Unisex Dress Kippah or Yarmulke
This beautiful kippah is a quick knit, designed for fingering-weight yarn. Worked in the round on double-point needles from the top down, it can be made up in a couple hours time. The design features a stylized 6-point “star" in the crown, 6 swirls of eyelet increases, and a triangular lace border of 12 points, signifying the 12 tribes of Ysrael. Size of completed item is One Size Fits Most (OSFM) teen or adult, male or female. Guage is not crucial, but I got 7.5 stitches / 10 rows to the inch. Shown in both a handdyed Merino wool sock yarn and a handspun 100% Rambouillet wool.
For this pattern, you will need:
Double-point needles in size US 2 (2.75mm) 40 to 60 yards of fingering-weight (sock) yarn
You will also need to know how :
· to cast on increase (both Kfb [knit front and back] and yo [yarn over]) Knit and purl basic stitches decreases (both K2tog [knit 2 together] and ssk [slip, slip, knit through the back loops]) to bind off
Abbreviations used:
· Kfb - knit into the front of the stitch, leave it on the needle, knit into the back of the stitch, slip it off ·K -knit ·P-purl · yo - yarn over - bring yarn around end of working needle to the front of the work as if you would purl the next stitch, then over the needle to knit the next stitch ·k2tog - knit 2 stitches together ● ssk - slip, slip, knit - with yarn in back, slip the next 2 stitches to your working needle as if to purl. Insert holding needle tip into the front of the stitches and knit one stitch through them onto working needle. sk2p - slip one stitch as if to purl, to working needle. Knit the next 2 stitches together. Then use the tip of your holding needle to pass the slipped stitch over the newly-knitted stitch. This produces a centered, double decrease.
Let's get started!
Cast on: 3 stitches on one needle. Kfb into each stitch onto 3 needles (you will have 2 stitches on each of the 3 needles) Join the work, taking care not to twist the stitches. I knit the cast-on tail into the first few stitches so I don't have to weave it in. Round 1 - Kfb into each stitch = 4 st on each needle Round 2 - \*K1, kfb\* Repeat from \* to \* around = 6 st on each needle Round 3 - \*K2, kfb\* Repeat from \* to \* around = 8 st on each needle Round 4 - \*K3, kfb\* Repeat from \* to \* around = 10 st on each needle Round 5 - \*K4, kfb\* Repeat from \* to \* around = 12 st on each needle Round 6 - \*K5 yo, K1\* Repeat from \* to \* around = 14 st on each needle Round 7 - \*K6, yo, K1\* Repeat from \* to \* around = 16 st on each needle Round 8 - \*K7, yo, K1\* Repeat from \* to \* around = 18 st on each needle Round 9 - \*K8, yo, K1\* Repeat from \* to \* around = 20 st on each needle
Round 11 - Knit around all 3 needles Round 12 - \*K10, yo, K1\* Repeat from \* to \* around = 24 st on each needle Round 13 - Knit around all 3 needles Round 14 - \*K11, yo, K1\* Repeat from \* to \* around = 26 st on each needle Round 15 - Knit around all 3 needles Round 16 - \*K12, yo, K1\* Repeat from \* to \* around = 28 st on each needle Round 17 - Knit around all 3 needles Round 18 - \*K13, yo, K1\* Repeat from \* to \* around = 30 st on each needle Round 19 - Knit around all 3 needles Round 20 - \*K14, yo, K1\* Repeat from \* to \* around = 32 st on each needle Round 21 - Knit around all 3 needles Round 22 - \*K15, yo, K1\* Repeat from \* to \* around = 34 st on each needle Round 23 - Knit around all 3 needles Round 24 - \*K16, yo, K1\* Repeat from \* to \* around = 36 st on each needle Round 25 - Knit around all 3 needles Round 26 - \*K17, yo, K1\* Repeat from \* to \* around = 38 st on each needle Round 27 - Knit around all 3 needles Round 28 - \*K18, yo, K1\* Repeat from \* to \* around = 40 st on each needle Round 29 - Knit around all 3 needles Round 30 - Purl one round
Eyelet Triangle Border
Round 31 - \*K1, yo, ssk, k5, k2tog, yo\* Repeat from \* to \* around Round 32 - Knit around all 3 needles Round 33 - \*K2, y0, ssk, k3, k2tog, yo, k1\* Repeat from \* to \* around Round 34 - Knit around all 3 needles Round 35 - \*K3, yo, ssk, k1, k2tog, yo, k2\* Repeat from \* to \* around Round 36 - Knit around all 3 needles Round 37 - \*K4, yo, sk2p, yo, k3\* Repeat from \* to \* around Round 38 - Knit around all 3 needles Round 39 - \*K4, k2tog,yo,k4 Round 40 - Knit around all 3 needles
Rounds 41 and 42 - Purl Bind off loosely in Knit (l recommend using 1 or 2 sizes larger needle) or if you wish, do a Picot Edge bind off (not shown). Weave in yarn tail. Block, using a head dummy or bowl. This kippah can be blocked to points, scallops, or a straight edge.
This pattern copyright 2011 by Nikki Ross. It may not be used for teaching or reprinted except for personal use. It may be used for personal or gift items, but may not be used to produce items for sale without the express written consent of the author/designer.
