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Knit Hat

About: Hats are surprisingly easy to make and a great way to help those in your community! Receiving a handcrafted hat not only warms the recipient's head, but their heart too. A handcrafted item is a great way to remind others that they matter and are loved! Below are instructions on how to make a hat for any size head, preemie to adult.

Time: 7 hours on average, varies depending on size

Recipient: Children, Senior Citizens, Babies, Cancer Patients, Homeless, Veterans, Orphans, Dementia Patients, Other Illness Patients, Abuse Survivors

Donation Location: Hats are helpful for all people, so they can be donated just about anywhere. Make sure you contact the location you want to donate your hat to first, so you know if they are accepting blankets. If you are donating to a national organization check out their website before beginning for guidelines on colors and sizes they need.

Materials

Instructions

  1. Put a slipknot on your needle and cast on until at the desired width. Desired width is the circumference you want minus an inch (the hat will stretch, so to make it fit snug you have to do an inch smaller circumference).
  2. Slip knot on needle 40 stitches casted on needle
  3. Knit every row until desired length (height of hat)
  4. 3 rows knitted
  5. Bind off your piece
  6. Fold the rectangle in half with the back (inside of hat) facing out, and sew up the side with a yarn needle. At end knot the string to secure it and tuck in end, now you have a cylinder.
  7. Short string wove in and long tail gathered
  8. Cut new length of string and weave it through the stitches at the top of the cylinder
  9. Short string tying long tail together
  10. Pull string to synch cylinder into hat shape
  11. Two blocks laying next to each other
  12. Knot the string (you may want to stitch back and forth over the hole at the top to help close it up), tuck the end, flip the hat right side out, and you are done!
  13. Blocks laying on top of each other fronts together, backs facing out Image of blocks being sewn together Sewing string being tied into knot

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