Spice up your charity knitting! Knit up one of these dazzling Spiral Cabled Chemo Caps (Ravelry link) in one of six sizes, from preemie’s to men’s. Give one to a friend in need or donate a few to a charity organization near you. Ten percent of pattern and kit proceeds go the National Children’s Leukemia Foundation in memory of my cousin Dina who was lost to leukemia when I was a baby. A list of charity organizations in need of chemo caps, preemie caps, and more can be found on my website here. Or knit one for yourself, a friend, or a child and raise funds for charity in the process. I taught a fun workshop on these caps for the Knitspiration Guild on Monday night, where I went over three different ways to make cables travel, how to change gauge to knit these hats with a different weight yarn, where to find charities to donate caps, and how to cable without a needle. I’ll be teaching this class again at the TNNA Winter Trade Show in January.

Here’s a collage with photos of both versions of the cap. When someone at the guild meeting said that a preemie’s head is about the size of an orange, I couldn’t resist trying the hat on an orange hanging from my orange tree! =)

The pattern is $5, with 10% of proceeds going to the National Children’s Leukemia Foundation.

Here are some other photos of the Dina version, named after my cousin Dina, who died of leukemia when I was two. It has bobbles nestled among spiraling meandering cables.

Here’s a top view… you can see how the more subtle spirals in the body of the hat really spiral at the top.

Here you can see the inside of the Dina Cap — it’s really smooth, which is a great feature for a chemo cap to have…

Here are some more photos of the preemie sized Morfar version, named after my grandfather, who died of cancer when I was 6 or 7.  Morfar (Moo-fah) is the Swedish word for maternal grandfather.  This version of the cap has spiraling bold cables.

Here’s a top view…again, you can see how the more subtle spirals in the body of the hat really spiral at the top.

As always, click on images for larger views.

You can see more photos of both caps on flickr here.

SIZE
Preemie’s (Baby’s, Toddler’s, Child’s, Women’s, Men’s);
(Dina shown in size Women’s; Morfar shown in size Preemie’s)

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
Circumference: 11 (13, 15, 17, 19, 21)” / 28 (33, 38, 43, 48, 53.5) cm, unstretched; to fit 12 (14, 16, 18, 20, 22)” / 30.5 (35.5, 40.5, 45.5, 50.5, 56) cm

MATERIALS

• Size Preemie’s (Baby’s, Toddler’s, Child’s, Women’s, Men’s): Approximately 24 (32, 41, 53, 60, 71) g / 70 (92, 118, 152, 174, 206) yd /64 (85, 108, 139, 160, 189) m DK Weight Yarn
• Shown in Fiber Fiend Superwash Merino DK, colors Majestic Purple and Autumn: 50 (50, 50, 100, 100, 100) g / 145 (145, 145, 290, 290, 290) yd / 133 (133, 133, 266, 266, 266) m
• 1 US #4/3.5mm 16″ circular needle for Toddler’s – Men’s Sizes
• 1 set US #4/3.5mm double pointed needles
• Stitch Marker
• Tapestry needle

Skill Level: Intermediate
Gauge: 28 sts/36 rows = 4″ / 10 cm in cable pattern
Skills: cables, decreasing

Money raised for the National Children’s Leukemia Foundation as of 11/19/08: $11.47.
This number will be kept up to date on the pattern page on my website and on Ravelry.

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