Caps long ago ceased to be just a means of warming in the cold season. From time immemorial, hats have been transformed and changed in order not only to fulfill their warming or sun-protection functions, but also to become an accessory subject to changeable fashion. The Helsinki hat is another round in the transformation of hats.
The hat will tell you about
People run, run - affairs, work, problems, children, money, home, health. And I want you to be watched by those running past, hurrying and unseeing nothing and nobody around. Put on an unusual hat, and they will immediately notice you, maybe even turn around to focus your eyes on an unusual headdress. Here is the fashionable hat of Helsinki that will allow you to pay attention to your mistress - striving to keep up with the times, perhaps even keen on needlework, well, or actively following fashion trends. Not to notice such a hat as a Helsinki hat is simply impossible.
Like a microscope
What is the unusual fashionable Helsinki hat knitted with knitting needles? In fact, this is the most common knitted hat, the only thing that the yarn for it is used is very thick, at least a centimeter in diameter, it is better, of course, thicker. Since the yarn is so unusual, for knitting from it you need unusual knitting needles, and even just the hands of a needlewoman. Yes, those who like to knit from thick threads will surely say that knitting on hands is easier and faster than on knitting needles. Unusual threads also give the cap an unusual look, which attracts attention to itself. The effect of a magnifying glass is what gives such a thick yarn. Without even looking closely, on a product from this unusual yarn, you can consider literally every loop, and on the threads - a villus.
Plain hat made of unusual threads
All knitters will say that thick yarn is a thread whose length in a skein weighing 100 grams does not exceed 140 meters. Well, for fashionable knitting, the threads are chosen even thicker. They can be purely woolen, mixed or fully synthetic. The yarn for the Helsinki hat is selected according to the principle, the thicker the better. Threads for such knitting have various colors and textures. And the canvas, which fits an unusual ordinary hat, is most often the simplest - the front surface, which fits in the front rows with facial loops, and in the wrong rows - with purl loops. Although many models can be connected with a different pattern, which is not very suitable for a hat - it will become too voluminous, resembling a grandmother's iron from the stove.
Fancy Thread Tools
To knit a hat from thick threads, you need both thick threads and knitting needles not ordinary. Now it’s no longer a problem in a needlework store to purchase spokes with a diameter of one and a half to three centimeters, or even more. In the end, you can ask to make such knitting needles made of wood or plastic, the most important thing is that they are well polished, without the smallest burrs, otherwise it will be impossible to work on low-quality knitting needles. A large knit Helsinki hat on two or five knitting needles. If there are two knitting needles, then they must be of sufficient length so that the fabric completely fits on one knitting needle. Then the hat is sewn. Work on 5 needles allows you to immediately knit a hat without a seam. This method is preferable for knitting a Helsinki hat, because the seam will be too thick.
How to tie a Helsinki hat
So, the threads are selected, the needles are bought, you can start the process of creating a hat. Knitting a Helsinki hat will not take much time - an hour is enough, if you follow all the recommendations of experienced craftswomen. And they are like that. If the selected yarn has a thickness of 15 millimeters, then 19-20 loops are typed on the needles, if the thickness of the yarn is 25 millimeters, then the loops need to be dialed only 12-14. It is necessary to collect loops as in ordinary knitting - on two knitting needles, otherwise the first row will be too tight, which will create problems not only in knitting loops, but also in the wear of the cap itself - it will be pressed.
The canvas is knitted with a front smooth surface - the front rows are knitted with front loops, and the wrong rows are with back loops. There is a technique that uses both knit and purl loops in circular knitting. Knitting goes as if in a circle, but from two sides. This is not too convenient, it is best to focus on the “tail” of the thread remaining during the set of loops, which will mark the first loop of the row. Or, mark the first loop with a thread of a different color, skipping it in a knitting loop so that it can then be removed. In any case, the front viscous fit 10-12 rows without changes. Then, every two loops need to be knit together the front, thus reducing the number of loops by half. Break the thread, pass it through the remaining loops, pull the knitting needles and tighten the thread, tightening the loops. Thread the wrong side of the thread and sew it with small stitches so that it does not interfere and does not come out on the front side.
The simplest, let's say, classic Helsinki hat is ready. The use of some complex patterns in knitting such a headdress is not recommended, since the threads will look very rough, and the cap will receive additional volume. The most acceptable pattern is the front or back surface and a simple elastic band - 1 to 1 or 2 to 2.
How to decorate an unusual hat
Fashion sometimes dictates a lot of unusual things. Thick threads, thick knitting needles - this is the Helsinki hat. How to knit it? Not difficult. But how to decorate it? Need to figure it out. Since the fabric of an unusual hat turns out to be like under a magnifying glass - large loops, kurpny knitting from thick threads, then small ornaments simply will not fit such a hat, they will look extremely ridiculous. A worthy hat also needs decent directions. For example, a large brooch without small details, large beads scattered around the cap. Or the pompom is also unusual.
Thick Pompom
Helsinki's fashionable hat is knitted from thick threads, one and a half centimeters in diameter. And the traditional hat jewelry - pompom, also needs to be made appropriate - from the same threads. Usually, pom-poms for caps (and not only) are made using two flat rings folded together on which threads are wound. Then they are cut between the rings, pulled together in the middle and get a pompom. But for the manufacture of pompom from thick threads, this method is of little use. You should do this: fold the threads in a zigzag fashion, evenly maintaining the length of each section. Then carefully drag the resulting skein in the middle, and cut each loop. Fluff the threads. The pompom is ready. However, if the loops formed when folding the pompom are not cut, then the pompom will become even more interesting - looped.
Yes, the longer the thread used for the pompom, the more fluffy it will be. Do not forget that the more threads, the heavier the pompom. So the traditional decoration for the Helsinki hat needs to be made in reasonable sizes.
You can fix the pompom on the cap using the most ordinary sewing threads, matched to the tone. The pompom is sewn on the banner. Yes, by the way, that thread that tightened the knitting loops can be used to fasten the pompom, if it is carefully skipped over the waist and removed to the wrong side, tightening it and securing it. Pomp can also be placed on the sides of the ties, which should be woven by twisting the threads together. The thread, three times longer than the ties, is fixed at one end with a pin, for example. The thread itself is twisted in one direction until it independently twists into a double bundle. The ties from such a harness for pompons of the Helsinki caps will be very appropriate.
What an unusual hat might be
A large-knit thick-knit Helsinki hat can have any shape - traditional with a cap, with or without a lapel, with an elastic band, all knitted with an elastic band, smooth and towed. An interesting solution was proposed by fashion designers - a Helsinki hat made of thick yarn with animal ears - a fox, a cat, a mouse. Such ears look cute on hats for children and young girls. And if you trim the ears with fur, which is best artificial, then this will be the last fashion in such models.
Helsinki hat can be suitable for any age. Older ladies choose models without defiant elements and pastel shades. But for young fashionistas, the Helsinki hat can be colorful and have unusual jewelry. The same pompom can be fur, a contrasting color or colored gradient, it can be sewn to a hat or hanging on a lace - everything you can think of will look very harmonious with such an unusual hat.
And yet, why is Helsinki
It seems that everything is clear - thick yarn, thick knitting needles - it turns out an unusual hat. And the name of this cap is strange - Helsinki. Why is Helsinki, after all? Helsinki is the capital of the northern country of Finland. The weather of the country and its capital, including requires very, very warm things, and always warm hats. Or maybe the hat was so named because happy people live in Helsinki who can see beauty in everything, even in a rather funny hat made of thick yarn? No one will give an exact answer. But the Helsinki hat, knitted from thick yarn, is popular with fashionistas all over the world, even where there can be no frost, in principle, but there are bad weather when you want to hide in the warmth and comfort of rain and wind. Here the Helsinki hat will come to the rescue.