tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6683194221069775925.post7343491742880379522..comments2024-03-17T12:45:05.409-07:00Comments on Balls to the Walls Knits: Build-Your-Own DK Weight HatGretchen Tracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13720728303685051589noreply@blogger.comBlogger97125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6683194221069775925.post-85756093650387837072024-01-21T06:47:00.534-08:002024-01-21T06:47:00.534-08:00Hi! Yes, you're correct that the ssk and the k...Hi! Yes, you're correct that the ssk and the k2tog create the raised decrease. :) I wouldn't expect them to create any additional sensation or discomfort though. If you'd rather, however, you could always go with a more traditional decrease!Gretchen Tracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13720728303685051589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6683194221069775925.post-46352285544395918592024-01-21T06:11:54.312-08:002024-01-21T06:11:54.312-08:00Really well written tutorial. Greater beginner pat...Really well written tutorial. Greater beginner pattern! Thank you for sharing your expertise. Does the combination of SSK and k2tog create the raised decreased areas on the top? I'm making this as a chemo hat :'( and want it to be as smooth and comfortable as possible by eliminating any possible pressure points. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6683194221069775925.post-20236146895633802092022-12-29T12:39:36.718-08:002022-12-29T12:39:36.718-08:00Hello there! This decrease is worked in a cross an...Hello there! This decrease is worked in a cross and it makes a smooth and slow finish rather than a bunched one that is worked more quickly. It sounds like you're making a size large - since the pattern reads *K 13, K 2tog, SSK, K 13*, that means you should have 30 stitches in each section to start (13 plus 13, plus four to work the k2tog and the ssk). This hat is designed with a foldover brim so it's true that it is especially long and you might be getting close to what looks like full length already - the adjustable brim should mean that this isn't a problem at the end, though!<br /><br />As far as the pointed thing is concerned - it looks like there are a few hundred finished projects on Ravelry and none of them look too pointed to me, but you're welcome to check them out and decide for yourself! https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/build-your-own-dk-weight-hat/people :)Gretchen Tracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13720728303685051589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6683194221069775925.post-85063323323535211122022-12-29T12:15:17.820-08:002022-12-29T12:15:17.820-08:00Experienced knitter here... In the pattern for sta...Experienced knitter here... In the pattern for starting the decrease, it says<br />*K 13, K 2tog, SSK, K 13* To me, that meant I had 26 stitches between the markers. As I decrease, I am leas than halfway through the stitches I need to decrease but I seem to be close enough to the top of the hat to be closing off. If Ikeep going, I think the hat will be pointed. What gives? Was the * supposed to be after SSK?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6683194221069775925.post-24443584829351446142022-12-23T15:07:09.491-08:002022-12-23T15:07:09.491-08:00Yay! I'm so glad to hear that this pattern wor...Yay! I'm so glad to hear that this pattern worked out for you! Let me know if you ever have any questions. :)Gretchen Tracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13720728303685051589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6683194221069775925.post-33173115266566219482022-12-23T13:50:38.359-08:002022-12-23T13:50:38.359-08:00Just want to say THANK you for publishing a wonder...Just want to say THANK you for publishing a wonderful pattern. I've just knitted a hat for my mother in law for Christmas. I'm so pleased with how it has turned out. I'm already planning to knit another for me and then one for my husband. Thank you from a first time knitted anything properly knitter 😍Daneedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13477574817160086641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6683194221069775925.post-15577553796170031532022-08-24T13:29:57.795-07:002022-08-24T13:29:57.795-07:00Not really, it's mostly just because I never f...Not really, it's mostly just because I never found an easy and quick way to explain the other method! If you slip them all beforehand they might end up the tiniest bit more regular as well I suppose, but it's mostly for the ease of pattern writing. :)<br /><br />Glad you like the pattern though!Gretchen Tracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13720728303685051589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6683194221069775925.post-47397112217058256852022-08-24T12:46:39.771-07:002022-08-24T12:46:39.771-07:00Gretchen, This will be my 3rd time making this hat...Gretchen, This will be my 3rd time making this hat. It’s so well written and it always turns out great. However, each time I make it I wonder why it says to slip stitches to the larger size needle when you finish the ribbing instead of just knitting the stitches with the larger needle. Is there a reason why you do it that way?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6683194221069775925.post-87860318977037988172021-11-11T20:09:56.896-08:002021-11-11T20:09:56.896-08:00Hi! If you don't like the x I recommend changi...Hi! If you don't like the x I recommend changing the decrease entirely, the easiest would be to do a * k10, k2tog * then * k9, k2tog * then * k8, k2tog * etc. If you have rows of knit in-between it will be more shaped to the head; if you don't, it will be sloucher. In either case I would add more length before you begin though! As written this hat has quite a long decrease.Gretchen Tracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13720728303685051589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6683194221069775925.post-51005485303849882342021-11-11T17:23:32.014-08:002021-11-11T17:23:32.014-08:00I think I remember seeing something about skipping...I think I remember seeing something about skipping the knit rows in the decrease so it doesn’t have the X. I don’t remember if that’s correct or not? Thanks!Margeauxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18435960296457605468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6683194221069775925.post-27757439097509302082021-09-25T07:12:37.344-07:002021-09-25T07:12:37.344-07:00Awesome, I'm so glad to hear it! :)Awesome, I'm so glad to hear it! :)Gretchen Tracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13720728303685051589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6683194221069775925.post-57686054823433329672021-09-25T05:22:31.578-07:002021-09-25T05:22:31.578-07:00Thanks to you, I just knitted my very first hat! T...Thanks to you, I just knitted my very first hat! Thank you for the detailed instructions and fun commentary along the way. :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11511736105537492962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6683194221069775925.post-40042764356504191212021-09-17T11:11:51.398-07:002021-09-17T11:11:51.398-07:00Hi! You should be working the repeat 4 times per r...Hi! You should be working the repeat 4 times per round, not 7 or 8, which gives you only 8 decreases per round. I think you're getting the last bit wrong - it's not k12, k2tog, ssk, k12tog per repeat, it's k12, k2tog, ssk, k12. Then when you work it four times you get 8 decreases in total. I hope that helps, let me know if you have more questions! :)Gretchen Tracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13720728303685051589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6683194221069775925.post-55669373457072084502021-09-17T10:57:17.618-07:002021-09-17T10:57:17.618-07:00I am working on an adult large hat. I love the pa...I am working on an adult large hat. I love the pattern, but I am also having difficulty as I have started the decreases. Like the last comment, I ended decrease row 3 with 112 stitches, did my knit row, still 112 stitches, but at the end of my decrease 4 row I had fewer than 104 stitches. Took out that row, and have charted it out on paper, counted it out multiple times, and I am stumped about what I am doing wrong! I do the repetition of k12, k2tog, ssk, k12 tog around, but it seems that 112 only allows for 7 decrease sets, not 8. I will say that math is NOT my strong suit. I know I‘m going to feel sheepish when I get back on track, but enlighten me, please! I want to finish this hat. 😊 Can you tell me how many repeats from * to * I should have at the end of the round? And should I be ending the round with a decrease set or a k12? Thank you so much!Tammynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6683194221069775925.post-71284288505460293002021-05-31T06:17:06.717-07:002021-05-31T06:17:06.717-07:00I've definitely done stuff like this before! G...I've definitely done stuff like this before! Glad you like the pattern!!!Gretchen Tracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13720728303685051589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6683194221069775925.post-75214545460677500772021-05-31T06:00:59.300-07:002021-05-31T06:00:59.300-07:00You're absolutely right! Duh. I love this hat...You're absolutely right! Duh. I love this hat. Thanks for sharing your patternAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08679964710040839065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6683194221069775925.post-69727874003376130692021-05-30T20:37:44.218-07:002021-05-30T20:37:44.218-07:00Hi there! Decrease row 3 reads, "k12, k2tog, ...Hi there! Decrease row 3 reads, "k12, k2tog, ssk, k12" - my guess is you're missing that second k12 after the decreases, so you're knitting "k12, k2tog, ssk" instead... Is that possible? :)Gretchen Tracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13720728303685051589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6683194221069775925.post-60687526631251637772021-05-30T19:52:17.793-07:002021-05-30T19:52:17.793-07:00Working on adult small. I have 112 stitches and st...Working on adult small. I have 112 stitches and started my decrease on row 3 but keep ending up with 98 stitches left instead of 104? What am I doing wrong?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08679964710040839065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6683194221069775925.post-21970381830894113152021-03-20T10:48:41.339-07:002021-03-20T10:48:41.339-07:00Yay, I'm so glad it worked out!!!!! :)Yay, I'm so glad it worked out!!!!! :)Gretchen Tracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13720728303685051589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6683194221069775925.post-38277885973272044422021-03-20T10:44:29.535-07:002021-03-20T10:44:29.535-07:00I just finished my hat - child's size with onl...I just finished my hat - child's size with only half the brim as you suggested - and I just had enough left to sew in the tail. Can't wait to give it to my grandson. Thanks for the pattern.Lynnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6683194221069775925.post-42609191517314124032021-03-20T09:29:08.554-07:002021-03-20T09:29:08.554-07:00Glad you like it! :)Glad you like it! :)Gretchen Tracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13720728303685051589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6683194221069775925.post-79695216762761404182021-03-20T08:53:58.241-07:002021-03-20T08:53:58.241-07:00Thank you. Very nice looking neat hat!Thank you. Very nice looking neat hat!Ellisenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11362138826435195602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6683194221069775925.post-65421950626083255322021-03-13T20:44:50.473-08:002021-03-13T20:44:50.473-08:00I didn't knit this hat in every size, but it l...I didn't knit this hat in every size, but it looks like the general consensus online is that it takes 200-300 yards of dk to make an adult hat.<br /><br />https://www.dummies.com/crafts/knitting/knitting-yarn/knitting-estimating-how-much-yarn-you-need/<br /><br />So I would say 12 months or toddler, *maybe* child, but definitely half the brim so it's not fold-over!Gretchen Tracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13720728303685051589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6683194221069775925.post-57611060844287935602021-03-13T20:34:25.034-08:002021-03-13T20:34:25.034-08:00I have 122 meters of DK yarn. What is the largest ...I have 122 meters of DK yarn. What is the largest size hat that I would be able to make? Thanks.Lynnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6683194221069775925.post-36194152645426406302021-02-19T20:54:53.387-08:002021-02-19T20:54:53.387-08:00Hi there! Depends on how slouchy you want it! I wo...Hi there! Depends on how slouchy you want it! I would suggest adding two inches as a baseline, a bit less or more depending on taste. :)Gretchen Tracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13720728303685051589noreply@blogger.com