My poor Hubby ... while the headgear that I've been making for him works, it's just not ... perfect.😳😒 The headgear (v3.0) was just too big and floppy and wasn't that useful - it kept slipping out of the toggle we were using to cinch the back. And the pad (v2.0) was alright but ... the top was still pressing against the top of his head and causing some pain.😭
So, it was back to the drawing board. He had received a new kind of headgear in which it hooked into the frame which he likes much better. Unfortunately, where it hooked into the frame, it would catch on his hair!😭😱😳😒 So, he searched the web to see how other people were using their CPAP headgears and one thing that kept coming up was that people were using caps. He's been testing this concept out using his Jacques Cousteau hat and he was now ready for me to make him a silk version of it. So, with my Chiaogoo Spin 4.0mm (US6) needles, here's what I did:
Cast on 140 sts and followed the pattern for 13 rows. Oddly, casting on all those sts were quite difficult for me; it took me 5 or 6 times to get the cast on right.🤦
Then, it was time for a fitting as it seemed like the hat was just getting so big! Low and behold, it was huge and way too loose. Demolishing the whole rim was required. It looked like it was at least 30 sts too big and the sts were definitely too loose.
So, I casted on again, this time using my US 4 needles and tried again. After 31 rows, I started the decreasing to the last 12 sts. Then I used the Kitchener st to bind off.
Here's how it turned out:
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