How to tie a long cap

How to tie a long cap
 Long knitted cap, nicknamed "stocking" and "cap", has a capacity of conventional headgear, but the top is not adjacent to the crown, and hangs or drapes, depending on the model.
 This headdress is popular among young people and women who follow the fashion trends. Long cap also suitable for ladies who prefer updo because quite extensive.

Assign a model of the power of even a beginner, barely able to hold the spokes. The main thing - to choose a spectacular yarn and determine the length of the hat.

Buy 200 grams of yarn (better to take stock), five spokes. Measure the head circumference measuring tape. Tie the yarn sample (5x5 square centimeters). Calculate the density of knitting, ie the number of loops per centimeter. Score four spokes desired number of loops, for example, head circumference 65 centimeters - 120 loops 30 loops per needle.

Work in the first 10 rows of simple elastic band (one front alternates with a purl loops). Tie the cloth directly the desired length (eg 40 centimeters). Hat is knitted as a simple stocking, without patterns. Loops tighten into a knot with one thread, crochet thread the end of the thread inside. Can decorate a hat pompon or related bow.

Try also associate a spectacular long cap, using several different in texture and color yarns. Dial the desired number of loops on two circular needles, knit just the first ten rows, alternating between right and wrong number, the same color. Then change the color of the yarn, observing the selected rhythm. At a height of 20 centimeters begins gradually decrease: provyazyvayte with 2 loops every 8 rows in the face. Purl perform the drawing. Subtract up to 10 loops, close the loop.

Otparte ready narrowed fabric, fold the face in half, sew the edges gently, without tightening thread. Turn out, iron the seam, pull the thread top and secure. The original cap "cap" is ready.

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