Wondering how to make those fancy horizontal braids you see on knitted sweaters, hats and cowls? My Choose Your Own Path Hat pattern features these lovely braids as an accent. Let’s take the mystery out of the process and learn how to do two color Latvian Braids as well as one color horizontal braids (Vikkel) as seen in the Easiest Cabled Hat Ever pattern. A lesson on Cori’s 2-color cast-on is also include in this hands-on skill building class where participants start two hats and receive both hat patterns as part of class.
To begin the homework, you will need 2 size US 8 (5mm) 16-inch circular needles and 2 colors (50 grams, leftovers are fine) of worsted weight yarn in different colors (contrasting 1 light and 1 dark) and 1 skein of worsted weight yarn (100 grams Also, bring 50 grams of a contrasting color and 10 grams of another color One extra US 8 (4.5 mm) 16-inch circular needles (US 6 or 7 work will also work) These supplies will make sense once you've started the 2 hats we will knit in class.