I took a bit of a break yesterday to do something different. Not different different see, just different for me. And go ahead and chortle - you all have probably done dozens of these things - apiece!
Baby Hat I
Have you been here - Mossy Cottage - lately? Go and take a look at the post for Monday, January 31st. I’ll wait :)
This seems to me to be a worthy project and so I’m going to spend some time and yarn and try to contribute to it.
Why’s the hat special? Because I’ve never made a standard, in-the-round hat before. This is the first one and I think it’s just adorable. I used this pattern from Oooh Baby Knits (scroll down just a skosh) which was simple, direct and easy :) I cast on yesterday afternoon and, practically before I knew it, there was this little, tiny hat - suitable for a grapefruit…or a baby :) I was so tickled with it…
Baby Hat II
...that I immediately started another one which I will finish today. I’ve never knit things for kids before so the sizes seem odd to me - I expect mittens will be a real eye-opener, and socks as well :) Still, what the heck. It couldn’t hurt and whatever I can manage to get done might help.
Wouldn’t that be awesome?
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OH yeah! I love baby hats!! And that program looks great, well organized, too. Good luck! I am months behind in my own charity knitting, but I’m sure I can whip up a few hats. Thanks for the link.
Thank you for promoting the Dulaan project, Robbyn!!! It’s very exciting to see the word about the project start to spread out around the Net.
And thank you also for the hat pattern. I’ve made one pattern for Dulaan using a basic hat pattern from one of my books, and it looks awful, really horsey, so I’m looking forward to trying this one!
Laura - Yep, baby hats seem to be unendingly cute and are quick to make :) What’s not to like?
Ryan - My pleasure :) That pattern is so simple even I couldn’t screw it up. I’m sure you’ll have no problem with it!
baby items are always fun for me- i’m definitely ‘in’ for ryan and ct’s project too- well, i will be if i can ever wade through about a ton of work i’ve procrastinated about until it is now snapping at my heels and trying to bite me in the rear end-
it seems we are going to have our annual week of winter here in east texas- nothing beautiful and snowy and showy like some parts of the country, but quite drab and drizzly and far less dangerous- excellent weather for napping and reading (did you notice the word ‘working’ wasn’t included there?)-
stay happy-
Barb - Life’s too short for work :) Have the equivalent of dessert (napping and reading) first!
You’re probably reducing 6 stitches every 2 rounds at the top, right? For most yarns, that should work out. You may have tall stitches and you need to decrease faster. You can add more wedges.
Here’s how to figure it out.
Look up your stitch and row gauge.
Say the are 6 st/inch and 8 rows/inch.
The “height” of two rows is 2/row gauge = 2/8 = 0.25 inches. When you knit a round, the circle diameter increases twice that amount so 0.50”. (Note: I’m assuming the edge becomes a circle. That’s close to true if you have a lot of wedges.)
You need to circumference to increase about pi* 0.50 = 1.57 inches. That’s 1.57” / (6 st/inch) = 9.4 stitches.
You can round up or down. Because of some geometry issues, it’s advisable to round up and reduce faster than calculated based on a circle.
The “perfect” rate varies according to gauge ratio. For this case, the gauge ratio was 8 rows/ 6 stitches = 1.33. That’s not unusual. People often get 1.5 In that case reducing 8 stitches ever 2 rows works.
