Knit a Hat: A Beginner's Guide to Knitting

Knit a Hat: A Beginner's Guide to Knitting

by Alanna Okun
Knit a Hat: A Beginner's Guide to Knitting

Knit a Hat: A Beginner's Guide to Knitting

by Alanna Okun

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Overview

An illustrated introduction to the wide world of knitting by way of making your own hat

Knitting is an excellent handcraft and something people love the world over. For crafting newbies, knitting can seem highly daunting: You need needles (but what size?), yarn (but what weight?), and a pattern (but what kind?), and very quickly knitting can start to resemble another language, tricky to navigate and even harder to master.

Knit a Hat teaches you everything you need to know about the previously scary craft: the needles you’ll need, the yarn to use, and tried-and-true techniques to get you started, keep you going, and help you wrap everything up. Alanna Okun is an expert knitter and offers very accessible instructions: Her idea of starting with a hat rather than a long scarf is sure to make this book easy for even the wariest of beginners.

Building on our crafting how-to series, Okun welcomes readers into the knitting community and invites them to knit a hat with confidence.

Includes color illustrations

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781419740657
Publisher: Abrams
Publication date: 09/08/2020
Pages: 128
Sales rank: 434,770
Product dimensions: 5.88(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.65(d)

About the Author

Alanna Okun is a crafter, knitter, and writer whose work has been featured in the New York Times, BuzzFeed, and more. Her first book, The Curse of the Boyfriend Sweater, debuted in May 2018. She lives in Brooklyn.

Table of Contents

Introduction 9

How to Use This Book 16

1 Choosing Your Materials 21

2 Learning the Basics 47

3 Making the Hat 75

The Pattern 78

Knitting the Brim 82

Knitting the Body 86

Knitting the Top 94

Modifications 106

Ribbed Brim 108

Stripes 112

Pom-pom 118

Endnotes 124

Other Resources 126

Acknowledgments 128

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