Teach yourself to Knit/ Eva Rosen

[egl]

my sister gave me the knitting book "Teach yourself to Knit by Eva Rosen. And I have learned from it, but the winter hat pattern is not right... I did as instructed, the cast on stitch amount was 40 stitches, this was a pattern for an adult hat, 40 stitches didnt fit on my head. I just modified it and did 90 stitches, so why would she put it as casting on 40 stitches for an adult hat??

[leeniex]

What size yarn was specified? That doesn't sound right at all. Could be an error in the pattern, wouldn't be the first time I found one in a book.

[knitcindy]

I have this book and I re-read through that pattern. According to the Gauge written, 40 stitches would equal 20 inches around. Seems like enough stitches to me.

Did you use 2 strands of yarn together?? And size 17 needles?? I think that might have been part of the difficulty.

HTH, knitcindy

[suzeeq]

40 stitches would be the right number for a really thick yarn or 2 strands of yarn together, and large needles. For a medium weight yarn and needles, the 90 sts is about average.

[egl]

worsted weight 2 oz for the main color, and 1 1/2 oz for the others,
you cast on 40 stitches and it says do stockinette stitch (but the picture shows ribbing) for 8 rows main color then 4 rows color A 6 rows color B then back to 4 rows color A, and do the color stripe sequence three times, ( i calculated you end up with 66 rows) but when I did it it was too small,
I just noticed the instructions call for you to use two strands of yarn each color, Would that make a differnce?
My main question is 40 cast on stitches with no increases is way too small for an adult head???

[suzeeq]

Yes, 2 strands of worsted weight yarn will equal a heavy bulky weight That's what will allow 40 sts to be large enough because that should end up as 2 sts per inch or so. Make sure you're using the right needle size too.

[egl]

Yes, 2 strands of worsted weight yarn will equal a heavy bulky weight That's what will allow 40 sts to be large enough because that should end up as 2 sts per inch or so. Make sure you're using the right needle size too.

ok i will try that, after posting that, I rered that too about having to use two strands, and felt like a food not having read that before...( duh) thanks,

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[egl]

Ok, so I did the gauge swatch, and I cant understand hot to read the gauge device. Obviously withing the 2inch/ 2 inch ruler part on the purl side?

[suzeeq]

Forget the gauge thingy and just use a regular ruler. Count how many sts in 4".

[egl]

Forget the gauge thingy and just use a regular ruler. Count how many sts in 4".

on the purl side right??