Crochet Caps: Tips for Beginners

The openwork and airiness of the weave, the originality of the texture and the beauty of the patterns - all these qualities are inherent in knitting the cap with the help of a hook. Due to this, such products always capture the attention of surrounding people. To make the headdress look attractive and neat, you need some work experience and the availability of mandatory skills, because you can not master the cap with crochet hooks.

There are several rules that you need to consider when starting crochet caps.

First, one should carefully consider the choice of the color of yarn from which knitting will be performed. The hat should not only approach the face, but also be in harmony with the color of the clothes. It can be composed of a multicolored range of threads.

To make hats such as a hood or a rounded shape, it is better to take thick woolen yarn and spokes of 5-6 numbers. This will give the product the desired shape. The pattern made of thick yarn looks more impressive than that of thin yarn . Exceptions are berets, which are knit from thin threads, which gives them a soft shape. Knit crochet hooks made from mohair are made with a knitted lining or when knitting to a mohair thread, connect woolen, more dense.

To make hats usually begin with a rim of a rim, thus it is used knitting an elastic band. Calculate the number of loops is not so easy, because the elastic band has high elasticity. The rim also has the property of rapidly stretching. Therefore, it is more practical to start knitting the crocheted hooks with a tulle from above, and finish the rim at the end, while the canvas can be pulled to the required size. The fringing is best knit without a crochet with a column, while the hook should be inserted under the back (far) wall of the loop.

Hats made using a hook, keep the shape long, as a result of a very dense canvas, which practically does not stretch. Often the question arises when the knitting cap ends, how to finish the work. It is necessary to do this, starting from the center from above and then continuing in a circle until the headpiece takes the required volume and size.

After determining the shape of the product, you should take measurements. The starting point is the rim line: it should have the size of the circumference of the head, for example, 54 cm. The measurement should pass over the level of the eyebrows along the frontal part and behind the most convex point of the occiput. The measuring tape must be tight. Then, the distance from the edge of the cap is determined from the front, back and sides. The last mark is removed on the temporal part, beginning from the crown. And in the end, you still need to determine the distance from the middle of the nape to the earlobe.

According to the obtained data, it is required to make a basis-pattern. This item must match the shape of the headgear. The diameter of this cap is the third part of the volume of the head. This is a very important indicator, which must be taken into account when creating a cap from the top of the head. If knitting crocheted crochet from a thick thread, then it is necessary to add to the size of the head volume a half centimeter of the allowance for free fit. And if you use threads of medium thickness, you can do without an allowance.

Making a cap of any shape, it is necessary in advance to take care of the pattern-base, on which the necessary style should be applied. This method is used in sewing. So, for example, for a globular (round) shape it will be necessary to add 8 cm to the free fit, this allowance should be evenly distributed along the width of the canvas, and the height should be increased by 3 centimeters.

To ensure that the top of the future product has a rounded shape and does not contain any assemblies, making knitting crochet hats, you need to reduce the hinges by 8 cm, starting from the crown. This should be done through a series in which it is necessary to cut no more than 7 loops per pass.