Move stitches to scrap yarn

How-to Questions
1

OK so heres my dilema, This pattern is knit in the round but I decided to do it flat instead. So here is where I am not sure what to do next…
place all but 18(20) st on a piece of waste
yarn.
petal 1 - worked flat (back and forth).
work the following 2 rows until petal is 2½"
(2¾", 3", 3¼") above hat band:

ok I was wondering since I am already working in flat do I have to move to a piece of scrap yarn and if I do then how do you put stitches onto a piece of scrap…( I would put question marks but comp is on the fritz!)

here is the rest of the pattern if that helps
http://www.p2designs.com/pdfs/petalhat.pdf

thanks for helping the noob!

2

:noway: I’m not sure of the answer, but why would you do it flat so you’d have to seam?

3

I think you still need to move the other stitches to a holder (scrap yarn) so that you can work back and forth just on those 18 (20) stitches. To put stitches on a scrap of yarn use a piece of yarn that is plenty long and thread it through a tapestry needle then run the stitches onto the yarn by running the needle through the stitches and transfering them to the yarn you are “sewing” with.

4

ohhhh a tapestry needle…duh…LOL! So I guess you know it is a hat for the nicu, well I am doing it flat because if doctors need to do work with their heads the hats have to come off. But if they already have iv lines in then you can`t get the hat on without stopping the iv doing it etc… So thats the long reason I am doing it flat…no way i would voluntarily seem!! yuck!

5

I don’t understand… if you seam it up, it’s the same as seamless in the finished item. So why couldn’t you just knit it in the round? The hat comes off the same way…

6

Ohhh…I will securing it around with a button or something…easy on easy off!!
Also as a minor second reason I don`t have 10.5 in rounds and I have had a bad experience with magic loop…

7

how do I no the right side from the wrong sideÉ my mom taught me right from wrong but not this way!! hehe!( sry early morning late nights make me silly!)

8

If it’s all ribbing, you decide which you want to show as the RS, or it doesn’t matter. If there’s stockinette, the knit side is the RS.

9

Thanks!!