knit hat #3
Mustard yellow beanie: this one took
a while to make too, though just a wee bit faster that the blue one! For this
one I didn’t join the brim to the hat, so it can be folded up, or just left
down. I just used knit stitches and purl stitches to create the detail of the
hat. It is quite similar to the detail in the first hat, but this one you could
probably wear either this way or inside out.
Detail of
stitches
So that’s basically what I’ve been
trying to master this week – trying different knits on the round loom. I still have a long way to go, but I will
keep trying and hopefully will learn new stitches and maybe use the circular
knitting needles (two small knitting needles that are connected by a wire/string
or plastic tube) to make a hat!
It’s a good feeling when you see the
end result of something you’ve spent time to make! Haha.
Anyway, thank you so much for reading
my post! I will catch up with you all next Sunday!
Have a fab week and take care guys! Xxx
Youtube video sources:
Knitting an adult hat on round loom – start to finish by starnstv
How to loom knit a slouchy beanie hat (DIY tutorial) by Tuteate
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