Knitting in a Round
For some reason I have always been against circular needles or double pointed needles. If a pattern says to use them I always try to convert the pattern to two strait ones. I don’t know what I was thinking. I knit up the pink striped hat on two strait needles and it took me the whole weekend. I decided to give it a go with 16″ circular ones and I finished both the green striped one and than the cream eyelet hat in one day. Granted I did have more time to give the hats that day but I was blown away by how much faster it is to knit in a round. From now on I will not hesitate to knit in a round.
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00:58:35
hooray! i’m so glad you came on over to the circular side. i try to knit almost everything that i do in the round, for i hate to purl so… your hats are so cute. and the faster bit, that’s always important, too.
I love the striped hats!! My daughter received one like that when she was a newborn - where did you get the pattern? I would like to try to make her one. Thanks!!
raesha, I didn’t have a pattern. I just knew from other hats that I have made how many stiches around and how many rows high it needed to be. The striped ones are made to fit a newborn.
I love circs! Congratulations.