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Gauge: 5.5 stitches and 8 rows equals 1 inch at TD4 on the LK150 knitting machine
Size for a small child
Cast on 87 stitches and Knit 12 rows, reform to rib of your choice
Increase 1 stitch to make 88 total stitches
Knit 40 rows
Keep first 22 needles to Work Position and put the rest to Hold Position, set carriage to Hold
Short row 1 stitch the beginning of each row until you have 2 stitches in work
Now put left needles of last 2 in work from HP to FWP as well as the next 22 needles
Knit to the left
Put the first section of 22 needles to HP
Repeat the short rows as per the first section and then for the following 2 sections
At the end, put the left needles from HP to FWP to get the carriage on the left
Now I put my TD up to 9 and knit 1 row across and then latch tool bind off
Sew the back seam and then go across one seam on the crown, weave in yarn tail or tie a small knot
Sew across other seam on the crown and also weave in that yarn tail
Hat with 4 Point Crown Decreasing
Now I also show decreasing the crown instead of the short rows, I do prefer this seam better but then I have more yarn tails to hide. (Or you can do a S.A.Y.G starting with the 2nd section to the first)
To do the decrease, when at the crown, just decrease 1 stitch each end of one section every other row until you have 2 or 4 stitches left, bind off
Do next section the same as well as the other 3 sections
Weave in all yarn tails or tie small knots
Add a pompom if you desire
Full Fashioned Decrease Hat (another way to do the 4 point hat crown)
So this one I started out with 100 stitches, this was worked up on the LK150 with 3 strands of 2/24 yarn
I worked up 12 rows, transferred every other stitch over to the next for the picot hem
Knitted up another 12 rows and hung first row to close hem
Then I knitted up 30 rows
100 stitches divided by 5 equals 20, then 20 divided in half equals 10
Next I started counting from the right, pulled out needles R13 and R11, from there counted down 20 needles, pulled out the next needle, counted 2, pulled out the next needle. I did mark the yarn going between the 2 needles for reference on the following decreases, but I do notice that I goofed on the right most transfer, but no big deal
I did end up with 14 stitches on the left and just left it at that, I could have moved each needle back and pull out the next one so that it would be the same amount of stitches on the ends
I took the stitches off the needles pulled out to HP and transferred them to the left or right so that the 2 needles between the needles pulled out has 2 stitches on them
Then I transferred the stitches inwards so that there were no empty needles
Knit 2 rows
Continue decreasing and knitting 2 rows until I had 21 stitches left
Then I did a transfer every other stitch to the next needle
I could have just left those there and knitted one last row but I did transfer them inwards so no empty needles
Cut the yarn leaving enough for a gathering bind off and sewing down the seam hiding the yarn tails in the folded picot hem. And your done
Remember, if you are making these or any item for donations, you can donate them to your local churches (do not have to be a member there), any homeless shelter, food pantries, hospitals and local schools. Do not be a fool when someone else takes your items and donates or even sells them for their recognition and not yours or even a profit that they never made the items.