I designed this lightweight beanie the other
day; I wanted a lightweight hat for the summer months for males and could not
find a pattern I was happy with – I searched the internet and asked at various
Crafting groups, all to no avail. All beanie hats were made with worsted weight
yarns … not what I wanted at all!
So, I decided to design and make my own ;-)
These Spring/Summer weight beanies will give
chemo patients the warmth they need without the unwanted weight or overheat a
worsted weight beanie would incur. I designed and crafted my lightweight male chemo
beanie after the style of skull caps worn in the Middle East regions (basically a widened Kippah with sides) because I felt the shorter sided style would best fit warmer
months and bald heads. I added the hem band, which adds to the length because chemo patients/critical stage patients get cold and need the extra length for warmth.
These beanies make up quickly – I made 3 of
them last night (turquoise, brown, light
blue). Of course, I am a recent widow and have time on my hands with no
husband or children to look after now. My husband is in Heaven, and our
children and grandchildren have lives of their own that they are building. I
have been put out to pasture, so to speak, and so spend my spare time when I am
not engaging in cookathons or outside gardening, designing and crafting handcrafted
donations for the local Hospital Donation Foundation. I enjoy the tranquility
of working handcrafts, and it gives me pleasure to help, in some small way, to
make and give what I can to ease another’s suffering. I found out recently what
it is to be trapped in a dreary hospital environment, so I hope and pray that
my colorful donation items will help add a little much needed cheer and
brightness to the recipients’ long and often bleak days.
I am sharing this pattern trusting the
reader/user will not claim it as their own, sell it for profit, or otherwise
steal it for personal reasons. The pattern is free-use to those making hospital
donation items to make life a bit easier for those going through chemo and
those going through it with them. If you cannot fully understand the pattern as
written, please feel free to contact me and ask for clarification. I have made my
chemo beanies in solid colors as well as bicolored – instructions for those
changes are included in the pattern:
MOD LIGTWEIGHT MALE CHEMO BEANIE
Materials: Lightweight baby or sports
yarns; #G crochet hook; scissors; yarn craft needle
TOP PORTION: Ch 2; 10 sc in 1st
ch. Jn with a sl st (10 sc). Ch 1
Rnd 1: *Inc-1 sc next st*; rpt from * to * around. Jn (15
sc). Ch 1
Rnd 2: *Inc-1 sc next 2 st*; rpt from * to * around. Jn
(20). Ch 1
Rnd 3: *Inc-1 sc next 3 st*; rpt from * to * around. Jn (25). Ch 1
Rnd 4: *Inc-1 sc next 4 st*; rpt from * to * around. Jn (30).
Ch 1
Rnd 5: *Inc-1 sc next 5 st*; rpt from * to * around. Jn (35).
Ch 1
Rnd 6: *Inc-1 sc next 6 st*; rpt from * to * around. Jn (40).
Ch 1
Rnd 7: *Inc-1 sc next 7 st*; rpt from * to * around. Jn (45).
Ch 1
Rnd 8: *Inc-1 sc next 8 st*; rpt from * to * around. Jn (50).
Ch 1
Rnd 9: *Inc-1 sc next 9 st*; rpt from * to * around. Jn (55).
Ch 1
Rnd 10: *Inc-1 sc next 10 st*; rpt from * to * around. Jn
(60). Ch 1
Rnd 11: *Inc-1 sc next 11 st*; rpt from * to * around. Jn
(65). Ch 1
Rnd 12: *Inc-1 sc next 12 st*; rpt from * to * around. Jn
(70). Ch 1
Rnd 13: *Inc-1 sc next 13 st*; rpt from * to * around. Jn
(75). Ch 1
Rnd 14: *Inc-1 sc next 14 st*; rpt from * to * around. Jn
(80). Ch 1
Rnd 15: *Inc-1 sc next 15 st*; rpt from * to * around. Jn
(85). Ch 1
Rnd 16: Sc in 9 st, *Inc-1 sc in next 16 st*;
rpt from * to * around: end 1 sc last 6 sts. Jn (90 sc). DO NOT ch 1.
If you are changing colors, drop main color and join contrast
color now.
SIDE PORTION: Continue now in
rounds without chain 1 addition. Sc in rounds for 13 rounds (3” length from last round of top portion
work).
If you are changing colors, drop contrasting color and join alternate
color now.
FINISH beanie off with sc worked in back
loops only for the next 4 rounds (1” from
last round of side portion work).
EO work and weave in yarn ends.
