Knitted Hats and Gloves

These fingerless mittens could not be easier to make. Each one is made from plain garter-stitched rectangles, sewn edge to edge to form a tube, with an opening for the thumb.

When you first learn to knit, you feel so pleased with the nubby-textured rectangles that grow on your needles. What to do with them (other than make scarf after scarf)? This girl’s hat is a rectangle folded in half and stitched at the sides. Her cowl is a longer rectangle sewn end to end. Her mother’s fingerless mittens are stitched rectangles.

How to Make the Child's Knit Hat
How to Make the Child's Knit Cowl

Follow these instructions to knit cozy garter-stitch mittens for winter.

Knit yourself a pair of fingerless mittens, one of winter's trendiest accessories.

Knitted cables -- a stitching technique from the 16th century that has become a modern-day fashion obsession -- gives this orange headband (shown on the left) an irresistible twist.

Follow these steps to knit cozy garter-stitch mittens for winter.

A knit hat is comfortable, warm, cozy, and surprisingly easy to make.

These mittens are straightforward to make (the basic knit stitch is king here), and the pattern is readily adaptable -- just alter the size to suit the wearer.

These cabled mittens are both stylish and warm, and they're not as hard as they look to make.