I like the band in this pattern, but not certain how to work the make one. Any ideas?
Pretty! 
They say to m1 knitwise, which is a M1R. The [COLOR=“Red”]glossary page[/COLOR] has links to both Continental and English videos for the stitch.
But a kfb shouldn’t make too much of a difference,as it looks like a smooth rounding of the band so whether the stitch leans left or right as long as you’re consistent it should work out okay. Just my two bits… Inflation hit opinion prices. 
Well, that makes perfect sense! Idk, somehow in my mind it does. M1 knit should go right, I think 
I can hardly wait to see your rendition of this hat. It will be beautiful!
I have to look it up every time. I can never remember which increase or decrease leans which way. Maybe I should to have the stitch names tattoed on the correct hand for leaning…
Hmmm a useful Christmas gift might be a gift certificate to the tattoo parlor for a permanent memory aid. :roflhard:
How goes your showings??? Any bites yet? I’ve been wondering…
Like the hat, love the idea of the tattoos!
It looks like you have a M1 purlwise too. I sometimes use this method and the corresponding M1 knitwise for increases.
Testing out some increases on a swatch may be a good idea to see which you prefer. The seam can go at the back of the hat but you’d, of course, like it to look its best.
The tattoo parlors are going to be busy for a while once your idea gets out in the wild! Lets stand in line together. :roflhard:
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Thank you for asking. Three showings this week, no bites thus far, one of the buyers had some questions but that was a couple of days ago. If anyone is out looking this time of year, I would assume most are serious buyers. Our agent told us that surprisingly the first of the year is a very active time for sales.
You can see pictures of our home here. Picture number 5 is my favorite, I like sitting in my chair and looking at the kitchen Our agent is putting together a virtual tour that should be available in the next couple of days.
I had ordered a 40” circular size 1.5 a while back, I have no idea why. Well, the original Nine Dwindling Cables Hat uses this size needle for the band. I am confident now with the M1 knitwise and M1 purlwise increase stitches :woohoo: These are the increases used in the band as it tapers.
I’ll be picking up a new skill 
as I will need to pick up stitches along the edge of the band to set up for the crown of the hat. The edge stitches are slipped at the beginning of each row so that should make it pretty simple to pick up stitches.
I’ve never knit with such small needles before, I really like them. The yarn is a worsted weight, so the band will be a very firm fabric.
I’m excited! I imagine it will take some time to :knitting: the band with such tiny needles, I’ll take photos of my progress. I 
watching a project develop, and this will be especially true with the band, something entirely new to me.
Knitting worsted weight with sz. 1.5 needles? Wow. The band will be very, very tight methinks. I use that size or similar on socks and knitting sport weight yarn with them ain’t too much fun but for ribbing I do it anyhow. Worsted? That might prove to be a vocabulary builder. You’ll have to let us know how it goes.
Inquiring minds want to know…
You actually got to hope that it’s a bit of a stretch 
It requires give in the length of the band, which it seems to have. I haven’t gotten very far, it does seem to have a fair amount of stretch to it.
I don’t think the stretch factor should be a problem. I was just thinking about the actual knitting of worsted weight with knitting skewers. What’s that like?
:roflhard: The knitting part is going okay, the needles are metal so I have to be careful not to lose control :woot: Seems like the stitches could slip off pretty easily, it’s only 20 inches though. I find the diameter of the needles fascinating, they’re just so flipping little.
When you finish this you can make sox with them. 
Using skewers for the first time certainly is an experience. They knit crochet thread beautifully.
What size thread have you knitted with 1.5’s? :lol: I’ve been tempted to donate my crochet thread to the thrift store…and then I wake up. I have mostly size 10, a little 20 and some 30.
I can’t say specifically what I’ve knitted with which size needles. My skinniest skewers are size 000 and my largest intended-for-sox needles are sz. 3. With some of the dpns in my sock set I played with crochet thread, I don’t know what size it is. (If I come across the the bits I knit I’ll post pics.) Other than that I’ve used any and/or all of them with fingering and sport weight yarns. The thought of using them with worsted weight is intimidating to me.
Crochet thread makes great lifelines. It goes through the holes in my circs and when I pull it out I can reuse it. I usually will have 2 lifelines and I pull out the bottom one and reuse the thread unless/until it gets worn or tangled and knotted too much to bother with. I’m a button saver and it can be used to thread matching buttons together.
Size 10 thread works up quite nicely on 1.5s, I use a Cubics 2 on it, and for me that translates into the knitted gauge on a round 1.5. There are some great square mat patterns for thread. Way cool stuff. But you could knit your size 20 & 30 on your 1.5 and get a much more lacy effect. After 10 odd years of crocheting doilies, I’m still something of a threadhead… 
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I’ve already knit 5", it’s called a double twisted rib stitch. On the odd rows, 6 of the knit stitches are k tbl, the purl stitch complement on the even rows are p tbl. These purl stitches may be what ravelers are referring to as ‘fiddly’, I know I would. I’ve done so little p tbl that I used to open up the stitch from the front and then p tbl. Too many stitches here to do that. I watched this video from ‘New Stitch a Day’ and that helped a lot.
I got new knitting glasses today :woot: I took my knitting with me into Walmart to make sure that I got the right magnification. What a world of difference, I can actually see my stitches clearly now.
It looks good, Claire. Are you finished with the increases at this point?