The September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month Cap
Kellie Huffman September 2013
This hat design is inspired by my daughter, Bronwyn, who was diagnosed with AML on Jan. 15th, 2012 at 14. She came through four months of intense chemo like a champ but suffered chemo induced cardiomyopathy only two weeks after her last treatment while still recovering in the hospital. Over the next two weeks we were told many times she would not live. Her blood counts were too low for invasive treatment like life-support and she would not live long enough for her blood to recover from the chemo. To everyone's surprise her counts did recover. She went through a four hour open heart surgery to have an LVAD heart pump installed and became the first patient with one to be discharged from Sick Kids Hospital. On September third she became the first child with an LVAD to attend public school in Ontario while she waits for a heart transplant. She is a hero and I need to do whatever I can to raise awareness to increase funding for childhood cancer research so better treatments that don't maim or kill our children can be found. (98% of all childhood cancer survivors will suffer from at least one chronic illness.) Childhood cancer research is dismally underfunded worldwide. Please read the Stitch Instructions before following the chart. The stitch symbols available are limited by the program I am using to create the chart. This hat is knit in the round on a circular needle starting at the brim and working up. Double points or another circular will be needed to finish off the top of the hat. The instructions are given for knitting with fingering but sizing calculations are included if you would like to use sport. When choosing a size take into consideration that you should have about 10% negative ease. Gold yarn is used as it is the colour for childhood cancer awareness.
Materials:
·About 100 - 200yds fingering or sport weight yarn in gold. ·● 3.25mm 16" circular needles [or what is needed for gauge] plus a set of double points the same or another circular to use when the stitches are reduced at the top of the hat. In lieu of a 16" circular needle, you can also use a longer circular for traveling loop or magic loop, or two circulars. ·Stitch Markers · Cable needle, or spare needle, or ability to cable without needles. Gauge: with fingering weight yarn in pattern, knit in the round: 28-32st per 4". This table lists finished circumference given the gauge and # of panels listed. Finished size is in inches.
| Gauge x # ofPanels | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| 28sts | 17" | 20" | 22.9" |
| 30sts | 16" | 18.7" | 21.3" |
| 32sts | 15" | 17.5" | 20" |
Bonus calculations for using a sport weight yarn with gauge 25-27st per 4"
| Gauge x # of Panels | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| 25sts | 16" | 19.2" | 22.4" |
| 26sts | 15.4" | 18.5" | 21.5" |
| 27sts | 14.8" | 17.8" | 20.7" |
Recommended finished sizes per standard hat sizes: 3-6 mo 14.5-15" 6-12 mo 16" 12-36mo 17" 3-10 years 18" 11-14 years 19" adult woman 20-20.5" adult man 20.5-22" Instructions: given for 5 [6, 7, 8] panels knit in fingering weight yarn, according to the chart above. With circular needle cast on 100 [120, 140, 160] sts [or a multiple of 20]. Join and place marker. Rib 2x2 for approximately 0.5 [0.75, 1, 1.25] inches. Follow written or charted instructions. Read chart bottom to top, in the direction you knit. Chart will be repeated 5[6, 7, 8] times per round. Once chart is done knit until piece measures about 3.25 [4, 4.5, 5] inches from beginning. Decrease 1 stitch every 10 [12, 14, 16] stitches in this way:) 1. \*Knit 8 [10, 12, 14] stitches. Knit 2 together. Repeat from \* across the round. 90 [110, 130, 150] stitches left. 2.Knit 1 row plain. 3. \*Knit 7 [9, 11, 13] stitches. Knit 2 together. Repeat from \* across the round. 80 [100, 120, 140] stitches left. 4.Knit 1 row plain. Row 5 and onward: Continue as established, decreasing 10 stitches every round until 10 stitches remain. Knit 2 together across. Break yarn and thread through last 5 stitches. Weave in ends. Do not block.
Stitch Instructions:
= lft leaning cable 3-over-1 Sip3 stitches onto cable needle and hold to front, purl stitch, knit 3 stitches off of cable needle. Left-to-Right knitters: slip one stitch onto cable needle and hold to back, knit 3 stitches, purl one stitch from cable needle. right leaning cable 3-over-1 Sip 1 stitch onto cable needle and hold to back, kni 3 stitches, purl 1 stitch off of cable needle. Left-to-right knitters: slip 3 stitches onto cable needle and hold to front, purl 1 stitch, knit 3 stitches from cable needle. >= cable 3-over-3, right over lft slip 3 stches onto cable needleand hold t front, nit 3 stitches, knit 3 stitches off of cable needle. Left-to-right knitters: slip 3 stitches onto cable needle, hold toback,knitthreestitches,knitthreestitchesfromcableneedle. = Knit and then make 1bylifting the strand between stitches and placing it onthe left hand needle, knit into back of loop. This twists the loop to avoid making a hole. IMl= Make 1 pur titch. You can do this the same way you made the knit stitch by purling into the back of the loop between the stitches but this is harder here as the stitches are tighter from the cabling and decreases. It can also be done by purling in the front and back of the neighbouring purl stitch but it could make a little hole. [= sSK, or left leaning decrease. Note to left-handed knitters [mirror knitters: do not reverse engineer the middle SSK. The middle SSK is a SSK regardless of the direction you are knitting. This stitch along with the one in the next row helps the flow of stitches move in one direction. The middle SSK also helps prevent the hole that likes to form when two cables meet. = K2tog, or right leaning decrease. =Thisis a2 stitchdecrease asfolows, lip1 purlwise, knit together, passlipped stitch ve. = P1tbl. Purl into back of stitch creating a twisted stitch. J=knit stitch = purl stitch no stitch
Written Instructions
Pattern is worked over 20 stitches/32 rows. The use of additional stitch markers is optional. pm = place marker sm = slip marker Row 1: k3, pm, (slip 3 onto cable needle and hold in FRONT, p1, k3 from needle), p8, (slip 1 onto cable needle and hold in BACK, k3, p1 from cable needle), pm, k1 Row 2: K3, sm, p1, k3, p8, k3, p1, sm, k1 Row 3: k3, sm, p1, (slip 3 onto cable needle and hold in FRONT, p1, k3 from needle), p6, (slip 1 onto cable needle and hold in BACK, k3, p1 from cable needle), p1, sm, k1 Row 4: k3, sm, p2, k3, p6, k3, p2, sm, k1 Row 5: k3, sm, p2, (slip 3 onto cable needle and hold in FRONT, p1, k3 from needle), p4, (slip 1 onto cable needle and hold in BACK, k3, p1 from cable needle), p2, sm, k1 Row 6: k3, sm, p3, k3, p4, k3, p3, sm, k1 Row 7: k3, sm, p3, (slip 3 onto cable needle and hold in FRONT, p1, k3 from needle), p2, (slip 1 onto cable needle and hold in BACK, k3, p1 from cable needle), p3, sm, k1 Row 8: k3, sm, p4, k3, p2, k3, p4, sm, k1 Row 9: k3, sm, p4, (slip 3 onto cable needle and hold in FRONT, p1, k3 from needle), (slip 1 onto cable needle and hold in BACK, k3, p1 from cable needle), p4, sm, k1 Row 10: k3, sm, p5, k6, p5, sm, k1 5, (slip 3 onto cable needle and hold in FRONT, k3, k3 from cable needle), p5, sm, k1 Row 12: k3, sm, p5, k6, p5, sm, k1 Row 13: k3, sm, p4, (slip 1 onto cable needle and hold in BACK, k3, p1 from cable needle), (slip 3 onto cable needle and hold in FRONT, p1, k3 from needle), p4, sm, k1 Row 14: k3, sm, p4, k3, p2, k3, p4, sm, k1 Row 15: k3, sm, p3, (slip 1 onto cable needle and hold in BACK, k3, p1 from cable needle), p2, (slip 3 onto cable needle and hold in FRONT, p1, k3 from needle), p3, sm, k1 Row 16: k3, sm, p3, k3, p4, k3, p3, sm, k1 Row 17: k3, sm, p2, (slip 1 onto cable needle and hold in BACK, k3, p1 from cable needle), p4, (slip 3 onto cable needle and hold in FRONT, p1, k3 from needle), p2, sm, k1 Row 18: k3, sm, p2, k3, p6, k3, p2, sm, k1 Row 19: k3, sm, p1, (slip 1 onto cable needle and hold in BACK, k3, p1 from cable needle), p6, (slip 3 onto cable needle and hold in FRONT, p1, k3 from needle), p1, sm, k1 Row 20: k3, sm, p1, k3, p8, k3, p1, sm, k1 Row 21: k3, sm, p1, k3, p8, k3, p1, sm, k1 Row 22: k3, sm, p1, k3, p8, k3, p1, sm, k1 Row 23: k3, sm, p1, (slip 3 onto cable needle and hold in FRONT, p1, k3 from needle), p6, (slip 1 onto cable needle and hold in BACK, k3, p1 from cable needle), p1, sm, k1 Row 24: k3, sm, p2, (slip 3 onto cable needle and hold in FRONT, p1, k3 from needle), p4, (slip 1 onto cable needle and hold in BACK, k3, p1 from cable needle), p2, sm, k1 Row 25: k3, sm, p3, (slip 3 onto cable needle and hold in FRONT, p1, k3 from needle), p2, (slip 1 onto cable needle and hold in BACK, k3, p1 from cable needle), p3, sm, k1 Row 26: k3, sm, p4, (slip 3 onto cable needle and hold in FRONT, p1, k3 from needle), (slip 1 onto cable needle and hold in BACK, k3, p1 from cable needle), p4, sm, k1 Row 27: k1, ( M1 by lifting strand between stitches onto LEFT needle, kthrough back loop), k2, sm, p5, M1 purl stitch, sk, ssk, k2tog, M1 purl stitch, p5, sm, k1 Row 28: k4, remove marker, k1, p5, M1 purl stitch, (slip1 purlwise, k2tog, pass slipped stitch over decreased stitch), M1 purl stitch, p5, k1, remove marker, k1 Row 29: K6, p5, purl into back of next stitch, p5, k3 Row 30: k7, p9, k4 Row 31: k8, p7, k5
Childhood Cancer Facts:
Cancer is the leading disease related cause of death among kids after the first year of life. That i more deaths than asthma, diabetes, cystic fibrosis and AiDS combined. One in five children who are diagnosed with cancer will die of the disease. In the UsA seven children die every day. ?In terms of potential life saved, childhood cancer ranks second only to breast cancer. 98% of survivors of childhood cancer face at least one chronic health condition and by age 45, 80% have a life-threatening, serious or disabling chronic condition. Health conditions include neurocognitive impairments, sterility, secondary cancers, heart abnormalities and abnormal lung function. Most conditions are a result of the treatment. · 1 in 330 individuals under the age of 20 will be diagnosed with cancer.
More information:
www.thetruth365.org curechildhoodcancer.ning.com www.stbaldricks.org/ Awareness = money for research = better treatments and a cure.
