Such a hat, as a beret, retains its popularity over the years. This is far from accidental, because it has many advantages in comparison with a hat or a hood. Knitted berets for women (knitting or crocheting) maintain the proportionality of the silhouette due to a certain volume. They perfectly warm, and also do not spoil a hairdress.
How to knit a simple knitting needles?
In fact, this is a simple and enjoyable task. Traditionally takes knitting needles from the bottom. Using these tools to form a circular web is extremely inconvenient. Therefore, it is easier to knit a straight part. After completion of work, it is sewn with one side seam. Almost any simple pattern is suitable for making knitted berets for women. At the same time, it is not necessary to use knitting needles on a professional level.
The yarn is chosen taking into account seasonality and the purpose of the headgear. If it should be functional, then use material containing wool, mohair or angora. So that the finished beret is not prickly, it is better to choose a softer thread, but do not buy 100% acrylic. This synthetic fiber does not warm at all, even if it looks like wool.
Description of the knitting process
After the control sample is completed and measured, the required number of loops and rows is calculated, you can begin to work:
- On the knitting needles loops for the initial row. Care should be taken to ensure that the edge remains elastic (cruciform or Italian set).
- Knit a few centimeters with any rubber band without any additions.
- In the last row of gum evenly perform additions: double every fifth loop. So that holes do not form, new loops are formed from broaches and knit after twisting.
- Next, we knit for a woman with any pattern that I like. The canvas will be quite wide.
- When the height of the part reaches 20 cm, cut every second loop. Repeat the reduction in the knitting process of the next two rows.
- Those loops that remain uncovered must be carefully transferred to a strong thread, tightened and secured.
At the finishing stage, the beret is stitched along the edge. This method can be called a method for the lazy, as it is very simplified compared to others.
The principle of crochet beret
He is more complex. Crocheted berets for women, crocheted, require a certain experience and skill of the knitter. The canvas should be knitted in circular (or spiral) rows from the center to the outer edge. In this case, you need to expand it correctly, and then narrow it down. Depending on the height of the rows, the addition of loops is performed at six, eight or twelve points. The higher the row, the more often you should make extensions. For example, when crocheting with crochets, additions are done in six places. If you place the points of adding loops on top of each other, then relief wedges will be visible. This effect is not always desirable, so most often the canvas is expanded with a left shift.
At first, we knit a beret for a woman, forming a perfectly flat circle. The next stage is several rows without additions. Next, the canvas is slightly narrowed. This action is performed at the same interval as the addition of loops. It is worth stopping when the width of the hole is equal to the volume of the head. At the last stage, you need to tie the beret belt. It can be very narrow or a few centimeters wide. The visor, applique, embroidery or other decorative elements of the craftswoman are placed at their discretion.
We knit for a woman: a diagram of a summer openwork pattern
A description of the cotton beret pattern shown in the photo below may not be necessary.
Above, a detailed diagram is proposed, on which all rows are indicated, including the belt. The model is interesting in that it is clearly based on a round napkin. The additions of loops are provided for by the formation of pattern elements, and the reductions are made using a mesh. For those knitters who can work with large circular fabrics, it is not difficult to develop a model on their own.
Openwork takes from a thick thread
Warm knitted berets for women are made in the same way. Patterns of round motifs can be modified by adjusting to the required size. The following photo shows just such a model.
For its implementation, a rather dense thread was used. However, despite the lace, such hats are also able to warm. Of course, you should not wear them at temperatures below zero, but in the off-season these products are indispensable. This model is connected according to the elementary scheme presented below.
After the bottom is ready, we knit for the woman evenly, without additions. Just one or two rows. Then we perform four rows, cutting the canvas at eight points. The belt here is quite wide: its height is five rows of single crochet columns. A great addition to an openwork beret is the same scarf.