Making The Hat

Pick Up Stitches



For those of you who never made what I call a "Flap Hat" before I thought I would show you the steps...
First you make the ear flaps seperately.....
Then with your circular needle.. you cast on stitches for the back of the hat....
Then you pick up the required amount of stitches on the ear flap,
which in this case is 23 stitches....
Then you cast on stitches for the front of the hat..
For this I do the knit cast on
http://www.stitchguide.com/stitches/knitting/stitch_pages/kn_cast_on.html

Then you pick up 23 stitches on the other ear flap...