Hand Knit and Felted Beret Video Class- Without Kit

Description

This online class includes over 2.5 hours of video instruction and 2 pdf patterns, so that you can create as many hand knit and felted berets as your heart desires. The course specifically covers the seed stitch version (shown in first photo), but you can easily apply the course to the striped version as well. The course is broken down into seven lessons, so that it is easy to work at your own pace. Basic knitting skills are required. Skills learned in this course include, the long tail cast on, Latvian braid, seed stitch, working on double pointed needles, hand felting, creating the flowers and embroidery. To create this beret you will either need a kit, available here or 1 full skein of Custom Woolen Mills Soft Spun Yarn, 10 gms of a contrast colour, wool felt and embroidery floss. The hat is knit on a 6mm, 16 inch circular needle and dpns for decreasing the crown. If you would like to knit the striped version you will need approximately 50gms of 2 different colours, or 50gms of a main colour and divide the other 50gms between multiple colours. The pre felted gauge of the beret is 13.5 stitches and 18 rounds measured over 4″/10cm in stockinette. If you would like to use a different yarn please make sure it is similarly gauged and is a loosely spun yarn. I recommend a single ply yarn. Tightly twisted, multiple plied yarns will not felt as well.