- Have you wondered how to finish off your hat,
measure it on the Rotating Double Knit Loom,
finish it up at the top,
and also,
what do I do with this anchor yarn?
We're gonna cover all that today in this video.
Stay tuned.
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Hi, I'm Kristen.
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All right, let's begin.
In today's tutorial,
we are going to determine how long to knit our hat
on the KB Double Knit Loom.
This is a Rotating Double Knit Loom.
And as you can see,
we have these upright supports here.
And they prevent us
from pulling the hat outward and measuring.
So this is how you would measure.
Push all your stitches all the way down
and they meet the top of this loom here.
This part here is a half an inch.
And the upright support,
down to this u-shape area is four and a half inches.
So from the very top of where our stitches can be,
but while pushing them down to the bottom of the peg.
So from the bottom of the pegs
down to this u-shape portion is five inches.
And then we will fold our knitting up like this.
Go all the way around.
You don't want to like pull it and overstretch it.
But just pull it down as you normally would
and then flip it up.
And then you're gonna take this measurement here.
So this is really the main measurement you need.
So we're gonna get our measuring tool out
and turn it to the side, measuring it.
And I am at three inches.
And then I know three plus this five is eight.
So I wanted my hat between eight
and eight and a half inches.
I'm gonna make mine eight inches.
And we are going to bind this off.
So now that we know what it is,
we're gonna grab our loom pick of choice.
I'm just gonna set those out of the way.
I'm just gonna use this loom hooker tool.
And then we're gonna take all the stitches
from the inside loom to the outside loom.
Just move them straight over.
Just pick that stitch up
and move it across.
Go ahead and do that all the way around the loom.
Or you can start on the opposite side
and move it towards you.
So we're pulling that loop towards us and to the back there.
And continue going around.
All the way around the loom
and I'll meet you back up for the next step.
See you soon.
Now that we've moved all of our stitches to the outer loom,
we need to hook over our bottom loop over the top.
So you'll just be lifting these up and over.
So just continue to work around in a circle, knitting over.
Pause your video and I'll see you in a moment.
All right, so we've knit all those over.
And now we just need to take our working yarn
and go around the loom one time and cut it.
And now with this tail that we've made,
we want to take our tapestry needle
and work it through all the stitches on the loom.
So I'm just gonna start going through the stitches
and I'm gonna leave off on this last stitch I did here.
And I can either work out one to the right
or one to the left
because I want to go back through this last stitch
one more time.
So go ahead and just lift up all these,
go through them,
and take them off as you go.
Either work to the right or work to the left.
If you need your loom hook,
go ahead and do that.
All right, see you in a moment.
All right, so I've gone through my last stitch.
And now we can just pull this hat right on out of here.
It needs to lift up and out.
There we go.
And now we're just gonna take our stitches here
and pull it with this yarn.
And it closes up the top part of your hat.
And so now you just go through here and stitch it.
This is actually a reversible hat.
And so you can just stitch it on the outside here
and make it really easy for yourself.
And I like to go through several of these stitches
and really get that in there.
Go through the opposite side.
And another one.
And then go through one of those last loops
that I just pulled through.
And do that one more time.
Leave a loop
and pull on through.
And then you can cut your yarn.
But I would recommend going right in between.
Because this is a double knit,
it will hide your tail really well.
And so we're just gonna kind of wiggle in between
these stitches,
and get it down to the main body,
and just work through the middle here.
And then zigzag that and go back through another direction
really making sure it's in there.
And cut our yarn.
I'm gonna turn mine inside out here.
Got our hat made.
And then you have these beginning ends.
So this anchor yarn,
if you said what is this for,
this is where you finish it.
Now that it's off the loom,
what you need to do is
go through and you find the beginning of where this began,
find your tail,
and you want to work in the opposite direction
of your tail.
So start with the very next stitch over.
'Cause we're gonna pull through that yarn tail in the end.
So I'm gonna come down here.
And pick this one up
and I'm gonna work to my left.
If you're left-handed,
you'll want to work to your right.
And I'm just gonna pick up this first stitch
with a hook that's appropriate for the size of yarn you use,
and then pick up the next one.
So we're just not gonna use the anchor yarn.
We're just picking up these loose stitches
that you can see very clearly with the anchor yarn.
You're gonna turn your hook
through that little eyelet that you make.
When you turn the hook,
it makes that little teardrop shape,
and then it knits over or hooks over one.
It's a chain stitch.
So we go through the next one that appears
and then hook that on through making a chain.
Go to the next one.
Turn it and hook it on through
and making a chain.
So you're just gonna continue working one stitch.
And if you have a hard time twisting it,
you can just pick it up with your finger
and move it like that.
And it, whoops.
And it has this nice little chain that happens.
And if you drop one, that's okay,
because you still have your anchor right there.
All right so,
we're just gonna continue going all the way around.
Pause your video and I'll meet you back at this other end
and we'll finish that off together.
See you soon.
All right, I'm coming to the end of where my anchor yarn is.
And I untied this area that I had just had a loose bow with
so I can really see it now.
So I've got one more loop and then
that's where the beginning strand is.
So I'm gonna just go ahead and pull this one loop through
and now I'm gonna go ahead and pull through
this final yarn here.
And then I'm going to connect these two pieces
just by getting out my tapestry needle.
And before I put that in and finish it,
I want to go ahead and pull out this anchor yarn here.
So just pull right on that
and it should all come out.
Okay, so that has finished off that edge there
and I just want to connect it.
Go ahead and
go right up to where that chain stitch was
and go through both stitches.
And then go back into the one that you just did.
Actually, let me come back out of that.
That was a little elongated.
Let me come down here.
And go right through there
and then through the stitch that I was in before
to match up and make a chain to match it, really.
And then we're gonna go.
I'm gonna go on the inside here.
I'm gonna come down
through the next stitch down here.
Just gonna turn my hat inside out just for a moment.
And let's go ahead and go right up one of these columns
of knit stitches here.
And when you go into the bottom right of this column here
and then whip around to the outside of that stitch,
and continue to go around.
If you have a bent needle,
it works really well.
Just kind of keep whipping around.
And it'll go right up into this column here
and you will actually retain the stretchiness
of your stitch here.
So go right up there like that.
And you can just continue up.
And I'm gonna come right back down.
So turn it around
and come around that stitch.
It doesn't go quite as easy on the way back down
but it does still work.
And you can just pull right on through.
And because this is a double knit.
Here, let's just tug on that for a second.
Because it's a double knit,
I can hide the rest of my tail on the inside.
I can just go right in between these layers here, okay.
Just kind of go at an angle.
Make sure you're in between,
you're not going through to the other side there.
Just go right on through and pull that tail, whoops.
Let's just put that right on here.
Okay.
Right on the inside,
pull on that.
Clip it.
And you've got a nice beautiful, finished hat,
with a really beautiful detailed edge here
with a chain stitch on it.
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