How To Knit A Hat For A Baby With Straight Needles

This free hat pattern is called the blank slate hat because its a simple classic design that can be decorated and embellished to suit your taste and personality more on that below.

How to knit a hat for a baby with straight needles. This baby hat knitting pattern straight needles is perfect for beginners as it is knit flat and not in the round. These are simple hats with just a bit of elegant detail in several sizes. If you are learning how to knit baby knitting patterns are great to start with before you move on to more complicated patterns that include cables and other advanced techniques. The needle size determines how big the loops are in your hat and the wrong needles may lead to the hat being the wrong size.

On february 17 2016. You get to learn a new skill of knitting or purling stitches together in decreases and you get a cozy winter necessity. But i measure around my head from where i want the hat to sit on the back of my head and check every so often until it comes up to an inch or so below the crown. There is an in the round version available.

The hat is knit flat on straight needles and then seamed together with mattress stitch for an invisible join. This version is for straight needles. Many baby hat patterns require size 6 4mm needles. There are also patterns available for coordinating baby blankets.

Start with straight needles if you are just beginning to knit. How to knit a beanie on straight needles. If i use size 10 straight needles using worsted weight yarn and cast on 60 stitches would that fit a head size of 21 22 inch. If i wanted to make the hat longer hopefully i understanding this right i would on decrease row 5 k6 then k2 tog repeat across row next row a knit row then next row a purl then next row another purl then row 7.

A hat and scarf go together so well as a packaged deal so it seems like a logical next step from scarves. Circular needles are generally used by more advanced knitters.