Description
BibBob is a classic beanie. The entire beanie is worked in garter stitch. It’s worked flat and seamed for an invisible finish, then topped with a yarn pompom.
Availability
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Yarn
100g/100yd/91m
chunky weight, single ply or plied yarn.
Needles & Notions
Pair 5.5mm/UK5/US9 straight needles or size needed to obtain gauge
Stitch marker as necessary
Tapestry needle
Sample details
Malabrigo Chunky [100yd/91m per 100g; 100% Merino]
Shown in size 22in/56cm on model with 21in/53.25cm circumference head
Gauge
14sts x 28rows to 4in/10cm on 5.5mm needles over Garter St.
Sizes
To fit size: 18 [20, 22] in/ 45.75 [50.75, 56] cm
Finished size: 15.5 [17.25, 18.75] in/ 39.5 [43.75, 47.75] cm
Not sure which size to make? Check my handy size and measuring guide!
Skills required
Garter stitch
Mattress Stitch for Garter Stitch
Pompoms
Pattern notes
This pattern is deceptively simple and is ideal for beginner knitters keen to learn new techniques – decreasing, crochet cast-on and mattress stitch for garter stitch are featured techniques. The Hat is worked flat and seamed for an invisible finish.
How to
Using Crochet Provisional Cast-on method as a permanent cast on, cast on 54 [60, 66] sts.
Body
Row 1 (RS): Knit all the stitches
Row 2 (WS): Knit all the stitches
Repeat these 2 rows until work measures 3.5 [4.25, 5] in/9 [10.75, 12.75] cm from the cast on edge, ending after a Row 2 (WS), with the garter stitch relaxed.
Crown
18in size start at Row 5, 20in size start at Row 3, 22in size start at Row 1.
Row 1: *K9, k2tog; rpt from * to end [60 sts]
Row 2 & all WS rows: Knit all the stitches
Row 3: *K8, k2tog; rpt from * to end [54 sts]
Row 5: *K7, k2tog; rpt from * to end [48 sts]
Row 7: *K6, k2tog; rpt from * to end [42 sts]
Row 9: *K5, k2tog; rpt from * to end [36 sts]
Row 11: *K4, k2tog; rpt from * to end [30 sts]
Row 13: *K3, k2tog; rpt from * to end [24 sts]
Row 15: *K2, k2tog; rpt from * to end [18 sts]
Row 17: *K1, k2tog; rpt from * to end [12 sts]
Row 19: *k2tog; rpt from * to end [6 sts]
Break yarn and draw through remaining 6sts, tighten to close.
PomPom
Cut 2 circular pieces measuring 2.5in/6.25cm diameter from thin cardboard. The inner circle should be approximately 1.25in/3.25cm. Placing the two pieces of card together, wrap the yarn through the centre and around the outer circle, continuing in this manner until all the card is covered.
Continue wrapping the yarn until either the centre hole has closed or all the yarn has been used.
Carefully cut the yarn along the edge of the circle to reveal the covered card. Cut all of the yarn, then tie a knot between the two layers off card, effectively tying all the pieces of yarn together, before removing the card. Trim pompom before attaching securely to the Hat.
Finishing
Using the yarn tails, and using the mattress stitch method for garter stitch, close the back seam.
You may wish to either duplicate stitch or use the ends of the yarn to otherwise tidy up the bottom edge at the seam point.
Weave in all ends. A gentle wash and blocking is required to help the stitches settle and the crown lay flat. Attach pompom after blocking.
Description
The Absolute Slouch is a chunky slouchy beanie worked almost entirely in garter stitch. Columns of slipped stitch add visual visual contrast along the bottom edge. They are placed at even intervals around the beanie, alternating between longer and shorter columns. The brim of the Absolute Slouch is slightly smaller than the body, and the crown is scrunched.
Availability
My Patreon supporters and members of The Woolly Hat Society get exclusive early access to new free patterns and tutorials. Once the exclusive period is over it’s published here on the blog.
Support
If you have a question about this pattern, pop it in a comment below. Sorry, but I’m unable to help with my free patterns or tutorials via email or private messages.
Social Media
Share your hand-knit Hats online with these hashtags!
#WWAbsoluteSlouch
Yarn
100g/149yd/136m chunky weight, single ply or plied yarn.
Needles & Notions
Pair 5mm/UK6/US8 straight needles or size needed to obtain gauge
Stitch marker as necessary
Tapestry needle
Sample details
We Are Knitters Meriwool [149yd/136m per 100g; 100% Merino]
Shown in size 21.5in/54.5cm on model with 21in/53.25cm circumference head
Gauge
15sts x 30rows to 4in/10cm on 5mm needles over Garter St.
Sizes
To fit size: 19 [21.5, 23.5] in/ 48.25 [54.5, 59.75] cm
Finished size: 17 [19.25, 21.25] in/ 43.25 [49, 54] cm
Not sure which size to make? Check my handy size and measuring guide!
Skills required
Garter Stitch
Abbreviations
K: knit
P: purl
rpt: repeat
st(s): stitch(es)
S1: slip stitch purlwise with yarn at the back
kfb: knit into the front and back of the stitch
k2tog: knit next 2sts together
Pattern notes
This pattern is deceptively simple and is ideal for beginner knitters keen to learn new techniques – increasing, decreasing, slipped stitches and mattress stitch for garter stitch are featured techniques. The Hat is worked flat and seamed for an invisible finish.
How to
Using Cable cast-on method cast on 64 [72, 80] sts.
Brim
Row 1 (RS): Knit all the stitches
Row 2 (WS): *K2, S1, K1; rpt from * to end
Repeat these 2 rows until work measures 1 [1.25, 1.5] in/2.5 [3.25, 3.75] cm from the cast on edge, ending after a Row 2 (WS).
Inc Row (RS): *K4, kfb, K3; rpt from * to end [72, 81, 90 sts]
Body
Row 3: *K7, S1, K1; rpt from * to end
Rnd 4: Knit all the stitches
Repeat these 2 rows until work measures 3 [3.75, 4.5] in/7.5 [9.5, 11.5] cm from the cast on edge, ending after a Row 4.
Row 5: Knit all the stitches
Repeat this row until work measures 7 [8, 9] in/17.75 [20.25, 22.75] cm from the cast on edge, ending after a WS row.
Crown
Row 1: K 0 [1, 0], *k2tog; rpt from * to end [36, 41, 45 sts]
Row 2: Knit all the stitches
Row 3: K 0 [1, 1], *k2tog; rpt from * to end [18, 21, 23 sts]
Row 4: Knit all the stitches
Row 5: K 0 [1, 1], *k2tog; rpt from * to end [9, 11, 12 sts]
Break yarn and draw through remaining 9 [11, 12] sts, tighten to close.
Finishing
Using the yarn tails, and using the mattress stitch method for garter stitch, close the back seam.
You may wish to either duplicate stitch or use the ends of the yarn to otherwise tidy up the bottom edge at the seam point.
Weave in all ends. A gentle wash and blocking is required to help the stitches settle.
Absolute Slouch is another one of the designs that I'd put together for the Absolute range, which I decided to shelf before it got started. And rather than let these designs go to waste in a folder on my PC, I figured I'd release them as free patterns.
These designs were designed for beginner knitters & whilst they're not as in-depth as absolute beginner patterns possibly need (this was one of the main reasons for shelving the project - this type of pattern writing is pretty time consuming & quite a shift from my usual style) they are still simple enough for confident beginners to try.
Free patterns are exclusive to members of The Woolly Hat Society for a month, before being published here for all to access.
The ANPI fundraiser from a few posts back finished at midnight CET saturday evening, and the total sat at €1330. That amount has now been transferred to the local branch, in Santarcangelo.
As I said before, ANPI are a registered charity in Italy. And they are more than just an ant-fascist organisation.
I learnt recently that they help support legal cases against hate speech and prejudice. They are literally doing all they can to fight hate, prejudice and the consequences of these actions. They are promoting peace and collaboration across a wide spectrum. And they need all the support they can get.
I've spoken with members of the local branch since the total was announced and to say they're bowled over would be an understatement. Your support will help victims of hate crime, help promote equality, cooperation and collaboration, and provide much needed support to marginalised groups.
Thank you.
I'm thinking about further ways I can help, perhaps auctioning some of my samples, but I need to get to grips with the new business system and find out how charity donations work within that. Once I've got it straightened out, I'll see what I can do.
By the looks of things, my business will be changing over towards the end of July or beginning of August, and the biggest change that will be visible is the change in currency and prices.
My main currency - on this website and on Etsy - will change to Euros. Ravelry, Craftsy, Kitterly & Patternfish will remain in US Dollars. And I'll keep LoveKnitting as the one place for Sterling, because I'd like there to be somewhere that is. Makerist will remain in Euros, as it is now.
Because I have to switch currencies, it also means a juggle in prices, mostly to align with the EU prices that are already established.
Prices in US dollars haven't changed in a very long time, years, and that does need to adjust slightly to match my prices in Euros. The one I feel most awkward about is the change to Sterling - this one had an increase most recently (just over 2 years ago) and the fall in value of the currency means I gotta do it again. But it is what it is.
You'll know that these business changes back end are pretty big - getting incorporated and VAT registered and all the grown up things - and in many ways I'm glad it's all happening at once... we've one big bump to work around and hopefully everything will settle soon enough.
Going forward, the new prices will be:
ePatterns
€5.50 : $7 : £4.75
eBooks
<4 patterns: €12 : $14 : £11
<10 patterns: €14 : $17 : £13
10 patterns: €16 : $20 : £14
>10 patterns: €20 : $24 : £18
I will be paying the VAT, just as I do now.
These prices will be effective as soon as the business moves, and right now I can't give an exact date but as I said, it'll hopefully be in the next 4 to 6 weeks. Anyhows, I know I've no need to justify any of this but since it's all of you lovely folks who buy my work that keeps the food on the table and a roof over our heads, I like to be transparent where I can.
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Thank you for the fantastic response to my donation drive! I wasn't sure how well we'd do as it's the lowest point in the season, but we've topped €530 so far! I was hopeful I'd have €500 or thereabouts to donate by the end of the month, so I'm pretty chuffed.
I know a lot of folks like to turn to their knitting as a way of escaping what's going on in the world, and I get that - I do. But I don't have that luxury. The situation we're in - which could get more precarious, who knows - has been bought about by politics. The rise of far right politics, mostly.
So as much as a few people complained about my most recent newsletter (where I didn't talk about the situation as in depth as I did here) the current state of things here and my want to do something is personal. Good for you that the current politics doesn't affect you, that you can ignore it, but we're not all in the same boat. Thanks for your understanding.
(besides which, politics is everywhere, in everything. Making a donation to charity is political; choosing to support independant businesses is political; and choosing to abstain or ignore politics is political, too.)
Thank you to all of you for your continued support. It's been a difficult few weeks and I'm glad we're all still moving forward!
When news broke the other day that the Italian Interior Minister plans to register Roma and expel non-Italian Roma, I lost the ability to cope with the darkness that is creeping over Europe and the rest of the world.
Quando l'altro giorno è arrivata la notizia che il Ministro degli Interni italiano stava pianificando di censire tutti i Rom e espellere quelli non italiani ho perso la capacità di reagire alle tenebre che stanno serpeggiando attraverso l'Europa e il resto del mondo.
What with the separation of children from families in the US, the utter mess that is Brexit and the issue of our rights not being protected as British citizens who have exercised our freedom of movement rights (because the UK government is actively seeking to remove our rights - I'm fed up with explaining how the media has whitewashed this one), this news from Italy was the last straw. I keep flitting between moments of panic and tears, anger and desperation, and fear to hopelessness. I know I'm not alone in this.
Tra la separazione dei bimbi dalle loro famiglie negli Stati Uniti, quelll'assoluto caos che è la Brexit e la mancanza di tutela per noi cittadini britannici che abbiamo esercitato la nostra libertà di circolazione (il Governo britannico è attivamente impegnato nella rimozione dei nostri diritti e ne ho abbastanza di cercare di spiegare come i media abbiano totalmente insabbiato tutto questo), questa notizia dall'Italia è stata la goccia che ha fatto traboccare il vaso. Sono passata da momenti di panico e lacrime, rabbia e disperazione, e paura a non avere nessuna speranza. So che non sono l'unica.
(there's a whole range of media sources linked above - please go read and educate yourself if you haven't already)
(c'è un'intera gamma di fonti linkate sopra - per piacere andatele a leggere e istruitevi se non lo avete già fatto).
All of this has happened because the right-wing and populist movements have continually stoked fear against immigrants, religious groups and outsiders. You'd think people would have longer memories and remember what happened in 1930's Europe and how it happened, but apparently not. And now fascism is on the rise again and it's bloody scary.
Tutto questo è successo poichè i movimenti populisti di destra hanno continuato ad alimentare la paura nei confronti di immigrati, gruppi religiosi e stranieri. Ci si aspetterebbe che le persone avessero più memoria e ricordassero cosa è successo in Europa negli anni Trenta, e come è successo, ma apparentemente non è così. E ora il fascismo è in crescita ed è dannatamente spaventoso.
And then it dawned on me yesterday that there was something I could do - raise funds for ANPI. Because that's what we do when everything starts falling apart - we take action.
E poi ieri mi è venuto in mente che potevo fare qualcosa: raccogliere fondi per l'ANPI. Perchè questo è quello che facciamo quando tutto comincia ad andare a pezzi: agiamo.
After some checks to see what I could do and how I could do it, I decided to offer a donation of all sales until the end of the month. I was going to restrict it to certain eBooks but this morning I woke up and just figured I'd throw 50% of my earnings from Ravelry and this website between now and the end of the month into the ANPI pot.
Dopo aver verificato cosa potevo fare e come farlo, ho deciso di fare una donazione su tutte le vendite fino alla fine del mese. Pensavo di limitarle solo ad alcuni eBook ma questa mattina mi sono svegliata e ho deciso che donerò il 50% delle mie entrate provenienti da Ravelry e da questo sito, da oggi sino a fine mese, all'ANPI.
Several Woolly Wormhead knitting patterns are available in Italian - they can be found on Ravelry here.
Numerosi modelli di cappelli a maglia di Woolly Wormhead sono disponibili con le istruzioni in italiano qui.
(I'm restricting the donation drive to my website and Ravelry store, as I get instant payments when a purchase is made, and it's far easier to track how much is being raised)
(Ho dovuto limitare le donazioni al mio sito e all' eShop Ravelry dal momento che solo da queste vendite ricevo pagamenti istantanei ed è molto più semplice calcolare quanto è stato raccolto).
ANPI are the anti-fascist organisation in Italy, a registered charity. Fascism first emerged in Italy during WW1 and spread across Europe. They are the best place to be sending my donation. They could use the awareness as well as the funds.
ANPI è un'associazione anti-fascista italiana, senza scopo di lucro. Il fascismo nacque in Italia durante la Seconda Guerra Mondiale e si diffuse nel resto d'Europa. ANPI è il miglior destinatario per la mia donazione. E può far buon uso sia della consapevolezza che della donazione.
The local branch have close links with Yard, and our Primo Maggio festivals these last two years have been joint fundraiser events between the Yard and ANPI. Knowing these folks first hand, I see how much work they put in, how dedicated they are. And they need support now more than ever.
L'Anpi locale ha un stretta relazione con il Campo e il nostro Festival del Primo Maggio degli ultimi due anni è stata un'iniziativa comune di foundraising. Conoscendoli di persona vedo il loro sforzo e quanto si impegnino. E ora più che mai hanno bisogno di supporto.
You can also make a donation directly to ANPI if you wish. And to learn more about ANPI, where it grew from, how it was founded and how the movement developed, click here.
Se preferite potete fare una donazione direttamente all'ANPI. E per conoscere meglio l'ANPI, da dove nacque, come venne fondata e come si sviluppò la Resistenza, cliccare qui.
Please help spread the word! Use the top image to share on social media, reshare this post, or reshare where I share the images (Rav, Twitter, IG etc). Thanks in advance for your support :)
Aiutatemi a spargere la notizia per favore. Condividete sui social l'immagine sopra o questo post o l'immagine che io ho già condiviso su Rav, Twitter, IG ecc. Grazie per il supporto :)
And now I'm going to throw myself into creating something clever and beautiful to publish, because personally I feel stuck between a rock and a hard place (or you could say it looks like we're going to get screwed by 2 governments, not just the one...) and I somehow need to find a way to buy ourselves an escape route.
Ed ora mi butto nella creazione di qualcosa di bello e ingegnoso, perchè personalmente mi sento intrappolata tra l'incudine e il martello ( o si potrebbe dire che sembra che saranno due governi a fregarmi, non solo quello...) e in qualche modo ho bisogno di trovare un modo per avere una via di fuga.
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