{"id":4686,"date":"2012-07-17T17:43:06","date_gmt":"2012-07-17T22:43:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/?p=4686"},"modified":"2012-07-17T18:21:53","modified_gmt":"2012-07-17T23:21:53","slug":"d-i-y-quick-tripod-hat-stand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/2012\/07\/17\/d-i-y-quick-tripod-hat-stand\/","title":{"rendered":"D.I.Y. (quick!): tripod hat stand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yarnattacks\/7593256838\/in\/photostream\" title=\"00 by Lisa | goodknits, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7121\/7593254816_74358e2e1d_b.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"828\" alt=\"00\"><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Hello, friends! I&#8217;m back with another (<a href=\"http:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/tag\/quick\/\">quick<\/a>) D.I.Y. project. <\/p>\n<p>I have seen some beautiful coat racks made with sticks, <a href=\"http:\/\/weekdaycarnival.blogspot.com\/2012\/04\/easy-rack.html\" target=\"_blank\">THIS ONE<\/a> being my favorite. I wanted something on a smaller scale for me to throw hats on, so I rummaged through my most abundant supply of sticks&#8211;my knitting needle jar!  I don&#8217;t know about you, but I almost never pass up a 50 cent set of needles at the thrift store. Especially the adorable plastic ones in a random assortment of colors! For this project, I used some of my repeat sizes, but don&#8217;t worry about your needles because we won&#8217;t be doing anything permanent to them. <\/p>\n<p>ANYWAY&#8211;onward!<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yarnattacks\/7593255106\/\" title=\"01 by Lisa | goodknits, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7265\/7593255106_957bba4768_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"424\" alt=\"01\"><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Materials:<br \/>\n3 [13&#8243;] knitting needles (OR cut a 3\/8&#8243; wooden dowel into 13&#8243; pieces)<br \/>\n~3 yards of yarn<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yarnattacks\/7593255386\/\" title=\"02 by Lisa | goodknits, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8167\/7593255386_38b94b2c0d_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"500\" alt=\"02\"><\/a><\/center><br \/>\n1. Leaving a 6&#8243; tail, start weaving your yarn around two of the needles. Pull tightly with each wrap.<br \/>\n2. Weave in and out of the center and around each needle 3 times, then tie a tight knot with the tail.<br \/>\n3. Put the third needle on top of the stack and start weaving again.<br \/>\n4. Make the same weave in and out of the center around the new needle with each of the first two. Keep your yarn taught! I like to wrap around the new needle, then around one of the firsts, then back around the new, then around the OTHER first needle, then back around the new one&#8230;and so forth! You&#8217;re just trying to securely attach the needle to the stack while keeping your wraps even. Tie a knot to secure.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yarnattacks\/7593255604\/\" title=\"03 by Lisa | goodknits, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8150\/7593255604_de5ae4bc20_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" alt=\"03\"><\/a><\/center><br \/>\n5. Open up the needles and make sure they can stand. If you wrapped tightly, you shouldn&#8217;t have any problem getting them to balance.<br \/>\n6. Use the remaining yarn to wrap around the whole set, securing your tripod in its open position. It won&#8217;t be permanently stuck open, but you&#8217;ll be able to put some pressure on top without it collapsing. Firm wraps are key!<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yarnattacks\/7593256838\/\" title=\"04 by Lisa | goodknits, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7260\/7593256838_54266ea36e_b.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"967\" alt=\"04\"><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>And done! Display your favorite hand-knits*. :)<\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-2\"><i>The hat above is <a href=\"http:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/honey\/\">Honey<\/a> knit with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.knitpicks.com\/yarns\/City_Tweed_DK_Yarn__D5420184.html\" target=\"_blank2\">KnitPicks City Tweed DK<\/a>.<\/i><\/font><\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fgoodknits.com%2Fblog%2F2012%2F07%2F17%2Fd-i-y-quick-tripod-hat-stand%2F&media=http%3A%2F%2Fgoodknits.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2012%2F07%2F00.jpg&description=tripod+hat+stand+DIY+on+goodknits%21\" class=\"pin-it-button\" count-layout=\"horizontal\">Pin It<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7121\/7593254816_74358e2e1d_b.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"828\" alt=\"00\"><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Hello, friends! I&#8217;m back with another (quick) D.I.Y. project. <\/p>\n<p>I have seen some beautiful coat racks made with sticks, THIS ONE being my favorite. I wanted something on a smaller scale for me to throw hats on, so I rummaged through my most abundant supply of sticks&#8211;my knitting needle jar! I don&#8217;t know about you, but I almost never pass up a 50 cent set of needles [Read More&#8230;]<\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fgoodknits.com%2Fblog%2F2012%2F07%2F17%2Fd-i-y-quick-tripod-hat-stand%2F&media=http%3A%2F%2Fgoodknits.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2012%2F07%2F00.jpg&description=tripod+hat+stand+DIY+on+goodknits%21\" class=\"pin-it-button\" count-layout=\"horizontal\">Pin It<\/a>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,6,115],"tags":[116,227,190,137],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4686"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4686"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4686\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4694,"href":"http:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4686\/revisions\/4694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}