Here's a slumber cap that will stay put as you sleep. Make it small for a cute bun net or make it large to fit tons of curly hair. If you need it extra, extra large, use a needle one size larger than those specified in pattern (ie: if a section calls for a US 5, use a US 6 instead). Yarn: fingering weight, 50 yds for bun net, 150 yds for slumber cap, (shown here in Hazel Knits Artisan Sock in the Chocolatier colorway) Needles: US 3, 5, & 7 for all sizes; also US 8 & 9 dpns for slumber cap Notions: yarn needle, stitch marker, one headband approx. 0.5 cm wide for the slumber cap, one ponytail elastic band also approx. $0.5\;\mathrm{cm}$ wide for the bun net - make sure the bands do not have metal joins. BO - bind off rep - repeat SM - slip marker CO - cast on rnd -round sts - stitches k - knit RS - right side WS - wrong side PM - place marker
PATTERN
Using a long-tail cast on and size US 3 dpns, CO 9 stitches. Join for working in the round being careful not to twist. Place marker to note the beginning of the round. Rnd 1: knit. Rnd 2 (inc. rnd): [yo, k1] around. (18 sts) Rnd 3: change to US 5 dpns; knit. Rnd 4: [yo, k2tog] around. Rnd 5: knit. Rnd 6: rep. rnd. 2. (36 sts) Rnds 7, 9, 11, 13: knit. Rnds 8, 10, 12: [yo, k2tog] around. Rnd 14: change to US 7 dpns; rep. rnd. 2. (72 sts). Rnds 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27: knit. Rnds 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26: [yo, k2tog] around. Stop here for bun net; proceed to Finishing. Rnd 28: change to US 8 dpns; rep. rnd. 2. (144 sts). Rnds 29, 31, 33, 35, 37, 39: knit. Rnds 30, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40: [yo, k2tog] around. Rnd 41: change to US 9 dpns; knit. Rnds 42, 44, 46, 48, 52: [yo, k2tog] around. Rnds: 43, 45, 47, 51, 53: knit. (For a larger cap, continue repeating last two rnds as needed.)
FINISHING
For all sizes: change to US 5 dpns; work 7 rnds in st st. Cut yarn leaving a $50^{\circ}\mathrm{{}^{\cdot}}$ tail (smaller tail for bun net). Fold hem to the WS OVER the headband for slumber cap or the ponytail elastic band for bun net. You will BO by sewing one stitch from needle to its corresponding stitch on the first rnd of st st of hem on the WS (see picture). Continue in this manner, encasing headband or ponytail elastic inside the hem, until you have bound off all sts. Weave in all ends.
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