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i had promised to show you how the seamless beanie is finished two weeks ago. i've been putting it off because i didn't get very good pictures. also because i had mistakenly deleted half the progress pictures.
i should clarify: this hat is knit up and down instead of side to side or round and round. meaning the rows are knitted to and from brim and crown.
in order to keep the stitches on the cast on edge live, i use the open edge cast on method. i hope that's what it's called. i learned it from ez.
so, this is what it looks like once i removed the red holder yarn from the cast on edge and put the stitches on a needle:
live stitches
note that i put stitches of both edges on very fine needles. weaving is easier with room on the needles for the weaving yarn to pull through.
ready for weaving
as this is garter stitch weaving, i always make sure that one edge is at the valley row and the other edge is at the hill row. in the above picture, the top edge is valley and the bottom is hill. otherwise, the weaving will not yield a seamless appearance.
regretfully, i have to omit showing you the very first stitch of the weaving. it is a bit convoluted to be captured in pictures. i will sketch it out clearly on a later entry.
so, here it is, weaving in progress. same exact hat, different lighting. i stuck a piece of white paper under the fabric so you can see how the brim of the hat looks absolutely continuous.
note that the row weaving the two edges together blends right in with the rest of the fabric. this is the best part about this hat.
for some geeky reason i'm real proud of this trick. if you've seen this or know of someone who has pulled this stunt before, please drop me a note. i don't want to go around humiliating myself by telling people it's my seamless hat.
before i forget, i should show you the hat from which mine evolved:
i loved the way the hat looked and knitted it exactly to its pattern. while i thought it was a clever design, i knew it could be better. i was particularly unhappy with the finishing technique; it required the knitter to sew a half slanted edge to a straight egde. the fact that i'm terrible with sewing made it intolerable.
and that's how i unvented this hat.
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