The simplest knitted cap – anyone can do it!

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When we say everyone, we mean that it is really enough to be able to turn only the basic eyelets smoothly and rule with two needlewomen. The cap knits like a simple rectangle! What we

ol, straight needles (size according to wool thickness), large needle with a butt tip

How to do it:

th the classic elasticated hem of 2 meshes smoothly + 2 turns, so we turn on the even number of meshes at the start. For example – for a 4-year-old child with a head circumference of 51 cm, we put on 76 meshes and knit on needles No. 4.

2 We knit the elastic hem to a height of about 5 cm simply : 1st row – the edge eye – next we alternate 2 smoothly, 2 turns – the edge eye. We knit the second row so that the eyes from the cheek side still look the same (i.e. the one that was smoothly in the 1st row, we make a turn in the 2nd row, etc.)

When we have the hem ready, we can continue in two ways: we knit a smooth jersey (that is, the cheek row smoothly, reverse turn), or we stay with the elastic pattern throughout the cap. At this time, we can also change to thicker needlewomen or in a row just above the hem a few meshes to add, but it is not necessary. The result is great without it.

4The chosen pattern continues to the necessary height – for our children's cap it was about 20 cm. Then in one row we knit every 2nd and 3rd eye to reduce the total number of meshes in half, and then knit one more row. Then, with approximately 0.5 meters of interference, we cut off the wool (we need it to sew it) and thread it into a needle.

5 Then we stretch the remaining tips on the needle, take out the needle and pull the knitted fabric on the yarn as much as possible together to make the smallest hole on the tip of the cap. Sew the cap down with the rest of the yarn on the needle. If you can handle it, you can hook the seam instead.We decorate the finished cap with, for example, with distinctive buttons, crocheted applications – flowers, etc., or by adding a pompom, we turn it into a cute ball. Instructions for a completely simple flower knitted only smoothly-turning can be found HERE. 

 

 

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