If so, how difficult is it to knit a winter toque (or, as you crazy Americans call it - a "beanie")?

I think an easier alternative is to just find a handmade toilet paper cozy...

Can't you just buy a hat?

althom said:

Ace said:

I hate knitting. Id start out with a beanie but end up with a book bag
Want a book bag??

Oh to answer your question,no its not hard if the person knows what they're doing
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althom said:

It has to be a virtual copy of one of my nieces' hats. For some reason, it was made in this very unusually small sizing.

Forgot-the-damn-apostrophe-I'm-having-a-bad-day Edit.
[Edited 11/22/04 13:54pm]

Ace said:

I'm sure it would be easy to do as long as the person doing it could find the right colors of yarn.

applekisses said:

That won't be a problem, but I know no one who knits, so I'm wondering if this is something I could attempt myself. Is knitting, like, a complicated thing?

althom said:

maybe you can pick one up for him while you're out getting a clue!!

Ace said:

Um...as long as you learn a basic stich I think you could do something like this pretty easily.

it seems like a straight forward beanie would be an easy project. just do a stitch then spiral around. of couse, i have Z-E-R-O knowledge of knitting. one of my cousins is a speed knitter. she'd probably do a beanie in a couple of hours. 4 real!

applekisses said:

What about the whole sewing-it-together thing?

Ace said:

As you do the stich you're essentially stitching it to the other parts that you've already created...so, it's an all-in-one deal.

applekisses said:

Are we talkin' about the same thing here (the sewing together the panels thing)?

Ace said:

Ace, you crack me up!

Ace said:

Oh, I didn't know that's the way you wanted to make it. I was thinking of a big coil going around.
I think you just stitch the panels together with the same stich you made them with.

Maybe if u showed us a picture we can help

Is it stitched or knitted together?

madartista said:

He cracks me up, too!

I only crochet.

I'll knit you a hat..It might end up looking like a scarf ( I can only knit in a straight line) but you can wrap it around your head like a hat? nobody will ever guess.

Azure knits! (I know cause she sent me a beautiful scarf that she knitted herself.)
violett knits too.

I don't knit myself but lotsa folks are doing it these days, it seems. I feel like one of my knitting friends told me that to make a hat you knit around a round frame to ensure the proper sizing or something like that. To me, knitting seems easy to learn, but difficult to master and do really well.

CarrieMpls said:

So, in other words it will be really easy to make a completely crap hat?

Natsume knits too!

Ace said:

exactly.

This is all starting to sound like it would involve effort (which is something I generally don't enjoy). Couldn't I just pay one of you guys to make it for me?

Lleena said:

Ace said:

You need a toque?

I suppose you want some back bacon with that?

Ace said:

And there it is... Vi might do it

MrJoker said:

While the toque I describe has no pom-pom, is much smaller in size and infinitely more stylish than those pictured above, I do heartily endorse the perpetuating of Canadian stereotypes, so let me just say "Pass me a brew, eh? And shut-up, hoser!"

applekisses said:

has anyone alerted her to this thread?