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Knitting Patterns can be found on Etsy, Lovecrafts and Ravelry
Morning Star
There are five adult sizes in the knitting pattern for this hat. It's knit with DK/3 weight yarn and features a tubular cast on, a Latvian braid and stranded colorwork.
Bold Morning Star
The knitting pattern for this hat offers four adult sizes. It can be knit in two or more colors using DK/3 weight yarn. Techniques include a tubular cast on and stranded colorwork.
Crossroads
This hat features a folded brim knit in 1x1 ribbing. Because of this, it can accommodate more head sizes. It's knit in DK/3 weight yarn and features a tubular cast on and stranded colorwork.
Little Horses
This is a hat for the horse enthusiast. It's knit in DK/3 weight yarn and begins with a tubular cast on followed by a Latvian braid. It can be knit in two or more colors.
Links to Knitting Techniques
Here you can find links to YouTube videos that demonstrate knitting techniques found in my knitting patterns.
Ladderback Jacquard
The Little Horses hat has areas where you will need to catch long floats. Ladderback jacquard, a technique adapted from machine knitting, can be used when knintig this hat. In the YouTube link above, Frank H. Jernigan or Phrancko offers a thorough and clear explanation on how to use this technique in your stranded colorwork knitting.
Catching Floats
Sometimes in stranded colorwork you need to catch floats. Suzanne Bryan shows how this is done in the YouTube link.
More Links to Knitting Techniques
Here you can find more links to YouTube videos that demonstrate knitting techniques found in my knitting patterns.
Jogless Join for Colorwork
As you may know, knitting in the round is actually knitting in a spiral so each new round creates a jog in the pattern. For many knitters that's fine. It helps identify the back of the hat, but other knitters would like the pattern to appear more seamless. Here you can find a video tutorial by Patty Lyons where she demonstrates how to create a jogless join in Fair Isle knitting.
Blocking Hats
You may be familiar with blocking. This is the final step of knitting a project and can be done several ways. Wet blocking is a method that not only rinses the yarn, but also evens out the stitches and allows wool to bloom. On the link above you can find a tutorial by Interweave Craft on wet blocking. When it comes to the drying stage of blocking a knit hat, you have several options. My favorite is using a canvas wig head (adult size 18 inches and not more than 20 inches). Others use bowls or balloons.
Join New Yarn
In stranded colorwork, you often have to join new strands of yarn. In the YouTube video link, Norman Schwarze of Nimble Needles shows ten different ways to join yarn. Method number five, the twist and weave yarn join, works great in stranded colorwork knitting.
More Techniques
Coming soon.