Simple Fitted Hat Crown Decreases // Technique Tuesday

[@waterviolite]

Thank you! Knitting tutorials are almost always a specific pattern with a specific size needles and thread weight, so it is really useful to have a system that can be adapted to many possible hats.

[@bhatia.s9900]

Loved this video...the way you explained the calculation of decrease. My hat came out very well . Thanks 👍

[@vadec5909]

I just love this series, its easy to pick up yarn needles and start knitting, without looking for a pattern, its quick for knitting hats for charity. Thank you for this series.

[@quil10it]

You make everything seem so simple but I know there’s so much thought and research in your work. Thank you!

[@joannabrown5577]

I needed this. My friend likes this fit, no slouch and no fold back with the ribbing.

[@spudsmith]

Thank you so much for this video Rox, this is exactly the sort of thing I've been after for a while now!! I especially appreciate the time and effort you take to explain not only HOW things work, but WHY they work the way they do. It helps me so much more when I'm able to understand the architecture and the anatomy of my knitting, rather than blindly following some instructions. So thank you very very much - looking forward to more in this series! One more thing, is there any possibility you could do a similar video on gloves? I struggle to figure out how to knit the fingers! Thanks! Spud

[@RoxanneRichardson]

Ah, gloves are interesting. I remember spending a long time working out a "system" for calculating finger stitch counts, but I haven't knit any in years. I will add it to the list of possible topics, but I can't promise it will happen any time soon.

[@suenicholls5446]

😀💕🎄xx I completely echo all your thoughts! Thanks Spud.

[@shirleemohiuddin7305]

Thanks Roxanne. That was so, so helpful. You are a truly gifted teacher!

[@nancysghiri7240]

100/100 for explaining, the BEST teacher ! To the point, smooth voice and friendly personality !!!Thanks to you I learned continental knitting and I am enjoying it more then before, made my first hat this way.....never thought I would get used to this method of knitting.....and thank you for the calculation ! All the best to you and greetings to all 🌸

[@dorothyrockwell8157]

as always you teach exactly what is needed - I found the 1898 hat pattern a couple of years ago and went crazy knitting them for everyone in my family and anyone else who would like one. I used your tutorial on Icelandic Braid between the two sections.

[@johanna1153]

Another great video with on spot information and no redundant bullshit. Thank you so much!

[@DonnaKoestler]

I completed a hat for my daughter using the technique described in the video. Thank you for the knitting lesson.

[@tranquilily]

this comes at the perfect time in gift knitting season! thank you for providing this excellent tutorial!

[@usharani-sl2th]

Thank you very much, i was stuck in the middle of a project and your tutorial helped me so much..... great work!! Thank you very much for kindness. God bless you. Happy New year!

[@janetcooke384]

What a wonder, I am approaching the crown on a toddler size hat that I shorted by a few stitches as I didn't calculate the CO yarn properly. This video is a life saver!

[@glo950]

I found your channel today and I'm really amazed! Your "lessons" are so simply explained that I can't wait to go through all of your previous videos! I am Italian, my grandma taught me knitting and crocheting and I love them both! I knit "European way" but I want to learn the continental technique because I hope it will be better for my neck/shoulder ache.....Thank you, Buon Natale!

[@AshleyUlwelling]

Oh my gosh Roxanne, these hat crown videos are AMAZING! Coupled with your videos on cables and charts I am learning so much! I am working on designing a hat for a friend of mine based on a photo she sent me and these videos are giving me EVERYTHING I need to do it well! Thank you so much!!!

[@HarobedKnits]

Thank you so much for this series, Roxanne! I'll be using this as an alternative to the crown decreases for the Musselburgh Hat. As usual, you've provided a perfect explanation.

[@trinitygray401]

I have just found you! I’m new to knitting. Crocheted since I was 10 but was always scared to try knitting. You’ve made it so much easier to understand!

[@sheridohner7087]

You are amazing! I’m right in the middle of a hat that is to be slouchy but the recipient is more a beanie girl. This will give me just what I need, so glad I found you!

[@d4rkbore4lis20]

Thanks!! This makes a lot of sense! I'd previous had a bit of a struggle making the decreases subtle enough, and something about the way I was doing it often left some gapping I'd have to sew up sometimes. This really helps, and the basic pattern and math is simple enough that it's not too hard to track for a person who usually doesn't read patterns due to the enormous amount of abbreviations that I struggle to read, so I usually just knit based off my understanding of shapes and frog as needed and occasionally look up a video if I really need to learn something I'm not getting 😅

[@raganmasterson5566]

Another fantastic video and so timely for me! I'm violently and unreasonably opposed to spiral decreases so I often do straight decreases with either 4 or 8 lines of decrease. Sometimes that's a bit too much of a design statement so I was just thinking about doing a more random decrease pattern to 'disappear' the decrease process. This video saves the day! I loved last week's technique and was considering that approach but this will be better. I appreciate your analytical approach to everything you demonstrate and I look forward to every video you post! I have watched the entire back-catalog of Casual Friday videos and love your channel! THANKS Roxanne!

[@bonniewerner4121]

So informative, this method worked perfectly on a beanie crown I wanted to knit differently than pattern directed. Thank you!

[@peggytraeg]

You are a very good teacher!

[@scu8a8uddy]

Such a clear explanation. Thank you Rox. X

[@aroundtheworldfibers]

Excellent explanation to do decreases for a hat.

[@LottaSocks]

Where were you about 15-20 years ago, when I was playing w crown decreases??!! lol… I had no internet, & I don’t think KZbin was around then. Especially with all the info that can be gleaned nowadays!! Thanks for this decrease, I never thought about differing plain rnds!! Like your sock toes! Who knew!

[@martilynnsmiles]

Really love this, and thank you for the worksheet!

[@roseolive8]

thank you for teaching something wonderful

[@jenniemills5093]

This was great! I just made a complete mess of a hat last night! This would have helped! Love it.

[@angelastarcher9279]

Thank you for being you!

[@wordswordswords8203]

This is great. I have a couple of questions. What is the definition of a plain round? I am knitting a hat on straight needles. Is it one row? Also, can the decrease row fall on the either the knit side (right side of the hat) or the wrong side (purl side of the hat)? because if not, wouldn't you always have to do an odd number of plain rounds to end up on the knit side? Would love an answer from anyone in the know! This is my first hat. Thanks!!!!

[@RoxanneRichardson]

In this case, it means a round without shaping. If you were working in a stitch pattern other than stockinette, you would still maintain the stitch pattern within each of the sections.

[@wordswordswords8203]

@@RoxanneRichardson Thank you! I did that and my hat (first hat) turned out great thanks to you. Yours was the best explanation on how to decrease for the crown of the hat that I found online.

[@vadec5909]

A beautiful red hat!!! But I am just about ready to start the hat crown on a stocking knit hat. I was just going to try and copy the decreases from another pattern. But I really like yours so I will calculate!

[@banjercat]

Perfect, thank you , a VERY concise video and it really helps me!

[@mypinkdragon1500]

I’ve been learning a lot from your tutorials 😊 Thanks so much Love your channel

[@x1435]

What a great video! Not only do you give us the technique, but also what to do if you lose count, have an odd row count, and you also have the reasoning behind all the numbers! I struggle when sewing or yarn craft patterns say "add the standard two inches" for example, because I don't understand why it is two inches! And what if my body is different? This is so helpful. Thank you for this!!

[@has8167]

Thank you for the cheat sheet. I absolutely love your channel. You provide information that allows me to not just follow a pattern because I know how to work the stitch but to understand why this stitch is placed here or there and what would happen if I placed the wrong stitch so I can get myself out of a mistake without having to frog all the way back and restart only because I do not understand. I really appreciate all that you share. Happy Holidays.

[@stephanieing404]

How did you know I was looking for this information? I am four rows away from needing it tonight!😂

[@dorismoyo1789]

Thanks for your clear explanation

[@Yirggzmb]

This is a really neat way of doing it. I've done subtle style hat decreases before, but just using the standard spiral decrease rate and jogging things so they don't stack. It works, but is a pain to try to explain. This is much simpler.

[@nicolelafontaine1720]

Thanks ! This is so helpful !

[@joycetobiassen8571]

Super video as always

[@suenicholls5446]

😀💕🎄xx brilliant tutorial. Many thanks Rox.

[@stephs.knits123]

Very helpful thank you❤

[@Sequoya]

Great episode!

[@christinaczarnecki625]

dear Roxanne, I had to undo the italian bindoff and coudn´t do it ! I got so frustrated and cut off 2 cm of my sleeve to get rid of it ! Is there a method to undo italian bind off, please ? And thank you for this video- so helpful !!!

[@EvieO1950]

Thanks for this series. I really enjoy making hats. 🧶💕🧶

[@tracyhill2245]

This is so helpful! Thank you..

[@SanAlex175]

What a great tutorial! Can I start the base of the hat with ribbing (k1p1) and then switch to stockinette? Will the stretchability be too different?

[@RoxanneRichardson]

You might find this video helpful: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bmHOcoSjo7aIZqM and this one, which compares different types of ribbing and their stretch/elasticity relative to stockinette fabric kzbin.info/www/bejne/j3_Wf4yciaZsocU

[@beth12svist]

Thank you very much, this is full of useful info! I'm just wondering now, how exactly does it work in a sideways knitted hat?

[@RoxanneRichardson]

The crown works exactly the same as when the entire hat is knit vertically. If the brim is knit sideways, then sts are picked up around one edge, and the body and crown are knit vertically, as for a normal hat. If the brim and body are knit sideways, then sts are picked up and the crown is worked vertically. You might need to knit some rounds of stockinette to get to the desired length before starting the crown. It just depends on how wide the sideways hat portion is.

[@beth12svist]

@@RoxanneRichardson Thank you!

[@claudiafigueiredo7969]

Great video! Thank you :) Will you be also talking about decreasing in pattern for colorwork?

[@RoxanneRichardson]

I will touch on more complex crown situations at the end of the series, including colorwork. I can't promise that I will address a specific area that you might be interested in, though, because there are tons of colorwork situations.

[@claudiafigueiredo7969]

@@RoxanneRichardson Thank you so much for all you do! I love that you show the techniques and at the same time pushes me/us to be an independent learners ("try", "make swatches"). So, I think whatever you teach will give me the tools to adapt to a specific situation. Thank you!

[@nb.7298]

Marvellous ❤

[@rainieraine1192]

I’m knitting an ‘in the round’ hat flat (stockinette stitch) as I don’t have 8mm double ended needles, so after the calculations would I be right to cast off those stitches in the purl row if the plain rounds falls there or should I calculate to always fall on the knit side. I hope I’ve explained this well enough for you to understand. Thank you

[@nikkishirazi7292]

this is so so helpful! I am planning on making baby hats, but I am calculating that I will have very few plain rounds (2 rounds, since I am using a chunky yarn and the hat length is really small). If I only have 2 plain rounds, how should I distribute that?

[@RoxanneRichardson]

A lot of k2tog. Without knowing your stitch counts, either k2tog, rep for the two rounds, or (k1, k2tog) for the first round, then k2tog for the second.

[@salmaafzal5113]

Thank you so much

[@annesfeltedfriends]

Look so easy! Thanks

[@lindareid4546]

Thank you!

[@aestheticallyborn4253]

So using this method you would knit the decrease row, and the pearl, and then knit, and then pearl through out the plain rows? Like will there be any pearl stitches used in this technique?

[@RoxanneRichardson]

The assumption is that you would be working in the round, with the right side always facing. If you are knitting flat, then, yes, you would have purl rows, and you may want to account for added selvedge (edge) stitches in your stitch count, given that the edge stitches would be eliminated with seaming.

[@aestheticallyborn4253]

@@RoxanneRichardson oh I'm knitting my first ever beanie and I did it in a round and I did the k1 p1 stitch all the way up and am now trying to dec! So can I still use this method but continue doing the k1 p1 st?!? Also thank you so much for helping me 🫶🏽

[@feeuerwerk]

How do you close the hat?

[@joannabrown5577]

YESSSSSSSSS

[@maryperez7721]

🤔

[@joannabrown5577]

I've knitted for over 30 years and am unable to create a pattern for anything.🙄

[@RoxanneRichardson]

Sure you can. Maybe start with the basics. Plan a rectangle with specific dimensions and then work out how to get that with the yarn and gauge and stitch pattern you want to use. Then work up to a shaped flat piece, figuring out the shaping rate you need to change from one width to another over a specific length. Then go from there.

[@joannabrown5577]

@@RoxanneRichardson, thank you very much! Knitting isn't difficult for me, but I've never able to alter a pattern or create one. You've given me new hope!❤

[@hendrienajooste3737]

Why don't you give amount of stitches cast on!!!!

[@RoxanneRichardson]

This is a video on shaping the crown of a hat. There are lots of different ways to shape the crown, and this is one of them. The number of sts you have on the needles for your hat will vary, based on the size of the head you're knitting for, and your yarn weight and stitch gauge. If you need instructions for how to calculate the number of sts you'll need for the main body of the hat, and how long each section of the hat should be before starting the crown shaping, you might be interested in this video on how to knit a hat without a pattern: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bmHOcoSjo7aIZqM