Gilda`s Hat

Pattern Stitch: (Over multiple of 10 sts)
Round 1:
Round 2:
Round 3:
Round 4:
Round 5:
Round 6:
p4, k1, p1, k4
p3, k2, p2, k3
p2, k2, p1, k1, p2, k2
p1, k2, p2, k2, p2, k1
k2, p3, k3, p2
k1, p4, k4, p1
Hat:
Cast on 96 sts on size 5 circular needles.
Join in circle; place marker to indicate the beginning of each round. (You may also wish
to place one marker of a different color between every 10 sts to indicate each Pattern
Stitch repeat).
Work in 2 x 2 ribbing (k2, p2) for 2.5”.
Change to size 7 circular needles.
Increase Row: *k2, m1, k2; repeat from * to end – 120 sts (24 increases).
Work in Pattern Stitch until hat measures 8.5” from cast-on edge, ending with Round 2 of
Pattern Stitch.
Crown Shaping:
Begin decreasing, switching to size 7 double pointed needles when needed:
Round 1: (p2 tog, k2, p1, k1, p2, k2 tog) 12 times (96 sts)
Round 2: (k2, p2) 24 times
Round 3: (p2 tog, p2, k2, k2 tog) 12 times (72 sts)
Round 4: (p3, k3) 12 times
Round 5: (p2 tog, k1, p1, k2 tog) 12 times (48 sts)
Round 6: (k2, p2) 12 times
Round 7: (p2 tog, k2 tog) 12 times (24 sts)
Round 8: (p1, k1) 12 times
Round 9: (p2 tog, k2 tog) 6 times (12 sts)
Round 10: (k2 tog) 6 times (6 sts remaining)
Break yarn and thread through last 6 sts and pull tight. Finish off on wrong side.
Bow Flap:
With size 7 double pointed needles, with right side facing, pick up 10 sts along beginning cast-on stitches, to left of center front of hat. Work Rows 1-6 of Pattern Stitch for 2.5”.
Bind off all sts. Tack flap in place at top of ribbing.
Tie:
With size 7 double pointed needles, cast on 4 sts. Work in garter stitch for 1”. Bind off all
sts. Sew tie around center of Bow Flap to gather and make bow.
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Ca All Twin Cities Knitters
and Crocheters!
Chemo Hats and Shawls Needed
For Gilda’s Club Twin Cities
“On behalf of GCTC, the First Thursdays
Knitting Club, a local knitting group
founded by Mary Taylor, Renay Leone,
Eva Stevens and Kim Bowden, is reaching
out to Twin Cities knitters for their help in
making chemo caps and shawls.”
Gilda’s Club, an organization named in memory of comedian
Gilda Radner, who died from ovarian cancer in 1989, is a network of affiliate
clubhouses throughout the US and Canada where “members” – men, women
and children living with cancer, as well as friends and families – learn how to live
with cancer.
Gilda’s Club support is an essential component to medical care.
Fundamental to the Gilda’s Club philosophy is that membership is completely
free of charge. The clubhouse, while non-residential, offers a warm, welcoming
home-like atmosphere where members can relax and feel comfortable in a nonmedical, non-institutional setting.
The Gilda’s Clubs innovative, one-of-a-kind program offers support groups,
workshops and social activities, including a special space called “Noogieland” for
children with cancer or who have a family member with cancer. These are just
a few of the day-to-day resources that are available at the clubhouse for those
living with cancer and those whose lives are touched by cancer.
The first Gilda’s Club opened in New York City in 1995. Today, 21 clubhouses
are operating across the world, in both large and small cities. Our local affiliate,
Gilda’s Club Twin Cities, is striving to open its doors in 2010. For more information
on this amazing organization and how our efforts can contribute to the first
Gilda’s Club in Minnesota, check out the Gilda’s Club Twin Cities website at
www.gildasclubtwincities.org.
When Gilda’s Club Twin Cities opens it would be wonderful to have a supply
of handmade chemo hats and shawls ready for the club’s variety of members
– men, women and children. Twin Cities knitters are well known for their
generosity and willingness to pick up their needles for a very good cause!
As a special treat to get you started, Nicky Epstein, the world-famous
knitting designer, has designed an original chemo hat pattern for us to use!
For other ideas on what to knit, here is a handy list of web links to other free
patterns for shawls and chemo caps, but you can use any pattern you wish. We
only ask that the knits be made out of non-scratchy yarns and preferably easycare. Your local yarn store can help you find just the right yarn to use.
http://www.knittingpatterncentral.com
http://www.crochetpatterncentral.com
http://www.elann.com/freepatterns.asp
http://www.bevscountrycottage.com/adult-cancercaps.html
http://www.knittingonthenet.com
http://knitting.about.com
http://www.make1yarns.com/patterns/ABetterBucket.pdf
http://www.bigcrafty.com/2007/03/16/55-free-shawl-patterns-to-knit-and-crochet/
http://www.freevintageknitting.com/patternbook/star-stoles
Friendship Slouch Hat Pattern
for Gilda’s Club Twin Cities
By Nicky Epstein
Size:
Small – Medium (for Large, use needles sizes 6 & 8)
Materials:
Worsted weight yarn – Approximately 210 yards
(sample hat in photo knitted with 1 ball of Berroco “Comfort”)
Stitch markers:
1 of one color; 11 of another color (if you wish to mark 10-stitch repeats of Pattern
Stitch for crown shaping)
Needles: 16” Circular needles, sizes 5 & 7
Double-pointed needles size 7
Gauge: 20 sts and 32 rows = 4” in Pattern Stitch on number 8 needle