Beginner’s Guide for Knitting Hat

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 testsquare1.jpgOkay. Here is how to make the bottom part that looks like it has bars at the bottom. This part is more elastic than the rest, and its meant so your hat can sit comfortably. Start the first stitch with a ‘right’* stitch and then one ‘left’*. Remember to start the second row by connecting the ends so its circular (this is if you’re using a circular knit needle like mine, otherwise you will need to stitch it together after you are finished). If you would like your bars to have more distance in between then do two lefts instead of one. The bars are the ‘right’ stitch and the flat ones are the ‘left’. How many rows really depends on how you like it, but I did mine about 10 rounds.

To make the body part of the hat with the little heartsies, you will need another yarn color that gives a nice contrast to the base yarn color. I used medium blue, and it works perfectly well. Just remember to pick the yarn that has around the same thickness with the main color yarn.

In the rest of the hat we will only use ‘right’stitches. To start the next round, I made three stitches cream (base color) and just stitch in the blue yarn. So three stitches cream, one stitch blue. The amount of the cream determines the distance between the hearts, so again it depends on the design you desired. If you want more hearts, then reduce the amount of the cream stitches, and vice versa. Each of one blue stitch will create a heart. This is because the braid shapes like a heart, therefore this is actually a very simple design. When stitching in the blue yarn, no need to knot and just knit normal, leaving a short tail that you can secure later.


In the next round, I create a whole round of only cream stitches. After that, instead of inserting the blue after the third cream stitch, I added it in after the fifth one so the hearts are not aligned, but the hearts in the next row will be placed in the spaces between the hearts from the previous row. In short, I repeated the same steps over and over again until I reach the height I wanted. If you tried it on and it fits perfectly, then add another one or two row because when you tie it up in the end, it will rather move up and be a tad shorter.

To end the hat, pick up a thinner yarn and insert it to a needle (a similar color with the base color preferred). Insert it through the loops one by one by taking it out from the knitting needle and then inserting the thin thread through the loop. Pull through and secure the ends to the inside part of the hat. I used a cotton yarn for mine since its much firmer than wool so it holds better. Also, with thinner yarn the hole in the end became smaller. Now secure the ends from the inside with a tapestry needle, add a pompom on top and you’re done! 🙂 Kindly comment below if you have any questions and I will get back to you as soon as I can. Happy knitting!

*right and left stitches are German terms, right stitch in English is knit stitch and left stitch is purl stitch.


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