Learn to knit

A great place to start is your local knitting/yarn shop. They will have classes to get you hat-making in days. Or buy a great knitting book and teach yourself. We recommend Stitch 'n Bitch by Debbie Stoller.

Online check-out http://www.learntoknit.com and http://www.craftown.com/knitpat8.htm.

The Fastest Hat Around:

Use chunky yarn (Thick and Quick types)

Size 13 needles (9.0mm)

1. CO (cast on) 25 stitches (see internet sites above)

2. K (knit) stitch like a crazy person

3. When your piece gets to be between 10 and 15 inches long (or so):
   BO (Bind off)

4. Cut a nice long tail and pull it through your last stitch

5. Thread a yarn needle and blanket stitch (or whatever you’d like, it won’t show if it’s the same yarn color) the top and down the side

6. Turn inside-out (now it’s the right-side) and mail to toasty noggins!

This is a great "first hat" to learn to knit with. You can gauge the size while you knit, try new stitches and have fun with it, then make it into a very unique hat.

Knitting in the round is the best way to make a wonderful hat -- don’t let it intimidate you -- a knitter never looks as cool as when she’s got 5 double pointed needles flying.