Diligence is important, but sometimes it’s okay to be a little lazy.
Right now I find myself in the middle of a few knitting projects which require patient plodding, and they’re fun but it takes a while. Even without writing a blog it feels really good to finish something.
It’s important to finish things. To remember that you can. To tide you over while you work your way through a tough project. It reminds you what you’re working for. It scratches that itch for which builds as you just want to finish the damn thing.
Quick knits have other virtues of course. Got a birthday or holiday coming up that you need a present for? Did you lose your hat on the subway in the dead of winter and need a new one? Is an order of yarn coming and you literally have no room in your stash? Is it a first time project? Common questions to which the answer is a quick knit hat.
The quickest way to that is a super chunky hat
So here’s a quick pattern for a quick knit that is sure to become a staple of your knitting.
Materials
- 1 Skein of Malabrigo Rasta in Teal.
- 16″ US 13 Circular Needle
- 16″ US 15 Circular Needle
- US 15 dpns
- Darning Needle
Directions
Using US 13 needles CO 32 sts
Row 1: [K1,p1] to end of row.
Repeat Row 1 until piece measures 2.5 inches.
Next row: Switching to US 15 needles St st until end of row.
Repeat until piece measures 10″
Decrease rows:
Row 1: [K6, k2tog] until end of row.
Row 2: [K5, k2tog] until end of row.
Row 3: [K4, k2tog] until end of row.
Row 4: [K3, k2tog] until end of row.
Row 5: [K2, k2tog] until end of row.
Row 6: [K1, k2tog] until end of row.
Row 7: [K2tog] until end of row.
Finishing:
Cut yarn leaving ~6 inches for of a tail.
Using darning needle pull tail through remaining sts, pull tight.
Weave in any loose threads.
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