Beyond Basics: First Hat (knitting)
Beyond Basics: First Hat (knitting)
Cost: $70
Learn to work in the round and make your first hat!
Two 2-hour classes meeting weekly on same day of the week.
Skills needed: advanced beginner
the ability to knit and purl is required.
Skills learned:
- join to work in the round
- increasing and decreasing
- refresh your knowledge of casting on
- working in the round on circular and double points
Materials:
- Two skeins of Manos Del Uruguay Cardo or 140 yards of bulky-weight yarn. Choose two complementary colors for stripes or color blocking.
- Ring Marker
- US#10 (6 mm) 16” circular needle and double-pointed needles
- US#9 (5.5 mm) 16” circular needle
- Copy of Cardo Holiday Hat pattern
**Note: interchangeable needles are not appropriate for hats unless you have a hat-specific interchangeable set which includes shorter tips and cords to accommodate the small circumference of a hat.”
Craft: Knitting