Thank you Karen, you have solved all my problems when missing for multiple children. 😊

I've been knitting for years but I always use a pattern. Finally, here's someone who is able to give precise instructions on how to work out the number of stitches needed 🤗 Thanks so much. You're instructions are a gift from heaven!!!

Incredible tutorial! Knowledge is power. Now I can make any size hat using any yarn. Thank you so, so, much.

You’ve clearly explained how the different types of wool and sizes work Thank You. I’m off to knit

What a great lesson. I have puzzled over this for years. At last a logical way to work out stitches needed for any size of head. I am now a fan of yours. Thanks very much.

This is similar logic used in crocheting including using 2" less for a snug fit. This is a great tip and a great way to find your cast on stitches for a seasoned knitter. The other thing to consider is that not everyone will have the same number of stitches as the label suggests, which is why its important to make a swatch first to check your gauge and make adjustments with your needles to find the correct number of stitches per inch/centimeter. The label on the yarn helps to assure that no matter if you have loose or tight tension the needed results can be achieved with the yarn, but you might need to change the needle size accordingly. Many people new to crocheting and knitting as well don't understand this and how helpful the label on the yarn really is, and how/what the label is telling them .It is much simpler to make a test swatch to find out what YOUR stitches per inch/centimeters is than to make several rows or so and find out that it will only fit a child when you wanted to make something for an adult or vice versa... hope this thought helps someone too...thanks for the great tut!! :-)

You are the best. I have been wondering how to figure out stitch count for different weight yarns. Thank you so much for sharing this. I never though of the swatch size on the packaging as useful before today. Thank you thank you thank you!!!

Thank you for this video, I keep putting in KZfaq search for pattern for a “large men’s” beanie tutorial and know one has the information ! There are more men with huge heads then “average” size 22

So nice! Hate doing swatches for small projects.

Thank you, Karen. I always watch this video before starting with a hat. Very helpful!

Great explanation on how to calculate no. of stitches. V clear. Thk u v much.

Thank you Karen. Such clear and useful instructions. You're a doll.

The only video where it explains so well

Absolutely brillant. So easy to understand. Thank you so much.

Very useful calculations and just what I needed. Thank you!

How glorious to see inches again, I love them. Beautiful demonstration thank you. Can you give us an idea of depth of ribbing (if any for a turn up) and height of hat. thanks x

Karen, I love your voice! Thank you so much for this, I am always lost with my stich count....

Oh my goodness!!!!! SOOOOOO glad I came across this! Great explanation. Thanks for sharing...

Thank you!! Thank you!!!! So helpful and broken down very easy to understand...

I'm watching this 2 days after Christmas. 2 days AFTER I made a hat for my son,,even followed a pattern,,and ended up with something so small he thought it was a SOCK when he opened his gift🤣😂🤣😂 I wish I had found this video ohhhhhh.......3 weeks ago??!!😂🤣😂

Thanks soo much Karen. My maths is bad lol but you explained it so well. You make it easy to follow. I will be starting another hat following your guide. X

Thank you so much! You explained it wonderfully.

🎉 thanks because I checked a lot of channels and the didn't make sense to me

Thanks a million, much appreciated! 👍🏼

I actually understood this. Now going to give it a go. Thanks

Very useful for a beginner, thank you.

Thank you so much for the video. I find your way of telling directions to be clear and concise which is great! I'm subscribing to your videos and can't wait to view more. Thanks again!

Thank you for this great video! Very informative and very well explained!

So incredibly helpful. Very well explained. Thankyou v. much

Thank you for the information provided by you. But I have a query. Did this calculation only apply for the 2x2 rib hats or can I use it on all hats/caps

You rao genius 😇

Thank you!

Thanks ever so much

Thank you so much. Wonderfully explained. Exactly what I needed.

Thank you. So useful.

Lovely ❤

Fantastic explanation. So glad I found your tutorial.

Thank you Very helpful

Thank you very much, your explanation is totally perfect for me. Anyway, I would still like to know how many inches would you use for premature babies, with the circumference of 6,5 inches? Those are the tiniest that are born, and I would like to make sure the hat would fit as well as possible, wouldn't it be too small, if I deduced 2 inches here?

Thank you so much for this very helpful video!

Thank you very much Karen - this is a really helpful and clear tutorial. Best wishes from Australia :)

Awesome❗️Thanks for sharing and Merry Christmas 🎄

Thank you soso much!! Can you use this technique also on a 1x1 rib beanie? How would it work?

Thank you so much. It was awesome.

thanks so much! I've always wondered about the math /science of knitting

Amazing work💝💛😃♥🌹

Hi I just found your tutorial and I’m so happy that I did I been trying to make some beanie for my family having trouble getting the right size Exactly what I needed so helpful and broken down very easy to understand thank you so much do you have any thing like that for socks that will be great if you have thanks again gloria

very clear tutorial! many thanks for sharing!

amazing thank you so much for this! also, what is that lovely multicoloured yarn you are using for the hat shown? thank you!

Can I use this method with a cable hat.

Thanks you so much for this💚 I do have a question. Would I follow the same method with knitting a hat with 1 knit and 1 purl stitch? Would the same math apply?

I don’t think it still understand. So I have 12ply wool/yarn, and the instructions on label say 10x10cm square = 17 rows and 13 stitches but how do I know still how many stitches to cast on? I’m tired so maybe it’s that but is anyone able to help? Please? 🙂 tia if you are kind enough to help……..

Thank you for such great instructions!

Whats a the negative ease for stockinette stitch

So HELPFUL! Thank you so much! 🤗

Thank you! Most helpful video. Do you have a method for determining how many inches you go before decreasing on a Beanie? Do you measure from just above the eyebrow to the crown of the head as a starting point?

Can you please work this out for me because I have troubles work things out for my Intellectual disability special this I am trying to make a hat on 4mm straight needles my Head on Type measure says 24in or 61cm the wool 8pl Easy CARE says 22.5 sts per 10cm & Approx 98 metres so want will that be please

Can I get a written explanation? Thank you. Just learning to make hats. I have a bdul grandaughter. She is 4 yrs old. Lives in another city. How many casts on? Thank you. Be blessed.

thank you for this information it was extremely helpful.

Thank you this video is really helpful!

another helpful video! thank you!

This was very helpful. Thank you!

Wow..super

thank you, this is very helpful

Thank you thank you thank you, this is so helpfull !!!!!!!

Si, I can use any pattern with this technique?

Hey i have 22inches head size so how many stitches i cast on?

Great information 👍👍👍

Hi I have 120 stiches would I do the same for finishing hat as you did by the way beautiful hat an lovely video ok just watch over an same work for all as this pattern thanks for sharing

Thank you...this is very helpful!

Thank you! How would I calculate for a stitch pattern working in multiples of 4 plus 2?

Awesome thanks.👌🥇💯

Thank you for doing it in cm as well! :)

thank you this was awesome!!

Thank you for your very helpful lesson. Why do you suggest that we remove two inches from the head measurement?

I have found this very helpful. Thank you ! Does it make a big difference in the stitch count if the needles I use are not the exact size recommended on the yarn - e.g. if instead of 5mm needles, I use 6 mm or 4 and half mm ?

There's something weird in the way I knit. Been knitting 40 years and have used that method and nothing ever fit right. I have developed my own calculations and other knitters CAN'T USE MINE!

Hi Karen. I was wondering if I could knit this hat also in rows, instead of knitting in the round. Please let me know, I have never knitted in the round. And how would I do the crown. I really like your video, very well explained. Thank you. Keep me posted.

Thank you such! Now I can make my son a Christmas hat!. Now, If I could only figure how much yarn I needed to cast on with .As I only know the long-tail, I'm forever ending up with way to much or too little yarn.! Any advise? You solved one huge problem with math, can you solve another?

Thank you for sharing This information! 😊

HI Karen... lm back to looking at this vid again.... curious, Ive been making cable hats ij the round by trial and error and they are coming out great... My question is, does this method work the same way with other tables depending on the multiples of stitches used?

Madam do you have a knitting pattern for a lady's balaclava

How to know what side is right tp start decrease

Thanks....

Am a total novice hun, what if my yarn says 4mm needles and im using 4.5, does that effect how many stitches?? Thankyou😚

How could I do this if I don't have the label to my yarn, also I have some yarn that only gives me the size needles or crochet hoock to use

In this tutorial would you still subtract 2" inches for the stretch in a 1 X 1 Ribbing?

the yarn I have is 8/3 ply. haven't mentioned anything else on label. I am using 4mm needle to make a bennie. can u please tell me how many stitches I should knit to get 20 inch circumstance..

Hi Karen, if I wanted to do a textured stitch can I still apply this theory? you use 2x2 rib here, I'm just wondering as I'm about to embark on making a few. Thanks again!!! ps i know it seems obvious but you never know!!! ;)

Hi I have yarn but it doesn't have any information on the packaging, so how would I know many stitches to cast on?

Thanks

If I wanted to do say 3x3 ribbing I would use 6 times tables?

Thanks but if I will continue with stockinette st. Is it still the same math

What size needle for the gauge?

I'm looking at my yarn and what I see is 4inx4in 24 R, what does that mean? And my head is 23"so, I'm trying to do Thais and I came up with 123 stitches. What did I miss? Because I know if I made a hat using 123 stitches, that hat would be way too large!

Opps…when knitting multiple beanies for children

what about 4ply

I need to download on to paper i know how to knit dont need all explanation

Lost me going between cm and inches.

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