Friday, May 15, 2015

How to Loom Knit a Summer Hat








Summer Hat

Supplies:
36 peg loom (you can use 44 peg CinDwood Loom to do this project as well)
Red Heart Yarn Worsted doubled up strands
Looming Hook
Iron
Crafters Needle
Paint Brush
Mod Podge
Water
Flour
Bowl
Pins
Large Foam Pad
Half Sphere Flower Arrangement Foam

Terms:
CO: Cast On
EW: E-Wrap
P: Purl
D: Decrease
YO: Yarn Over
Sk: Skip
COF: Cast Off
DSCOF: Draw String Cast Off

Hat: 36 pegs: Circular:
EW CO 36 pegs Circular
Row 1: EW
Row 2: P
Row 3-5: EW1 P1 all the way around.
Row 6: P
Row 7: EW
Row 8: **D1 toss bottom loop over, YO1, EW1** Repeat 18x (Note: you can go in and do the Decrease and toss the bottom loops over, then go back and basically EW 36 pegs, but toss every peg that has 2 loops on it.)
Row 9-10: EW
Repeat rows 8-10 2x
Decrease by every other peg tossing bottom loop over, DSCOF.

Brim: 15 pegs: Flat
EWCO 15 pegs Flat
Row 1-7: EW
Row 8: Sk1, EW7, EW8, Sk1, EW8, EW9, Sk1, EW9, EW10, Sk1, EW10, EW11, Sk1, EW11, EW12, Sk1, EW12, EW13, Sk1, EW13, EW14, Sk1, EW14
Repeat rows 1-8 7 more times.
COF Sew ends together sew, sew brim to hat. Mod Podge entire hat to stiff. Note this stiffening process will take 4 to 5 days to completely dry and stiffen.  

To decorate you finished hat visit this video. 
 

5 comments:

  1. For the brim, for Row 8 are you skipping Peg1 then EW Peg2 or are you skipping Peg2 then starting the EW on Peg3?

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  2. can you help me with the brim?? Are you skipping peg one and e-wrapping the next 7 then e-wrapping back 8 pegs??

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