With the onset of cold weather, the child's wardrobe is replenished with hats, but it is not at all necessary to purchase them in the store. You can knit a headdress yourself, spending a couple of evenings on it, and the cost of the thing will be much lower than the purchased one, because one ball of yarn is enough to make it.
There are three types of knitting needles: plain, circular and hosiery. When working on the first two, the canvas will come out straight, so the headpiece will have a seam in the back. Knitting needles of the third type allow you to avoid the presence of an ugly seam and make the thing absolutely symmetrical, which is very convenient when the child puts it on himself. Since a baby hat is a small product, any one will do for work, however, in the process of knitting on hosiery, it will be possible to try it on.
The calculation of the loops begins with knitting a sample, performed with the same pattern as the main fabric. The simplest option is a single or double elastic, which is a uniform alternation of the front and back loops. If the set is carried out on stocking needles, then the number of loops should be a multiple of 2 or 4, depending on the type of elastic.
Knit knitting is also suitable for making a baby hat, since yarn is a rather elastic material that stretches regardless of the type of pattern.
Having typed about 30 loops and knitted 10 rows, you should measure the width of the sample, for which you need to take a ruler or tailor's centimeter and spread the canvas on them. Do not stretch it too much, just smooth it slightly with your palm. The number of loops minus the edge ones is divided by the resulting size, and the final figure will indicate how many loops fit in one centimeter. Next, with a tailor's centimeter, you need to measure the circumference of the child's head and calculate the number of loops that should be dialed to knit a baby hat.
To knit children's clothes, you need to buy only the appropriate yarn, since even with a large percentage of wool to acrylic, it does not prick.
The lapel of the headdress is not knitted if it is made with a tourniquet or other thick pattern. A simple elastic will look better when combined with a lapel. Having knitted a 3-4 cm hat, one row, instead of an elastic band, is knitted with purl loops - they form a fold of the future product. Next, the hat is knitted with the selected pattern. If the thread is torn or the item is knitted from several balls of yarn of different colors, then the knots connecting them should be left on the wrong side.
There are several ways to finish knitting. The first of these is gradually decreasing. Not reaching 2 centimeters to the crown, each 6th loop is knitted together with the previous one, while the purl row is performed without subtraction. Next, every 5th, 4th, 3rd, 2nd loop is removed in the same way. Having knitted the last row and without going over to the purl, the thread is cut by 20 cm if the canvas is flat, and by 10 cm if it is circular. Next, this thread is sequentially pulled with a knitting needle or crochet through each loop, then pulled together and tied, after which the edges of the part are sewn with it. On a circular fabric, the thread is fixed on the inside of the product and cut off.
The second method is easier, when it is performed, every 2nd loop is immediately reduced. This is done twice, after which the crown is closed with the above method. The third method does not require subtractions: the loops of the last row are closed, forming an edge. Having turned the product inside out, the edge is sewn with a thread of yarn, after which the cap is turned out again to the front side. Having introduced another thread into the extreme loops, it is pulled together and tied into a knot, after which a narrow pompom is sewn to the crown of a small number of threads. If the latter method is chosen, then the length of the product should be slightly increased.
