How to knit a balaclava

Trend alert! This has to be my most bandwagon-jumping video yet, and YET, balaclavas are a time-honored, knitwear staple. They're a three-in-one cozy vibes miracle garment! Start knitting!

Shortcuts:
(You'll need them -- honestly I wasn't planning on this video being five hours long...):

03:44 -- Sectioning off the hole for the face.
11:16 -- Adding stitches back on for the top of the frame.
16:35 -- An impromptu tutorial on decreasing in the round that no one asked for and lasts way too long.
25:13 -- Picking up stitches for the frame.
32:32 -- The end result!

[CMeyer-utdd]

Yes, you pulled it off! It looks good on you!

[RoseHanneman]

Thank you . I'm going to start the project. I liked the way you explained it very well.!! I will continue to watch your videos. ❤

[osvaldorangel]

My mum actually wears one because she has cancer, so seeing a tutorial like this makes me happy i can make her one

[cwolfpack]

Great project, looks not too complicated. I was thinking that maybe a few decreases in the ribbing around the face opening would help hold it more securely to your face. Also, it struck me when you said about it looking medieval that using a silver metallic yarn would be great for cosplay or LARPing costumes to create a piece of "chain mail" for the head.

[judylester]

Love it I can picture my grandkids wearing this, I better get busy.lol

[kathleenwilliams]

LOL, I think you look good in your Balaclava. Thank you so much for this tutorial. I am just finishing a sweater and I think I will just manage to knit your balaclava out of the rest I think I will have left. Much love from New Zealand.

[miajones]

Lovely. Because of your knit a sweater podcast I am casting on my first sweater today Ty

[walterw]

That was super fun. I want to add one to a swester sometime.

[lizahealy]

Hi. My nephew (10 yrs), has been asking me for a while now to knit him a balaclava/ski mask.
I have now found your tutorial, and have gone through all your tutorials to try and find this, but no joy. The only thing is, I'm not sure on how many stitches to cast on/put on hold/pick up etc., if you could help or do a tutorial for children's sizes, that would be awesome.
Thank you

[reneehardy]

Looks warm to me! Looks like it would be easy to knit. Keep it up

[corriew]

Can you do this with circular needles?? I’m new to knitting but really want to try this and give needles is pretty overwhelming 😂😂

[leenamunge]

I want to knit on 2 needles and using 3 ply wool do how many stitches should I cast on. I don't have 4 pointed needles which you r doing this project.

[cheesyweezy]

wondering roughly how many rows you have between when you take off the 16 stitches for the chin and then cast back on 16 stitches at the top? or did you measure another way..? thank you this vid is so awesome and clear! : )

[pamelaburse]

I wished you did this child hat on round meddles pleease

[yourvbsx]

How do you know how to get the size of your own head