How To Decrease Hat Size
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How to decrease hat size. Remove the sticky back from the hat filler and then place it inside the band off your hat. Perhaps the easiest way to get your hat down to size is using hat tape also called hat size reducer. Knit a gauge swatch.
Unlike double-sided tape which could ruin the sweatband by tearing at the material hat sizing tape only has adhesive on one side with a foam strip on the other. Remove the backing and place the hat sizers or hat sizing tape back inside of the hat band and secure them. You could also check your local hardware store for small.
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Hat sizing tape or often called hat size reducer is commonly used in our stores to reduce the size of any particular hat about one full size. Figure out the size you want. Here is an example of sizing foam and here is a nice product that I like to use.
Each of the first 3 decrease rounds reduces the stitch count by 25 percent of the starting stitch count. It comes in the form of a foam strip with an adhesive backing. Insert the needle through the next two stitches and knit a stitch.
Working k8 k2tog the first row will decrease your hat. Make a new decrease by knitting two stitches together. Subtract two from 10.