Learn to work in the round and make your first hat!
Skills needed:
The ability to cast-on, knit, and purl is required. This class is designed for furloughed federal employees and contractors who already have experience knitting.
Skills learned:
- Join to work in the round
- Increasing and decreasing
- Refresh your knowledge of casting on
- Working in the round on circular and double points
Materials (your registration fee will be converted to a store credit for supplies):
- Two skeins of Manos Del Uruguay Cardo or 140 yards of bulky-weight yarn. Choose two complementary colors for stripes or color blocking.
- Ring marker
- US#10 (6 mm) 16” circular needle and double-pointed needles
- US#9 (5.5 mm) 16” circular needle
- Copy of Cardo Holiday Hat pattern (we will be making the color blocked version)
**Note: interchangeable needles are not appropriate for hats unless you have a hat-specific interchangeable set which includes shorter tips and cords to accommodate the small circumference of a hat.”
