Created by Pam Paulsen, 2012. This pattern is free for personal use and is intended to warm and comfort women undergoing treatments for cancer or other diseases. If you choose to use this pattern, please consider creating more than one cap and donating your extra to your local Cancer Treament Center. Thank you!
Rows 1-10: Cast on 88 stitches over 4 dpns. Join yarn (be careful not to twist) and knit in a narrow rib (K1, P1).
Rows 11-13: Knit in stockinette stitch for 3 additional rows.
Row 14: Purl every stitch.
Row 15: Knit 2 stitches together (K2Tog), then wrap yarn around needle as if to knit (YO). Repeat to complete one row.
Row 16: Purl every stitch.
Rows 17-19: Knit.
Rows 20-22: Repeat rows 14-16.
Rows 23-25: Knit.
Rows 26-28: Repeat rows 14-16.
Rows 29-36: Knit.
Row 37: Decrease row – Knit six stitches, K2Tog. Repeat to end of row.
Row 38: Knit.
Rows 39-48: Repeat rows 37-38 progressively (row 39, knit five stitches, K2Tog. Row 41, knit 4 stitches, K2Tog, and so on).
Row 49: K2Tog entire round. Cut 6” tail and feed through remaining stitches. Pull tight and weave in end.
In accent yarn using appropriately sized crochet hook, crochet a chain that wraps around the circumference of the hate 3.5 times. Weave in and out of the eyelets on the top row, centering the middle on the front of the cap. When you reach the back of the cap, cross the chain in an X and lace down to the middle row. Repeat to the bottom row and tie a bow. Women’s Chemotherapy Cap
Created by Pam Paulsen, 2012. This pattern is free for personal use and is intended to warm and comfort women undergoing treatments for cancer or other diseases. If you choose to use this pattern, please consider creating more than one cap and donating your extra to your local Cancer Treament Center. Thank you!
Designing a cute and comfortable cap for women undergoing cancer treatments, including chemotherapy.
What are you most proud of?
I created this pattern to knit up quickly, and to allow some adjustment in the circumference of the cap, which can accommodate an abundance or lack of hair.
What advice would you give someone starting this project?
This cap is knitted in the round. The pattern is written for double pointed needles, but there are alternatives out there if you don't like DPNs.
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