Maintaining Stitch Patterns in the Crown of a Hat// Technique Tuesday

[@annaapple7452]

My next hats will be a lot better planned and less dependent on luck after this video :-) And yes to a video on decreases in cabled hats!

[@isawa6649]

I was waiting for this Technique Tuesday. Thank you. Edit: yes I’m interested in learning crown decreasing for cabled hats

[@lindariccardohenderson1656]

Thank you and yes I’m interested in learning crown decreasing for cabled hats.

[@feliciaweatherspoon2303]

Thank you, Roxanne for sharing your techniques!! ❤

[@michelleellis1290]

That colour work hat was so stunning 🥰. I’d like to see how to decrease with cables. Thank you. This series has been amazingly helpful.

[@ccpperrett7522]

My brain is hurting. Thank you, Roxanne, for stretching me. 😃

[@SewRunKnit]

I agree! This was like a good workout with a trainer! I’m definitely going to revisit it several more times (when I’m not doing a k2p2 rib) as well as check out the playlist as series. Thanks, Rox!

[@saschaknits201]

Hello Roxanne, a tutorial about cabled decreases would be fantastic. Thank you for your effort.

[@caro1591]

So lovely to get some understanding of how this works. Would definitely be up for learning about cable decreases. Knowledge is power. Thank you. ❤

[@tricotazo7340]

A masterclass!! Thank you so so much!! I'm also interested in learning about decreases in cabled hats . Greetings from Uruguay!

[@tracyhill2245]

I love this hat design series! YES, please, I'd really appreciate a video on decreasing cables in pattern. I feel like my understanding of hat design has grown so much from your videos, and I am an experienced hat knitter.

[@bradleyann]

Your video was awesome! This series has been so helpful to me. I have already used the techniques in two hats and they turned out so much better than my earlier ones. It’s really nice to knit with confidence instead of wondering and hoping it will work out! I would Love to see a cable crown tutorial. I think I’m ready to venture out there 😅 Thanks so much for your excellent tutorials!! ❤❤❤

[@margaretsebert9325]

Thanks!

[@RoxanneRichardson]

You're welcome! :-)

[@ramona6902]

Yes please, looking forward to the video about maintaining cables in crown decreases!

[@cococreates26]

Yes please for cable crown decreases! This does is so helpful! Thank you Rox! Xx

[@jujostar8881]

Thank you for detailed explanation. I hope I finely understand the difference between pronounced and satled decreases. 😍 I would be very grateful for the same deep explanation of cable decreases.

[@evelynwald9132]

Great explanation and I love making charts to understand what I’m doing. It really helps me to stay on track with stranded colorwork. I use Adobe Illustrator for iPad to create the chart and colors on one layer, a second layer is used to highlight each completed row. Watching you work with charts has really helped me. Thanks for all of your insights.

[@sherryedwards9571]

Great video!! Thank you! Yes please to cable decrease tutorial!!

[@kristaatkeson6692]

Yes, I am very interested in how to decrease cables for the crown of the head. This series has been so informative. Thank you!

[@Sequoya]

Great episode! I love charts

[@nicolelafontaine1720]

Thanks for you clear explanations and for the PDF !. Yes, I would be interested in a video on decreases on a cable patterns.

[@jennifersanders4165]

I am bursting with excitement and joy! Hats are my favorite item to knit & you've opened up the door for me to be able to design my own hat in something other than stockinette. Thank you!!!! I would love to learn about including cables.

[@EmilyAdams-k5r]

This was terrific! Very clear and easy to follow 🎉

[@debrarodriguezestrada2748]

I recently did this just by beginners luck, thank you for sharing how I can do it intentionally!♥️👍🏼

[@jeffsmith4902]

Excellent instruction❣️ Please do one for deceasing for cable hats🙏🏼❣️

[@SUZQT11]

I would love to see the cabled decrease technique. I love you videos!

[@cristinakelly-rementer2135]

Thank you thank you thank you are an amazing teacher. Yes please cable hat decreases would be fantastic.

[@vadec5909]

Thank you so much Roxanne. This is just great and complex. It definitely would need to be charted out if working with a pattern, I am only doing the stocking knit for now, and trying the different decreases. I should be starting decreases tomorrow on my 2nd hat.

[@margaretdecker6871]

Loving this series and hoping you'll do one on decreasing for cabled hats!

[@margaretsebert9325]

Fantastic! So many questions answered. Now for cables?

[@debbylovesyarn5148]

Thank you! Very timely for me.😂

[@carrieshiels5386]

I loved these videos and would love to krarn crown decreasing for cables

[@nicolastevenson4558]

Love to see some information regarding cables

[@hollydingman7455]

I should show this to my husband 😂 he’s struggling through a hat pattern right now that might benefit from some extra tips…

[@georgeallen5300]

Hi Roxanne, Loved the video. But I'm very interested in the hat pattern you were showing in the star on top, the fair isle one. I don't see a link for it. I would love to knit one for my grandson. It is so beautiful. More in common besides knitting, Roxie

[@RoxanneRichardson]

That was a hat I designed for Level III of the Master Hand Knitting Program. I did not publish a pattern for the hat.

[@roxieallen8450]

🥲☺️

[@MoreTisha]

I can't wait to give this a try. I've been wondering how to do this. Can this apply to a top down sweater?

[@claudiacano4916]

Thank you for this tutorial, I’m lately into knitting hats, and this is really helpful. I wonder if there is pattern for that basket weave type hat with the vertical decreases crown. I have a friend who likes wearing kipah like hats, and that could be a good option.

[@RoxanneRichardson]

The stitch pattern is from a stitch dictionary by Melissa Leapman called The Knit Stitch. The hat is really just a swatch. I CO and knit about an inch of ribbing, then knit about an inch in the stitch pattern before starting the crown. I just didn't want to knit an entire hat for the purpose of showing the crown decrease process.

[@claudiacano4916]

@@RoxanneRichardson Thank you for answering Roxanne, I think I can replicate that.

[@anne-laureJehl]

Please make a video about decreasing with cables. Thanks

[@maggiearends3731]

Finally all that math I had to learn in high school is good for something!

[@alanptaylor11]

One thing to keep in mind, especially when working with heavier yarns: a purl-two-together can look bulkier than a regular purl stitch due to the fact that there are two strands of yarn in the purl bump on the front of the work. In cases where I'm maintaining a stitch pattern containing purls I will sometimes stick with K2tog and SSK if it makes the decreases more subtle than using purl decreases.

[@tubetubepleasure]

Roxanna, I am interested in the blue patterned beanie, I wonder if you can teach one of this similiar hats with this star top?

[@RoxanneRichardson]

There is a link in the video description to the book where I learned this technique. I can put your request in my list of video ideas, but it could be a long time before I get to it.

[@alanptaylor11]

Will you be discussing how to make the top of a hat FLAT? I know that many people have no idea how to determine how often to decrease for a given number of sections, especially as the ration of stitch gauge to row gauge changes for different stitch patterns and/or styles of knitting (e.g., stranded colorwork vs plain stockinette vs garter). And, of course, there's always the problem of getting that little point at the top of what you planned on being a flat hat.

[@RoxanneRichardson]

Are you asking for something different than what was presented in the videos earlier in the series, where I explained in more detail how to calculate decrease rates?

[@geraldbuttelwerth7670]

Thanks Roxanne. I’m trying to design crown decreases for an Aran hat with cables, twisted and filler stitches. Any suggestions where I can get help for this? Your explanations are so clear. I appreciate your videos.

[@RoxanneRichardson]

Every situation will be different, depending on the type of cables, the filler stitch pattern, and the effect you're hoping to achieve. If you post your question in my Ravelry group, along with an image of the chart or a swatch of the stitch patterns, it will be easier to suggest how to approach it. There's a link to my group in the description box of every video.

[@geraldbuttelwerth7670]

@ Thank you. I’ll post the question in your Ravelry group.

[@suz567]

Thanks for this great explanation. I’m making a beanie with a spiral swirl pattern. Starting 81 stitches, K8, P2, moving one stitch over on each row. Not lined up straight. The crown didn’t work out to match the pattern. I had the right number of stitches until the first four rounds of decreases but not after as I was trying to keep the swirl going. Too many stitches. What am I doing wrong?

[@RoxanneRichardson]

Sounds like your pattern is spiraling to the right, given your pattern multiple and stitch count. In a round where you want to decrease, as you get to the end of your knit sts, work the last knit st st together with the first purl as a p2tog. Your repeat is now k7, p2. The next time you want to decrease, do the same thing, working the first purl of each repeat together with the last knit stitch as a p2tog.

[@suz567]

Thanks so much! You’re the best! And such a quick answer. I thought about doing 2 Ptog but didn’t try it. Frogging back to the last pattern row and doing it again.

[@marjoriebahm9239]

I loved this, but it was way over my head!

[@lindariccardohenderson1656]

Thank you and yes I’m interested in learning crown decreasing for cabled hats.