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Knit Stitches: Fisherman's Rib Stitch & Kitty Ear Hat Pattern

teacher avatar Sarah Carswell, Fiber Artist

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Lessons in This Class

    • 1.

      00 Introduction

      1:38

    • 2.

      01 Project Materials

      0:32

    • 3.

      02 Casting On Stitches

      1:22

    • 4.

      03 Foundation Row

      1:27

    • 5.

      04 Row 1 Pattern

      1:58

    • 6.

      05 Row 2 Pattern

      1:53

    • 7.

      06 Using Proactive Life Lines

      2:24

    • 8.

      07 Binding Off

      5:59

    • 9.

      08 Weaving In Ends

      3:00

    • 10.

      09 Conclusion

      0:37

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In this course, you will learn how to do the Fisherman's Rib stitch for a kitty ear hat, how to use proactive lifelines, and how to bind off and weave in your ends to complete a project. By the end of the course, you will have completed a kitty ear hat using the Fisherman's Rib stitch.

This course is for those who already know how to cast on stitches and can do knit and purl stitches. 

For this course you will need:

  • Wool
  • Two-sided knitting needles
  • Scissors
  • Flexible measuring tape
  • Tapestry needle
  • Crochet hook
  • Scrap yarn

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Sarah Carswell

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1. 00 Introduction: Hi everyone, I'm Sara, and in this course I'm gonna be teaching you how to make it this kitty ear hat with the fishermen rib stitching. This is one of my favorite stitches because it's super stretchy, so it's great for a hat because you can have a base pattern and then it can fit lots of different head shapes and sizes. It's also just really cute with the little ears on top. And it is basically two layered patterns, so it's super warm income V2. For this course, I'm going to be teaching you how to do the fisherman's rib in the round. I've taught it before, but how to do it back and forth for a scarf, but it's different for working in the rounds. So I wanted to teach you how to make a hat with it. And I'm going to be teaching you how to use proactive lifelines. That is, so you can have a place to go back to if you drop any of your stitches. And I'm going to showing you how to bind off by weaving the ends together and how to weave in your ends at the end of the project. For this course, you are going to need to already know how to do a at knit stitch, a pearl stitch and a long tail cast on. If you don't know that yet, I have classes here on Skillshare already where I walk through all those. If you want a little introduction to the fisherman's rib stitch as well, I have a course on knitting a scarf using it so you can get used to what the pattern is, even though it's a little bit different for this hat and, but definitely go and check those out before you start to do this course. Be sure to include pictures of your kitty hats in the project section of this course along with any questions or things that you would like clarification on, I can't wait to see them. They're super cute. But let's get into the first lesson. 2. 01 Project Materials: In this project, you're going to need some wool, a set of five double sided needles. I'm using four millimeter ones, but you can choose whatever size you want a crochet hook for when we're picking up any dropped stitches that you might have a set of scissors for cutting off the ends later on, tapestry needle for weaving in the ends after we're done the project. And a flexible measuring tape so that you can measure your garment and make sure that it is the right size. 3. 02 Casting On Stitches: The first thing we need to do for this project is to cast on our stitches. Now this is just going to be a normal long-tail cast on. Nothing special going on here. So you should already know how to do that. You're going to take your wall and start casting your stitches onto your first needle. And we're going to have 20 stitches on each of our needles. While I'm doing this example project, you can cast a different number. It'll depend on the size of your needles and how big you want the hat to be. One thing to keep in mind is that you need to have an even number of stitches on your needles. So any changes that you make, indeed make sure you have an even number of stitches on your needle. Another thing to keep in mind if you're changing the number of stitches is that this is a very stretchy pattern. So probably you are going to have to aim for a smaller width for your hat. Then you might think, because it is going to stretch out a lot of the thing that I liked the most about making hats with the fisherman's rib is that it is super stretchy. So even if you have people with varying head sizes, you know that that is going to fit really well for them. So let me just finish casting on my stitches. So now you should have 20 or an EBIT number of stitches on four of your needles to complete your cast on. 4. 03 Foundation Row: Now that you have all of your stitches on your needles are going to have to do a foundation row. So this is going to be a row that we only do once for the first row. And then we can actually get into the fishermen ribs pattern for working in the round. So for the foundation stitch, super, super easy, we're just going to do a knit one Perl, one pattern. So a one-by-one Rib. But just for this one row, you should already have some practice with the knit and Pearl stitch. We're just going to start with our first needle and our first stitch, which is always the trickiest one to get everything in order. But we're going to knit our first stitch, then Perl for our second stitch, and then knit then a pearl. And that is what you're going to do all the way around. That's why we needed to have an even number of stitches on all of our needles because you need to end each needle with a pearl stitch. So let me finish up this foundation rep, your foundation row should look something like this when you're done, don't worry, if you've got a bit of gap between those two needles marking the end of your row. So that's why your tail from your long tail cast on is going to mark for you as you work in the round. That's gonna close up as we start to get into the other rows. But now you're already to learn the two row pattern for working the fisherman's rib in the round. 5. 04 Row 1 Pattern: So now that we have our foundation row all finished, we can finally get into the fisherman's ribbed pattern. The first row is a lot like doing the fisherman's rib for a scarp. So going back and forth. So what we're going to do is we're going to start there first stick, which is going to be a knit stitch. Instead of putting our needle into that stitch like we would normally knit, we're going to go into the stitch at the bottom, going directly into that bottom stitch. So there'll be a little v-shaped pattern there. You're gonna go right into the center of it. Then you're just going to knit like normal, putting your wool over and knitting like it's a normal knit stitch. I know it can be a little bit scary at first because you feel like you're dropping a stitch or something, but it'll be totally fine. Then you're going to put your wool over. You're just going to Pearl the next stitch. So that's going to be a pearl from our foundation row. And you're just going to pro like normal since the next stitch is a knit stitch, we're again going to go into the middle of that stitch underneath our needle. And then just init as normal. Next stitch is a pearl stitch, so we'll put our will over and Pearl the next one. And then one more time we have a knit stitch will over. And then we're going to go into that in the center of that stitch underneath and then just knit like normal. That's how you're going to continue the pattern for this row. You're going to keep knitting into that bottom stitch and then Perl for all of the pearls stitches. So that's why we have our foundation grow to really set that up for us. So you're just going to repeat that all the way around. Once you're done your first row, you're going to see the pattern start to take shape, but it's when we get into the second row that things really start to show themselves for the fisherman's rib. 6. 05 Row 2 Pattern: The second row is really where things start to differentiate themselves. For the fisherman's rib in the round as opposed to back-and-forth like on a scarf. So the second row is basically the reverse of the first row. Let me tell you what I mean. For all of the knit stitches, we're just going to knit like normal. But then for all of the pearl stitches, we're going to go into the bottom stitch underneath our needle. So our first stitch is going to be a knit stitch. Just knit like normal, going into the loop on your needle. And then for the pearl stitch, it wrap our yarn over. And then instead of going into that loop on our needle, we're going to go into the loop under Neith. Like I said, the reverse of that first row. And then just Perl like normal. Then we're going to knit normally that next stitch and then yarn over. And to Perl, we're going to go in to the stitch underneath our needle and then Pearl, Nick. Then pearl but into that bottom stitch. And you're just going to do that for all of your stitches all the way around. Once you weren't finished that second row, it should start to look like this. Now you're just going to repeat those two rows. So row one and row two ending on row two when you have eight inches, or at least how long you'd need your hat to be to fit on the head of who you are making this project for. So you can measure that with your flexible measuring tape, just making sure that you end on the second row. 7. 06 Using Proactive Life Lines: One thing of it, the fisherman's rib in the round is that it's actually really difficult to pull back your knitting if you actually drop a stitch or anything like that, I'm gonna be teaching you a bit proactive lifelines. This basically means that you're going to be putting in little lifelines for yourself while you're going through your rows. So if you do drop a stitch or make a mistake in this pattern, you can rip your work back to that lifeline and then just keep going with your knitting. So it sounds a little bit complicated, but it's honestly the easiest thing. It's gonna take you a few seconds. It's a really, really simple. So I have some crochet cotton here, but you can use any kind of contrasting a will or string. Dental floss also works really well. You just want something that is going to contrast with your color of wool you're using so that you can really clearly see that lifeline. So you're just going to take a bunch of that string or wool or whenever it is, you want to make sure that you can get through all of your stitches and then cut yourself a nice big piece of it and then get your tapestry needle to put your wool or string through. So now we have our needle and our string and all you're going to do is I like to start after I've done a second row. So after I have paroled into the bottom stitch on that row are going to do is take your needle and put it through your stitches. Make sure you don't pull your stitches off of the needle itself. So you're just going to thread that stringer wool through your stitches. And you're just going to keep going until you get to the end of all of your stitches. You're going to just keep going until you have all your stitches through that string, just like I did with this needle. And that basically means that this string is going to hold your stitches. So if you do drop a stitch and you need to take apart your work, you can take apart to this row and you know that you're going to put all of this suggests back onto your needle and then start by knitting into the bottom stitch. So doing that first row pattern, you might want to put these proactive lifelines in every inch or so in your work depends on how worried you are that you're actually going to drop some stitches. But that is a proactive lifeline. It takes a couple of seconds and it can really save you if you're not super confident with the stitching yet. 8. 07 Binding Off: Know that you have your hat to the eight inches of that you want. We're going to be doing the bind off. Four. Usually you'll do some decreased rows to create a bevel at the top. But for this one we're going to be using the corners of the hat as the ears of the kitty. So it is just going to be basically a big square. Now, you can go about this two ways with binding off. You can bind off as you would with a scarf and then stitch those two sides together. If that just is more logical in your brain, then by all means go for it. But I'm actually going to weave together, abuse two sides so that they blend really easily together. But also it does the bind off and a stitching together all in one step, which is something that I prefer. So what we're going to do is cut our working yarn. You want to make sure that we have a lot of space because we want to make sure that we're able to bind off all of our stitches and also give us some room to maneuver with our needles. So I'm just going to cut off that end and then put the end through my needle so that I can start to stitch all of those together. What I'm going to be doing is basically we're going to have our front needle, the needle that is closest to you, and the back needle, the needle that is farthest away from you. So we have to do a bit of a setup stitch first. So for this we're going to take our tapestry needle and we're going to put it through the first stitch on the needle closest to us. And we're going to put it in as if to Perl. We're gonna go in from the front as if the pearl and then pull that all the way through. Then once you have that, you're going to go to your back needle, the needle farthest from you. And in that first stitch, we're going to take our tapestry needle and go in as if to knit and then just pull that through. We're not taking any stitches off yet. We're just setting up so that we can get into the actual bind off. Now that you have that setup, we're going to start the actual pattern. We're gonna start with our front needle. So the one closest to you. And we're going to go in as if to knit on that first stitch, pull our needle all the way through. And then we're going to take that first stitch off. You can just slide it off with your darn ego or sometimes I just push it off with my thumb and my one hand holding them. And then with the next stitch still on that front needle, we're going to take our tapestry needle and go through as if to Perl. We're not going to pull that stitch off. We're just going to pull our yarn all the way through and then leave that stitch on our needle. Now moving to the back needle. So the one farthest from you, we're going to go into that first stitch as if to Pearl, pull it all the way through with our yarn. Then we're going to pull that first stitch off. You're going to want to not be too tight with your stitches because if you do you're gonna get a curling. So just keep that in mind. It's okay if you're a little bit loose with it. Then with the next stitch still on our back needle, we're going to go into the next stitch as if to knit. And we're not going to pull that off. We're just going to pull our yarn all the way through. Then we're gonna move back to our front one. And that is the pattern you're going to repeat over and over again until you don't have any more stitches. So let's go through it one more time just to make sure that you've got all of the steps on that front needle. We're gonna go into that first stitch as if to knit, pull our yarn through, and then pull that stitch off. And then we're gonna go through the next stitch still on that front needle as if to Pearl and pull our yarn all the way through and leave that stitch on. And then we're going to shift to the back needle. And we're gonna go in as if to Perl that first stitch and pull our yarn all the way through. Then we're going to pull that stitch off. Then in the next stitch still on that back needle we're going to go in as if to knit. Then pull our yarn through. Again, make sure that you're not tightening those stitches too much because you don't want the ears to start curling it and you want it to lay nice and flat. So you're going to just keep going until you've done all the stitches. The last couple of stitches are a little bit different. So you're gonna go until you have two stitches left and one on each of your needles. So let me just finish up binding off the stitches so I can show you that little alteration at the end. Now that you've found off the rest of your stitches, you should only have two left, one on each needle. And for this one you're really just going to go through the needle that's closest to you. You're gonna go in as if to knit as we normally would. And then we're gonna go into that back stitch as if the pearl as we normally would. And then you can just pull these two needles out of your way. And what I like to do is before I fully pull the yarn through those stitches, I like to take my tapestry needle and actually pull it through to the inside of the hat because that's where we're going to be weaving in our ends is gonna be on the inside where no one can see them. So having your yarn already in that part of your hat is going to make it a lot easier later. Just pull that through so that it's on the inside. And just like that, your hat should be bound off and laying nice and flat. 9. 08 Weaving In Ends: Now that we've bound off the top, it's time to what we then our ends. You're going to flip your hat inside out so that you can get at all of those strings that are hanging off that we need to deal with. So weaving in your ends is kind of a two-part process for this because we have two different types of stitching. We have these, the ridges from our knit stitches, and then we have these inner weaving from our Perl stitches. So there's kind of two steps to weaving it. So you're going to take your tapestry needle and put the end of your thread through so that we can use that while we're threading through. And then you're just going to try and get as close to where that end comes off as possible. For these are the ridges that we have. You're going to do is just take your tapestry needle and go through both of those loops and just pull through with the yarn. We're not gonna do anything fancy with that one. It's basically just a way of moving our yarn farther to the right. And then on the inside, it's gonna be a little bit confusing, but you should see these little arches that are in side of that stitching. With those. We're going to go up through two of those arches in the middle, looping up. This is a lot like weaving in for just normal knit stitches if you've done that before. And then beside that, you're going to see a little part of the weaving That's right next to those views. And you're going to go through that and then back through the bottom most arch that you went up through. And then pull your yarn through both of those. Then we're just going to go through those two movies to move over to the next one again. One more time. I know this can be a little bit confusing, but we're going to find those two arches and go up through them to loop up. And then we're going to go through that little piece of wool in the stitching that's right next to those ridge of these. And then back through the bottom most ridge that we went up there to begin with and pull all the way through. And that is how you're going to weave in your end. Just keep going until you're far enough over that you cannot cut off the end and you're gonna do that with both the top from what's the excess from binding off and the bottom of your hat with the excess of the long tail cast on and that's how you even all of your ends. 10. 09 Conclusion: Congratulations on finishing your cute kitty ear hat. I hope that it went well and you learned some cool things about proactive lifelines and using this amazing stitch I've loved the fisherman's ribs so much. Be sure to include pictures of your cute hats in the project section of the course so I can see them along with any questions that you have and clarifications and make sure that you go and drag out my other courses here on Skillshare, I add new ones regularly. So there's always going to be some new stuff before you to work on as you continue to learn about knitting. And I hope to see you in the next class. Bye.