Staci, you do so excellent. Here I am trying to learn at 84 years old.

The little "tug" on the purl stitch you mentioned has changed so much for my knitting! Not only does it produce a perfect rib, but doing it on the 1st purl stitch on the WS of the stockinette stitch eliminates that loose stitch that's so common and very frustrating. Thank you so much!

Thank you so, so much for the demo at the end on how to weave in the tail properly!! OMG!!! This is the first demo I've seen that shows how to do this with ribbed fabric. I've searched high and low for the info, and am really happy to have seen it here. Much appreciated!

What you are able to do with yarn is literally magic. I love watching your videos. I support you all the way and I appreciate your art for all that it's worth. You have sincerely been blessed.

Thanks for the tip for making the ribbing look cleaner. I never liked ribbing before because of that 2nd K stitch looking so uneven but your tip really made a difference. It looks so much better and now I look forward to adding ribbing to my projects. Thank you so much Staci!

Great video. The best way I have found to practically eliminate a jog when joining the cast on edge is NOT to make a slip knot - the knot itself emphasizes the jog. I also cast on one extra stitch and then knit the last stitch together with the first stitch to join the round. The join is practically invisible - I have to look for it at times! I tried many different joining techniques when I started knitting in the round. No slip knot and joining by k2tog gave the best results, hands down.

Thank you for the wonderful tips. I'm a self taught knitter and have been knitting close to 20 years now, but I never properly learned how to apply the "detail" techniques that comes with knitting. You will never know how much your videos mean to me and they truly are invaluable. P.S. I'm so happy you are feeling better.

I love your videos! You are a very good teacher. I’ve been looking for knitting classes near me but now that I’ve discovered your channel I don’t need to leave my house! Everything I need to learn is on your channel. Thank you again!!

Hi !! I've been doing the slight tug now on everything now and it really has made a difference in the look of the hats and everything else I've been making. I can't thank you enough.

Thank you so much for all your tips and techniques. You never disappoint and your tips are always easy to follow and apply in knit projects. 🤟

Love the tug tip! I saw it on another tutorial you made. I've been knitting for years and this was new to me. Fantastic. All the tips are great. I like the way you weave in the end. Very helpful!

I bought a 16¨cord and the size 9, 3¨ needle and made my first hat! I also bought the Dreamz circular needle set and I love all my needles and cords and stuff that came with it and the case they came in! Thank you Staci!

I made almost 20 knitted hats for my family members for Christmas (unfortunately the one I made for myself went missing *sobs*). I love knitting hats, it's so much fun!

Timestamps for tips: 3:06 Tips for casting on 4:06 Joining in the round 5:31 Tip for tight & tidy ribbing (spec. k2p2 & up) 6:55 Weaving in ends (eliminating the jog & keep the ribbing stretchy)

You videos never disappoint! Lots of great tips for new and experienced knitters! Thanks

A treasure trove of tips in an itty bitty video. Yay, Staci! Great tutorial, as usual. Thanks!

Thank you Staci. Those are nice needle's and I'm so glad that you made this video .I for one have started knitting hat's here lately and am always confused about which method to use when joining, you made it look so simple, I will be using your method tomorrow when I join my hat together.

Thank you for this. The tug after the purl st is a great tip.

LOL I was holding my breath to see how you wove in the end on ribbing, thinking it would be nice to know how to do it "the right way" after all these years...and found that you do it exactly the way I've done it forever because it's less noticeable and still stretchy! I had a good laugh at myself for not trusting my process. Thank you for your fabulous videos. You've been a major reason why I've upped my knitting game these last few years.

Yes Indeed, I really needed this tutorial! Stacy, Thank you so much! I pray that All is Well with you!

I just LOVE your videos! You are an amazing teacher, you have so many great tips & tricks for making knits look great, I love learning them all! Thank you for putting out so many great, helpful videos, you've helped me personally grow so much in the short time since I started knitting & I sincerely appreciate all your help. I love knitting in the round. Hats have become a quick favorite of mine, so this video in particular is great. You've put a lot of information from a bunch of other videos you have out there all into one great tutorial. Again, thanks for making learning so easy & fun, especially for beginners like me. With all that said, I've recently decided I wanted to learn to knit shawls (particularly using beads, another technique of which you have a very helpful video guide for). There are 2 techniques in particular that can be quite confusing & while there are other video tutorials out there, I personally learn the best/most/quickest from your videos & I was wondering if you had videos for the "Garter Tab" at the very beginning of a lot of shawl patterns out there &/or the "Nupp stitch"? I haven't found any, but I'm hoping I just missed them. If not, I know you've taken suggestions from viewers before so maybe those are videos you could make sometime in the future. (:

Thank you i always look forward to your videos. I love knitting hats also. When i am knitting on something and i'm just not feeling it instead of starting a whole new project i knit a hat! Then i go back to my project.

Thanks for the chance to win these; they're awesome!

Please design a ponytail hat, (hat with a hole in the top) I've seen several crocheted ones that include a stretchy ponytail holder, not sure if that would even be a possibility if it's knitted! Thanks Stacy, your the best knitting tutor on KZfaq, (NOT KIDDING) I'm prob old enuf to be your mom, but I still want to be just like you when I grow up! Love you to bits!

To MrsG87 - I suspect Staci was showing the Tubular Cast on with the scrap yarn. I like it for hats and socks with ribbed cuff as it is nearly "invisible" and super stretchy. To Debi Drange, I do Portugese knitting for ribbing and definitely don't have to do the extra tug. OTOH, I tend to be super tight in all styles, so my experience may not be the same as yours. Staci, as always, your videos are so well done. I love the way you eliminated the jog with the weave in. like BigPhyl, I have taken to casting on an extra stitch and then using K2TOG on that stitch and the first stitch, but it doesn't entirely eliminate the jog in my experience.

I’m starting to give up on just how closely our internet behavior is watched. I just looked at knitted hat patterns last night and then this evening, this video comes up. Which is perfect given the pattern I picked. Also, I always appreciate your excellent verbal & visual instructions.

Thank you. So helpful. Very clear and consise. I appreciate your teaching style.

Thank you so much for your video loved them all, do you have a video for tubular cast on for 4/4 rib???

Such a great knitting teacher, i have learned so much. THANKYOU THANKYOU

These are extremely helpful tips! Thank you so much for sharing!!

That was a super helpful video! Thanks Stacy! I'm going to bookmark it. :)

I love those.... I have so many sets.

Eliminating the jog in the cast on row is a big eye opener for me, but weaving the tail in adds a new twist to dimension to that process for me...Thanks for the information!

That advice on how to get the right length tail for a long-tail cast-on was incredibly helpful - all the videos I've seen demonstrating long-tail cast-ons didn't say how they got the tail length, and the knitters I've asked just went "Oh, you get an eye for it after a while". The main reason I've been avoiding such cast-ons was that I didn't want to have to undo and redo my cast-on row repeatedly, which I feared would happen if I was just trying to guess the tail length. Now I feel like I can give it a try.

I feel kind of smart for a new knitter. I always weave in my ends up and down instead of across. I really like the way you get rid of the jog at the beginning. Now I feel like knitting a hat and I have just the yarn I need....

I just noticed that you look like Ms.Babcock from The Nanny. I am LOVING IT!

Great video, so many great tips! Do you have any tips for helping a knit hat keep its shape? In my experience the ribbed cuff stretches out over time and the hat becomes too loose. I usually knit with wool yarn.

Thanks, Stacey. Good teaching

Merci. Vos vidéos sont toujours très instructif et clairs.

Thank you, I am learning so much by watching your video’s your the best!

Amazing! Thank you so much for this tip. I always have that little loose bit. :)

Wow, so much good information! Thanks.

Thank you, Great tips. 🌺

Thanks for the great tips!

I always cast on one extra stitch and place that last stitch on the first needle and knit that stitch and first stitch together.

I was looking for the technique on how to weave in the tail on a turtleneck sweater to eliminate the “jog” look. What you did on the cuff was exactly what I was looking for!... the only thing I would ask is can you do it on a cuff that’s not ribbed so we can see it a little better.

Would you say the technique you use to eliminate the jog , is similar to a duplicate stitch? I just had to do several dupe sts to cover up a couple mistakes I made on a double knit brioche fair isle Dr. Who scarf I'm doing and I noticed the similarity, hence my question ;) Thank you so much for this wonderful informative tutorial ! Fantastic as always :)

I do the extra stitch, then slip it to the left, then slip the first stitch through the extra one and start knitting. I like doing the wrap count too. I'll count ten wraps, then fold that bit so many times to count by tens until I need as many. I really liked the cast on you featured a while back with the scrap yarn and then taking out the scrap yarn, but can't remember the name of it.

Thank you so much for this tutorial especially for the weaving of the tail. I have knitted a ribbed cuff hat but now I would like to attach a knitted ribbed cuff to it so it could fold over. Can you help me with that? This hat is a match to a scarf I did.

Thank you for sharing this information!

Really nice video, thanks for sharing

I love your videos! Thank you for your expertise. 🙋‍♀️🇺🇸🧨

When you do the tug on purl stitch removing slack -- would you advise this on seed stitch? Great video - thank you

Hi. I'm Mary B. Thank you berry much, awesome lesson. I always struggle with all of this new tips.🙄😅

Molto molto istruttivo. Grazie!!!

Thanks for the info the little things we don't know how to perfect you show us

Everyone in my family received knitted hats for Christmas. I also knitted the ladies shawls.

Wow, that was quick. Thank you. :)

Do you ever use smaller needles for the cuff of a hat, then go to a size up for the actual body of the hat? I have done that sometimes and it works out well for me!

Great video! Thank you.

Great way to weave in that tail. Does this set of needles have that hole that some of them do to run a lifeline?

Do you have to move yarn behind or can you use purple and pull

Tnku so much for this! I'm literaly about to start a hat, I just cast on and i was like, ok now what I have to do?😂😂 But yea, tankyou sooo much👌👌

Thanks for these tips. But I have a problem. When I cast on the long tail or German twisted CO, my stitches are usually even. But as soon as I start working the first row as a 2x2 ribbing, I end up with uneven stitches and laddering in the CO, which also shows up through the purl columns. I'm thinking it could be that I CO a bit too tightly. I've been trying your technique for tightening up the first purl after a knit, and it's not working out for me, I'm still getting wonky stitches even though the rest of my stitches are even. How do you ensure that firstly your CO isn't too tight, and secondly, that you don't end up with uneven CO stitches when working the first row? I've just started resorting to using a twisted ribbing because I can't get my regular 2x2 ribbing to look lovely.

thank you Staci.

Thank you.

wish I had seen this 1000 hats ago!

Thanks Staci.

If the second knit stitch in the ribbing is already wonky, will blocking even it out a bit? I've already knit my ribbed cuff and the second knit stitch looks looser than the first. I don't really want to frog everything and start over if I don't have to.

Thanks Staci. I wonder if the extra tug will be necessary if one is using the Portuguese knitting style. I've learned so much from you, thank you.

Hi, I have over the years purchased a few pairs of circular needles (pre Internet). So the problem is that my first attempt was dismal (also I am self taught and no one else knitted!). So I have trepidation with this knitting. Do you have any videos on "how to for beginners"? Thanks. :)

I have a question about what to do after knitting 2x2 ribbing and noticing that you have that second knit column all loose. What can you do to tighten up that column after the fact? Next time I will definitely do the tug! Thank you for all the videos!

May I ask where you got your board you work over? I have been searching for one, and really like yours

Is there a method to make less of a dip when transitioning from ribbing to stockinette?

I would like a pigtail hat, my hair is always in pigtails. YOU ARE SO GOOD A TEACHER I KNOW YOU CAN SHOW ME HOW. 💖💙💚💛🧡💜❤👍

Thank you x

Is it okay to do a hat in 12 inch circulars?

Somehow I've managed to use a 9'' circular needle for my projects, it was perfect for older hats but have also worked for adult size hats. Wondering if a 16'' will make a big difference?

Like the world just opened up! Now I can fix the very thing that I wanted to improve on my hat cuffs. Yessss! Thanks so much

You are so nice expert 🌺🌺🌺

Hi Staci! What if I was using the Norwegian purl technique? Do you think a tug on the yarn would still be needed? I have attempted this and my knitting was very wonky but maybe I was doing something wrong. Im no pro but still at a pro- beginner stage.

That needle set is $65 at Webbs. The Options Interchangeable Caspian Needle Set from Knit Picks is $40.

Wow...thanks

Sometimes too, I like to go down one needle size just for the ribbing.

God I love my 16 inch needles...I'm addicted to knitting hats Lately!

Do you think it would help to do the ribbing in a size smaller than the rest of the hat?

Question: When considering purchased these needles, I read some critiques that the needles broke at the point where the wood meets the metal. Any comments? I have been searching for a similar kit with chrome or metal needles so this won't happen. Thanks! Donna

How do you get the purl to be on both sides?

جميل جدا

How do I prevent my ribbing from curling on my knitted hat

I don't know what happened but when I went to look for my Wednesday video from you, it wasn't there. Here i had to re-subscribe. Must be my toddlers playing with my phone again!

Where can I buy the screws on needles

How long is the rib please? Anyone answer please?

I prefer an Estonian cast on for stretchy edges. Do you have a video for this technique? It makes a nice edge to the work as well. P.S. I enjoy your tutorials.

Where have you been laady?..I lost you somewhere and I hope I don't loose you again...thank you for begin you.🙂🙃😉

So here’s the thing about the Knitters Pride circular needles. Because you more or less recommended them I went ahead and invested in a set which cost me over $100 plus the shipping. These needles have a tiny hole near the tip which I have no idea why it’s there as it serves no purpose. If that hole is not smooth the wool can catch on it and make knitting an unpleasant experience. I should have taken note of an online reviewer who expressed the same problem. I now have a set of needles I do not like so anyone reading this, do the research first and don’t always go by what people say on YT. Learnt a very expensive lesson.

ChiaGoo so much better .