Dawn Brocco's Life & Design Blog

I was wondering yesterday, exactly when Murphy's Law was gonna end, and apparently, not until the handle on my whisk snapped off, as I was making Royal Icing for the gingerbread cookies! That put the icing on the day, for sure. Hyuck, hyuck!

I jokingly mentioned, the other day, about only needing a yarmulke on my head, as my covered ears makes my head too warm. Well, I remembered that I had some remains of Heirloom Breeze yarn and thought that if anything is gonna stay put on my hairless head, it would be a stretchy yarn like Breeze. So, I knit up the following wee skull cap - hate that phrase - skull cap - maybe there's a better one out there?.


It uses just 43 g of this wonderful DK wt wool, cotton and lycra blend yarn. One could use Cascade Fixation, though I prefer the feel of this yarn, thanks to the wool content.

Size: 19.66" circ, 5.75" from top of crown to rolled edge

Heirloom Breeze, 30% Wool/69.6% Cotton/0.4% Lycra, 105 yds/skein: 1 ball each #020 musk pink (A) and #019 baby pink (B), OR 2 colors of your choice OR 1 ball of any color
Size 6 (4 mm) 16" ckns and dpns
tapestry ndl

Long Tail CO 108 sts in color A. Knit until 1" from CO edge. Work 2 rnds of k2, p2 rib. Break A.

With color B, knit until 3.25" from rolled edge.

Crown Shaping
(K16, k2tog) around. Knit 1 rnd.
(K15, k2tog) around. Knit 1 rnd.
(K14, k2tog) around. Knit 1 rnd.
(K13, k2tog) around. Knit 1 rnd.
(K12, k2tog) around. Knit 1 rnd.
(K11, k2tog) around. Knit 1 rnd.
(K10, k2tog) around. Knit 1 rnd.
(K9, k2tog) around. Knit 1 rnd.
(K8, k2tog) around.
(K7, k2tog) around.
(K6, k2tog) around.
(K5, k2tog) around.
(K4, k2tog) around.
(K3, k2tog) around.
(K2, k2tog) around.
(K1, k2tog) around.
(K2tog) around. Break yarn. With tapestry ndl, pull tail through remaining 6 sts and end off.