How Do You Knit A Simple Hat For Beginners

Knit this cutie up in your favorite color yarn or create a neutral hat in browns or blacks for your man.

How do you knit a simple hat for beginners. This technique actually creates the first row of knit stitches as well. Bind off and leave a long tail for closing the top of the hat. To begin make a slip knot and use the long tail cast-on to cast on 40 stitches.

Once you have fed the tail through every stitch pull the tail to draw it up. Cast on 72 sts. Insert the right needle into the first stitch of decrease Row 1.

After knitting for about 5 inches begin to decrease the length of your knitting. Rep rows 1 and 2 until the piece measures 3 inches from the cast-on edge ending with a WS row. This pattern is called the Blank Slate Hat because its a simple classic desig.

Instead of going through one stitch with your right needle go through two. Pull it as tightly as you can without breaking your yarn. This is the stretchy section of that hat which is there to make it easier to get on and off and to fit onto your head.

Knit every row until hat measures 10-inches long. Knit the hat as normal with color A. Cast on and knit the brim of the hat.

RS P1 K2 rep to the end of the row. Taper off for the top of the hat. WS P2 K1 rep to the end of the row.