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How to KNIT A HAT for Beginners (step by step tutorial)
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welcome to the blank slate hat pattern
tutorial this is a simple and classic
hat pattern that knits up super quick
with less than one ball of super chunky
yarn this hat is for beginners who can
knit purl and cast on
if you've knit a scarf and you're
looking for a new challenge then this is
it quick note about construction this
hat is knit flat and then seamed
together at the end what you'll learn in
this tutorial I'll show you how to knit
this hat from beginning to end we'll go
through how to increase with a kfb how
to knit a gradual decrease and how to
seam with mattress stitch for an
invisible joint I'll also show you three
ways to jazz up this hat so that it's no
longer a blank slate but a really unique
hat that you can customize to suit your
taste and personality sometimes I'll
point you to other tutorials that I've
made instead of going through the whole
technique in detail
this makes the tutorial more concise
I've made video chapters with time
stamps so you can skip around really
easily so download the pattern in the
description and let's get into it
I'm using one ball of Ricoh design
essentials super chunky in the color 23
this is a 50% wool 50% acrylic blend
which is pretty soft and affordable I'm
also using a pair of 10 millimeter
bamboo needles for reference the gauge
for this pattern is 11 stitches and 15
rows equals 4 inches or 10 centimeters
in stockinette stitch I'll link all
these materials in the description
notions include a tapestry needle a
ruler or tape measure and some split
ring stitch markers for seaming which is
optional you'll also need some scrap
cardboard from making the pom-pom an old
notebook or even some cards if you're
not too sentimental would work just fine
oh you'll also need a pair of sharp
scissors
[Music]
all right so now we are going to cast on
so I kind of assumed that you know how
to work a long tail cast on if not you
can click on this video up top which
I'll also link down in the description
but we'll just do a quick overview so
I've left a nice long tail of yarn here
this is our long tail and then I've made
a slip knot and placed it onto my needle
the yarn tail is in the front of my work
ok this bunch here is in the front and
in the back is the yarn that's attached
to my ball of yarn okay so now I'm going
to take my left hand and just grab the
yarn ok and then I'm going to use my
thumb and my index finger to kind of
push the yarn apart all right and move
it around alright make a little diamond
shape and then I'm going to use my nyl
to touch my thumb go into the loop right
turn my hand go into the second loop and
then back over this loop on my thumb and
then pull down
alright so that's my first cast on
stitch and I'm just going to keep on
going alright casting on until I have 49
stitches
alright so again the assumption is you
know how to do this you can click on
this video on the upper right hand
corner or down in the description that
will give you a really detailed
step-by-step overview of the long tail
cast on right now I'm casting on with
the traditional method of the long tail
cast on and I've also linked down below
a sum method for the long tail these are
two methods to get you this lovely cast
on that you see here all right so I'm
just casting on until I get 49 stitches
on my needle
[Music]
so now I've got 49 stitches on my needle
lovely and now we're gonna start
knitting if you take a look at your
pattern you'll see that Row 1 in
brackets WS WS stands for wrong side and
then it goes knit 1 purl 1 repeat to
last stitch knit 1 okay now if you're
wondering why is the first row the wrong
side the reason is this
okay so when we knit onto our longtail
cast on you can see that the ridge here
right that our longtail has left is kind
of like a purl bump you know a little
bit and if you turn your needle over the
other side of your longtail cast on it's
a flatter Ridge so basically we want our
hat to sit on this side of our longtail
cast on right I don't really want this
side to be the right side right because
it looks sort of I don't know bumpy I'm
not crazy about this side okay so that's
why the first row that we work on this
side is going to be our wrong side okay
it'll make a little bit more sense as we
go along all right so let's get into it
our first stitch is the knit one okay so
let's do that well knit one okay and
then we're going to purl one so what
we're knitting right now is the one by
one rib okay or the knit one purl one
rib that makes up the hatch okay so I've
just done a knit one and also a purl one
and now we're gonna repeat from asterix
to last stitch so repeat from Astrix
just means we're going to repeat the
instructions between the asterisks which
is a knit one alright and a purl one so
we're just gonna repeat that repeat knit
one purl one knit one purl one until we
get to the last stitch on our left
needle at which point we are going to
knit one
alright so work this first row with me
doing a knit one purl one across your
whole row
here's my second to last stitch I'm
gonna do a purl and here is my last
stitch and I'm going to knit this guy
right here all right perfect
cool so I've just completed my Row one
it's a really long row and now I'm gonna
turn my needle over and we're gonna work
Row 2
alright so Row 2 this is our right side
and you can see that nice kind of flat
Ridge right there on our long tail cast
on this is going to be the right side of
our hat okay so let's get on to Row 2
Row 2 we're going to purl one so I'm
gonna bring my needle from the top to
the bottom of the stitch my yarn is in
the front and I'm going to purl into
that first stitch there we go there's
our first stitch which is a purl stitch
alright and now we've got the asterisks
knit 1 purl 1 repeat from asterisks to
end of row ok so that means we're going
to knit 1 okay and then we're going to
purl 1 and we're gonna repeat that knit
one purl one configuration two until we
get to the end of our row ok so that's
pretty much all there is to it pretty
easy right we've just did a purl one now
I'm going to do a knit one and a purl
one ok so here's a really easy way to do
row two that doesn't involve you
chanting knit 1 purl 1 ok cuz that's
pretty boring ok so here's a way you can
do Row 2 really easily just take a look
at the
which that is on your left needle okay
so this next stitch on my left needle is
a knit stitch and the stitch after it
this guy right here is a purl stitch and
I can tell because the knit stitch looks
like a little v-shape and a purl stitch
looks like a little bump so right after
that this third stitch here this is a
knit stitch because it's got a little
flat v-shape and the stitch right after
it this guy right here is a purl stitch
because of that little bump right so
take a look at these four stitches you
can tell pretty quickly this is a knit
stitch this is a purl stitch this is a
knit stitch this is a purl stitch so
what we would do is if you see a knit
stitch you would knit into it okay so
this stitch is a knit stitch so I'm
going to knit into it there we go the
stitch right after it is a purl stitch
so I'm going to bring my yarn up front
and purl into that guy right the stitch
right after is a knit stitch so we're
going to knit into it okay and the
stitch right after is a purl stitch so
bring the yarn up front and purl into
that stitch okay so that's pretty much
all you need to do for Row two and this
little tip that I've just given you is
going to come in handy when we do the
rest of our rib just remember the tip
that you're going to knit into the knits
and purl into the pearls okay so that
way you don't need to remember knit one
purl one knit one purl one
as you work Row two got just two
stitches left on my left needle so I'm
going to knit that and here's my last
stitch and I'm gonna purl it cool so I
have just completed my first two rows
the wrong side and the right side and
now I'm back on to the wrong side okay
so let's take a look at our pattern it
says repeat rows 1 2 2 until peace
measures 3 inches and having worked a
wrote one okay so all this means is
we're going to go right back to the
beginning and work Row 1 again okay so
we're going to alternate between world 1
and row 2 until our work measures
three inches measured from the cast on
edge up okay now this doesn't have to be
as complicated as you might think it is
okay because rows one and rows to follow
this basic principle knit the knits and
purl the pearls if you remember this
then you are good for this 1x1 rib
all that means is that you are going to
knit the knits and purl the pearls okay
so continue rows 1 and rows 2 or just
continue knitting the knits and purling
the pearls until your piece measures 3
inches this slightly over 3 inches but
that's okay all right so our pattern
says that we need to end having worked
Row 1 that means that our last row
should be Row 1 and our next row or this
row should be Row 2 Row 2 as a right
side and if we take a look at our cast
on ends you can see that this is the
right side of our longtail cast on this
side is the wrong side okay you can see
that little pearl edge okay so we want
to work our next row on the right side
and that is correct that means that now
we're ready to work the increase row
[Music]
alright so now we're ready to work our
increase row so it starts by doing a
knit one cool easy enough and then we're
gonna do what's called a kfb now kfb
scans for knit through the front and
back loop this is an increased stitch so
we're gonna increase by one stitch
alright so it goes like this we're going
to knit into this next stitch but we're
not gonna drop the stitch off okay
instead we're going to leave the stitch
on our needle and then we're gonna knit
into the back of this stitch so here we
go I'm just going to knit into the back
of it and you can kind of see there you
go you can kind of see that we're now
into the back of the stitch I push my
needle in I'm gonna wrap my needle with
the yarn and then pull out a second
stitch and then drop it off the needle
now you can see that I have increased by
one stitch right okay so let's do that
again I'll just drop the yarn off put it
back onto the needle and now we've got
one stitch one knit stitch and now we're
gonna work our kfb into this guy so here
we go we'll knit okay and instead of
dropping this stitch off the needle
we're going to continue to knit into the
back of the stitch so here we go you can
see I'm pushing it into the back of that
same stitch here's another view alright
and then we're gonna use our yarn to
wrap it around to the right needle and
pull that yarn through thereby creating
a second stitch okay so this is a kfb
okay let's move on so our increase row
we're just going to knit to the end of
the row and in brackets 50 stitches so
we've increased one stitch through our
kfb and that's why our stitch count has
gone from 49 all the way to 50 so
continue knitting till you get to the
end of the row and that will complete
your increase row
[Music]
alright so row 1 wrong side we're going
to purl all of the stitches okay that's
easy enough we're on the wrong side of
our hat and that's why we are purling
all of our stitches on the right side of
our hat we're going to knit all of our
stitches so I'm gonna talk a little bit
more about that once we finish this row
but for now we're going to purl all of
these stitches and there we go
alright cool so that was my Row one of
stockinette stitch now I'm going to turn
my needle over and now I'm on row two
which is also the right side of my hat
so Row 2 is even more simple than Row 1
Row 2 is just knitting all of the
stitches cool so now I'm just going to
knit all of my stitches pretty awesome
since we're doing such a simple row I'm
going to move on into the instruction
and we'll just talk through them so the
next part of our instruction says repeat
rows 1 to 2 until peace measures 6
inches from cast on edge so instead of
keeping track of Row 1 and Row 2 and are
you knitting or purling
just remember to knit the knits and purl
the pearls
it's familiar right so if you take a
look at this row you'll see that all the
stitches are knit stitches so we would
knit into them when you flip the work
over you'll see that these stitches are
all pearls so you would purl all the
purl stitches okay so that's an easy way
to remember how to knit stockinette
stitch knit the knit stitches and purl
the purl stitches that way you won't
even need to look at your pattern so
knit stockinette stitch until your whole
piece measures six inches
[Music]
all right so our real one we should be
on the right side of her work so that
would be the knit side here and not the
purl side here okay so let's get started
all right so for Row one we're going to
knit three alright so here we go oops
it's two three one two and three and
then we're going to do a k2tog which
stands for a knit two together now this
is a decrease stitch so we're going to
knit into these two stitches and turn
these two stitches into one stitch I'm
gonna take my right needle and push it
into these two stitches okay you can see
there's two stitches here then I'll use
my working yarn wrap it around my needle
and pull that through and then just drop
it off the needle so now those two
stitches which you can see right here
right these two stitches have now turned
into one stitch okay so that's our
decrease stitch a knit two together
alright so now our pattern says that
we're going to repeat from the asterisks
right so the instructions between the
asterisks is what we repeat so let's do
it again we're gonna do a knit three so
one two and three
cool and now we're gonna do a knit two
together so here we go here's our next
two stitches and I'm just going to push
my needle into both stitches alright and
then I'm going to wrap my yarn around it
pull it through and off and that is our
knit two together right so two stitches
have now become one and we've just
decreased okay so we would just work
this across the whole row doing a knit
three and a knit two together just like
that okay alright so work this repeat
across the rest of the row and by the
time you get to the end of the row you
will have 40 stitches remaining okay so
that's from all of the decreases alright
so now I'm on my last repeat and doing
my last
knit three here we go and then three and
my last two stitches are gonna be a knit
two perfect so there we go now I've
completed in Row one of my decrease row
and if I count up all these stitches I
should have 40 stitches okay so now
we're gonna move on to Row 2 Row 2 of
our decrease row says that we need to
purl all of our stitches and it says Row
2 and all even rows purl all stitches
now what that means is that from now
until the end of our hat every time we
get to the wrong side row or the purl
side of our hat we're just gonna purl
all of the stitches all the decreasing
happens on the right side of our hat
once we get to the wrong side or the
purl side we're just gonna purl
everything okay so no decreasing happens
on the purl side of our hat so for the
rest of the decrease rows I'm not going
to go over the even rows which would be
the wrong side because we're just
purling for those rows okay we'll just
go over the rows where we have actual
decreases taking place and there's my
last purl stitch great so now I'm back
on the right side of my work and ready
to work Row 3 alright so Row 3 is pretty
similar to Row 1 and it goes like this
we're going to knit two okay here we go
knit two and then we're gonna knit two
together okay so here we go here's my
two stitches on my left needle and I'll
just push my needle into those two
stitches as if they were one and then
just wrap my yarn around it and pull
through and now those two stitches have
become one stitch alright and we would
just repeat that okay knit two
there we go and knit two together
okay so push the needle into these two
stitches and just wrap my yarn around
and drop it off the needle okay so that
is the repeat for Row three knit two
knit two together repeat to the end of
the row and by the time you get to the
end of the row you will have 30 stitches
okay here we go
perfect so now I've just completed Row
three and I'm gonna turn my work over
and I'm on the purl side once again so
I'm going to purl all of these stitches
so I finished my purl row and now we're
on to row five which is our right side
row alright so Row 5 goes like this
we're going to knit one okay easy enough
and then we're going to knit two
together so here's our two stitches and
we're just going to knit into them
alright thereby turning two into one
okay so that's that's all there is to
the repeat knit one knit two together
across the whole row by the time we get
to the end of our row we should have
twenty stitches so pretty easy right not
too scary so work Row 5 of the decrease
row and I'll meet you back here for row
7 because you know what to do for row
eight which is just purling all of your
stitches
[Music]
so now I've worked row 5 and I also
worked row 6 which was my purl row and
now we're on to row 7 which is the last
row in our decrease row how exciting
all right so row 7 is very simple it is
just knit 2 together so here we go
here's our knit 2 together
and then knit 2 together ok so another
knit 2 together ok and another knit 2
together yeah ok so it's basically a
knit 2 together across the whole row ok
so this is pretty much the last row of
our decrease we are so close to being
finished with our hatch ok so just work
a knit 2 together across the whole row
and then we'll be done
here we go woohoo so now I should have
10 stitches on my hat and I think I do 2
4 6 8 10 perfect so that means we can
move on to our next step which is
cutting our yarn and weaving it through
these 10 stitches
[Music]
the Knitting portion of our hat is
complete now we're gonna cut off the
yarn and weave it through these ten
stitches but we're not just gonna cut
this yarn anywhere okay the yarn is
going to be doing double duty to secure
these ten stitches and to seam our hat
okay so we need to measure out a length
of yarn that is enough to seam our hat
together and how that works is we're
just gonna take a length of yarn and
measure out the seam that we're gonna do
we're gonna measure out three times that
seam okay so let's see our seam is going
to be here right all the way down so
here's one length here's in like two
lengths and here is about three lengths
okay so there we go this should be
enough to seam closed or hat all right
so I'm just gonna leave a little bit
more yarn because I'm super paranoid
about not having enough yarn and just
cut off that length of yarn all right so
now I've got my tapestry needle here and
a tapestry needle just looks like a
giant sewing needle and I'm going to put
this yarn onto my tapestry needle and
now I'm just going to push this tapestry
needle through these ten stitches I just
want to secure these stitches I'm gonna
turn the needle around like this we're
gonna get the tapestry needle and I'm
just going to push the tapestry needle
into these ten stitches so I'm almost
kind of taking them off of the needle
with the tapestry needle if that makes
sense I'm just gonna pop it off like
this with our tapestry needle just push
it off okay on the tapestry needle and
off the needle on the tapestry needle
and off the needle okay so I'm just kind
of pulling them off by placing them on
the tapestry needle and here's our last
stitch great so I'm gonna put the needle
aside whoops get these stitches back
onto my tapestry needle and now I'm just
gonna pull the tapestry needle through
and you can see that now our ten
stitches are safely on this length of
yarn and we are ready to seam our hat
together
before we get to seaming I've got a
little bit of a hack for you so we've
got this yarn that we're going to seam
our hat up with now I'm gonna take the
needle off for a minute
now if the yarn that you used was a
single ply yarn meaning that it's just a
big fluffy kind of tube of yarn it
doesn't have an extra twist then your
yarn is actually going to be kind of
delicate and a little bit unstable so
what I like to do to strengthen my yarn
if it's a single ply yarn like this is
to add a little bit more twist and
strength into my yarn so by rolling it
between my hands I'm also felting it
which will give the yarn more strength
when we're seaming so I'll do this
across the whole length of yarn just
give it a bit more Peaks alright so at
the beginning of the video I mentioned
that split ring stitch markers could be
helpful for seaming and this is where
they come in now you don't have to use
these guys they're just a nice way to
keep your steaming organized if you
don't have split ring stitch markers you
can use like a safety pin or maybe even
a bobby pin would work but basically
these guys are helpful in this way so
when I seam I want to make sure that by
the time I get to the bottom part of
this hat I want the edges to be
perfectly aligned I don't want one edge
to be a little bit higher right so what
these stitch markers will do is pin our
fabric so that it's aligned as we are
seeming almost like pin it in place
that's kind of the same concept as when
you're sewing I can put in as many of
these stitch markers as I like and I'm
just eyeballing it I'm not counting
stitches or counting rows or anything
like that so I'm gonna continue pinning
it on the stockinette side here we go
and I think that's probably enough now
let's talk about mattress stitch which
is how will seam our hat together first
we need to understand the anatomy of a
stitch so when you take a look at a
stitch you can see that it's kind of
like a little v-shape right and now in
between this v-shape there is a little
bar okay if you kind of dig into a
stitch you'll see that there's a little
bar that runs through that low V shape
so when we're doing a mattress stitch
we're going into that V shape and
picking out that bar picking
the bar from the other side and seaming
those bars together and when we do that
we get a really nice even seem that
looks almost invisible alright so let's
try that now my working Aaron is on the
right side so I'm going to look for a
v-shape on the left side that's really
close to where my yarn is coming through
alright so here we go I noticed this
little v-shape right away right and I'm
gonna push my needle into the V try to
find that little bar there we go so
here's a little bar that's running
between the little V shape so I'm going
to pull my yarn through that V shape
awesome and just kind of pull it tightly
okay
so I'm going to go over to the right
side of my fabric now I just want to
push it down it's kind of bubbling okay
so we're gonna go to the right side of
the fabric now and look for a V shape
and it may be a little bit tricky
sometimes because you've got your
decreases going but I notice a little V
shape right here okay this V shape so
I'm going to stick my needle in there
and try to pull out a bar there it is so
here's the little bar in between my
little V shape so I'm going to push my
needle through there we go so that's my
seam on the right side now we're gonna
go back to the left side and look for a
V shape that's kind of close to the edge
of our fabric this V shape looks pretty
good and I found the bar that runs
through it and I'm going to pull it
through so now we'll go back to this
side and look for a V shape I like the
look of this V right here so I'll push
my needle in and just grab that bar and
we'll pull that through sometimes you
may need to unfurl your fabric a little
bit because it has a tendency to curl
inwards like that so I do want to unfurl
it make sure that I have a good accurate
view of it
here we go there's a bar right there
let's seem that up and go over to this
side unfurl it and I like the look of
this v this guy right here so I'm gonna
grab the bar inside of it
alright so doing this it does take a bit
of concentration a lot of it is just
kind of eyeballing okay to be totally
honest you're just sort of eyeballing
where's the closest V in relation to the
one that I just seemed so if you feel
like you need a little bit more
instruction for seeming with mattress
stitch I'll leave a link below to a
video that I made that goes through this
technique in more detail continue
seeming like this until you reach the 1
by 1 rib portion of the Hat once we get
to the rib have a little bit of a
different strategy for seaming which I
will share with you on one side of our
piece we've got a column of knit
stitches right and that's normal because
we did a knit one purl one rib ok so
this guy right here that's sort of
curling this is a knit column and on the
other side of our fabric on the right
side of our fabric we also got a knit
column right here right this guy so we
basically have a built in row of V's
okay except that in our case these are
like upside down V's right
they're like little arrows that are
pointing once we get to the rib instead
of looking for V's we're gonna be
looking for arrows and we're gonna be
grabbing the arrows from this column and
from this column here and we're gonna do
the same thing we're gonna grab the bars
in between those little arrows so this
happens once we get to the rib portion
okay not when we're on the stockinette
portion so here we go
I'm going to look for the arrow shape on
the right piece here and I'm gonna go
into it and grab that little strand
running through it and here it is you
can see and I'll bring my yarn through
great now we're going to go to the left
piece and this column here look for that
little arrow I think that it's yeah it's
like around here here it is we're just
gonna route around here for a little bit
try and get that arrow I think it oh I
think it might be this one there we go
so I've got the bar there from the
little arrow pull it through okay so now
let's go up okay we're gonna go back to
the right side look for the arrow here
it is and there's a little bar it's
almost like just sticking out I can see
it already and then pull it through go
back to the left side look for the
little bar in between the arrow there it
is it's just sticking out there and pull
it through now as I'm doing this I'm
also kind of keeping an eye on the the
piece to make sure it's kind of aligned
that one piece isn't you know farther up
than the other and they look pretty good
at this point okay so let's continue on
so here we're not losing sight of our
column of arrows right here we go so I'm
back to the right side I'm looking for
the arrow here it is this is the next
one I'm gonna grab the yarn running
through it and then go back to this left
piece look for the arrow and things are
getting a little bit you know crowded
right now but I can still see it you
might need to take a moment look out the
window look away from your knitting for
a little bit cuz things can get a little
bit uh you know a little bit hairy so
here's our next arrow there we go
whoops I think I caught something there
great and then the corresponding arrow I
think it's like around here and look for
the arrow here I think it's this one
great and the arrow across from it would
be around here great so I've kind of
reached my little stitch marker so I'm
just going to undo it it's done its job
and we're just going to continue going
up as we're seaming our rib you can see
that the seam comes together perfectly
and it really looks like it's just part
of the rib right if we just pull this
apart a little bit this
area just looks like it's part of that
1x1 rib all right so let's keep on going
[Music]
now we're at the edge of our cast on you
can see this is the little remnant of
our longtail cast on and I'm just gonna
think I might be able to get in one more
yeah I think I can get in one more
stitch here there we go all right that
looks pretty good and I'm just gonna
seam it in here perfect okay so I feel
like I've done a pretty good job with my
seam this is actually where the seam is
and it looks perfectly just like a knit
column it looks awesome and here you go
this is also where our seam was and it's
like practically invisible you can't
even tell that there is a seam there
alright so back at the edge now and what
I'm gonna do is now that the edge looks
really nice and flat and aligned I can
actually just turn over my hat and just
kind of weave in the yarn into the ends
here so we're gonna ignore this long
tail for now we can do that later but
basically I'm going to seam this yarn
the yarn that's attached to my tapestry
needle into the wrong side or the
opposite side of our hat and I'm kind of
looking for these little purl bumps
because they camouflage stitches pretty
well so I'm going into them like a
couple times and the reason for this is
really just to secure our yarn in place
so just looking for a couple of these
little purl bumps I'll go into about
four or five stitches and that should be
secure enough so on the front of our
work it looks pretty good I can't really
see the yarn poking through when we wove
it in so I'll get out my scissors and
just snip the yarn off so we've got this
little tail end from our long tail cast
on so I'm going to put it on to my
tapestry needle and do the exact same
thing with this as I did with our
seaming yarn turn it over to the wrong
side look for well okay let's let's see
maybe we'll move it over to the other
side from where we did our seaming yarn
and just look for some pearl bumps and
I'm gonna weave in the ends of this
leftover yarn into these pearl bumps
the reason why we're not just snipping
it off is because I don't want this tail
and unravel for instance I just want to
secure this in our yarn so it has less
chance of unraveling in our work because
it's in among all these little stitches
okay so I've gone into these little
bumps four or five times
I'm gonna take my scissor again and just
snip it right off and now our edge of
our hat looks beautiful and perfect now
that we've completed our hat we're gonna
move on to our next step which is making
a pom pom
now it's pom-pom time okay so I've cut
out these two pom-pom tracers out of
some scrap cardboard this measure is
like a little bit under three inches and
that's gonna give me a nice fluffy
pom-pom now I'm not gonna go into really
great detail about how to make a pom pom
because I have made a really detailed
resource all about pom-pom making over
here I'll include a link to this in the
description so follow that tutorial to
make the pom-pom of your dreams so we're
just gonna speed through the pom-pom
making process now my pom-pom tracer is
super chubby I've wrapped it around with
yarn a bunch of times now I'm just going
to cut off that strand of yarn and then
cut off another long length of yarn that
I'm going to secure my pom-pom with so
here we go cool and just set aside this
strand of yarn and now I'm going to
slide my pair of really sharp scissors
in between these two pom pom tracers and
then just cut the yarn free so that it
can become what it was meant to be which
is a super fluffy pom pom let's get this
yarn between these two pom pom tracers
and just tie this and let's do another
knot and now we're can reveal the pom
pom there we go and it's this crazy
little like wild wild thing and now I'm
just going to trim this guy a little bit
make it into a nice Brown shape so I've
spent some time trimming my pom pom into
the perfect round shape and I think it
looks pretty good now
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well so now let's attach our pom-pom to
our hat
okay so I've threaded up my pom-pom onto
my tapestry needle here and now I'm just
going to stick it right into the top of
my hat and pull that pom-pom through and
now you can see it looks so cute
alright so now I'm going to turn my hat
inside out I'm still holding on to those
two strands of yarn ok so now what I'm
gonna do is just take the tapestry
needle off of the pom-poms and I'm going
to take these two strands of yarn and
then tie it in a knot
okay pull it really tightly and do it
again tie another knot and pull down
okay so at this point our pom-pom is not
yet secured what we need to do is weave
these two strands of yarn into our hat a
couple times and that should secure our
pom-pom pretty well so I'm going to
thread up one of these threads and weave
in this strand of yarn into like five or
six of these little pearl stitches you
know how I love weaving in ends into
purl bumps and in the back of this hat
we've got so many purl bumps okay so I'm
going in and sort of following the
natural line of the stitches so that
seems pretty secure I've gone into a
couple stitches here with this guy and
now I'm going to move over to this
strand of yarn thread it through the
tapestry needle and then weave it in
through four or five stitches near the
top of the Hat I feel like that should
be pretty secure let's turn the hat over
to the right side and see whether our
pom-pom is secure and it looks so it's
pretty good I'm kind of shaking it and
it's still staying in place it's not too
bad so I feel like it's pretty well
attached
let's say that you already woven the two
strands attached to the pom-pom and you
feel like it's still not super secure if
you want to add some extra security to
your hat here's what you can do cut off
a length of yarn thread it up go into
the inside of the Hat and then bring
your tapestry needle out we're just
looking for one end to come through then
I'm gonna take the tapestry needle and
spread the yarn threads and then stab it
right in the middle ok stab the pom-pom
right in the heart and then just bring
the yarn through then spread the yarn
strands on the other side and then bring
the tapestry needle through the top of
the Hat just like this okay now I'm
gonna grab that tapestry needle from the
inside and then just tighten it up okay
now you can see where we stabbed into
our pom-pom there's that strand of yarn
there so I'm just gonna fluff up the
pom-pom a little bit and hide where that
strand of yarn was then I'm going to
turn my hat inside out and now we have
these two extra strands of yarn and
again you can do the same thing with it
that we did with our original yarns tie
a knot and then tie another knot and
then weave these two strands of yarn
into the Hat as we did the first time
around so now it should be very very
secure should feel really good it is
complete I can't believe it if you had a
jazz up your hat add in another color or
just give it a little bit of
embellishment I've got you covered next
I'm gonna show you three ways to jazz up
your hat so that it's no longer a blank
slate but a hat that is really
personalized to what you like so that's
coming up
so the first way for you to add
personality to your blank slate hat is
through color so in this example I just
knit my hat using one color right up
until I got to the decrease portion once
I hit the decrease rows that's when I
switched colors and just knit the rest
of my hat in my second color color
blocking is a fun and easy way to mix
colors together in big blocks hence the
name color blocking some great
combinations are complementary colors
they sit opposite to each other on the
color wheel for example red and green or
orange and blue another tried and true
color combo is mixing light and dark
shades of the same color
for example pink and red or light blue
and dark blue you can even use the
colors from your favorite sports teams
or Hogwarts house go ravenclaw so how
this works is that I've knit up my hat
in one color and then once I got to the
decrease rows that's when I introduced
my second color so for a decrease Row
one I would literally attach the second
color just like this kind of hold it and
knit into the first stitch with my
second color and then pick up the yarn
with my second color and knit into my
second stitch using my second color
right so the first decrease row is knit
3 and knit 2 together and that's pretty
much all that there is to it I will just
continue knitting my hat with my second
color once you've completed your first
row then you can just snip off the first
color leave a little bit of a tail
because we're going to weave these in at
the very end okay continue knitting on
with your second color so you might be
wondering what am I going to do once I
finished the Hat I've got these yarn
strands here where you join the second
color so all you would do is get your
tapestry needle out and thread up those
two little yarn strands and then weave
them into your fabric so I would go into
the same color so I'm not kind of mixing
the colors as I weave them in so I'm
just going in like four or five times
here and then I'm going to just cut it
off do the same thing with the first
color
all right so now I have a really nice
edge where I joined my new yarn and
that's all there is to color blocking
your hat so the second way to jazz up
your hat is to create a kind of marled
effect on your hat so what I did to
achieve the marled look was I had my
base yarn my regular yarn right here and
I held it together with three strands of
just black sewing thread so I just
bought two of these at the dollar store
and then another bobbin and I just wound
the bobbin with more black thread and
then just held all three strands
together with regular yarn just like
this and then knit the Hat with it
exactly as it stated in the pattern to
keep everything organized I'll throw the
yarn and threads into a bowl and then
cast on like normal and just follow the
pattern so I use three strands of sewing
thread to get a darker thicker color but
feel free to experiment to get the look
that you want when you're knitting just
be sure to knit into the yarn but also
into that little thread that is part of
the yarn so don't just knit into the
yarn because then you're gonna leave the
thread on knit knit into both the yarn
and the thread together think of your
yarn and the thread as just one big
piece of yarn it's like a Franken yarn
that you've created I suggest that you
try this marl technique after you're
pretty comfortable knitting the
blank-slate hat because if you make a
mistake and you need to unravel this
your yarn it's just kind of a nightmare
with thread and yarn tangled everywhere
so keep that in mind
I love the look of jewels on knitted
fabric I've seen this trend around and
it's not hard at all to recreate so
these jewels I got from the craft store
and I'm just laying them out in a design
that I like and once I have a cool
design I'll just sew them down and
that's it easy peasy
when you're choosing jewels look for
ones with a hole in them so that you can
sew them into your hat this is more
flexible as you can later change the
design and it also prevents you from
needing to glue the gears on your hat
making it permanent
yikes I also like using appliques they
add a bit of glamour and shine to the
Hat and who doesn't love that right so
this big one here looks a little funny
in the middle it's giving off like
Superman vibes so maybe not
ooh so this one I think will look really
cute on this side so just play around
with placement and when you're happy
with it just sew the applique in place
there are a bunch of cute appliques and
patches online so I'll throw some links
in the description to my favorite ones
and that brings us to the end of this
tutorial thank you so much for watching
I hope you have an awesome hat that you
can wear and enjoy tag me on instagram
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happy knitting and i'll see you next
time bye
