Happy Birthday Aran! (and hello Lumossity)

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Description

Lumossity is a moss (seed) stitch square top Hat. It's worked in the round in a bulky weight yarn.

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Yarn
150g/82yd/75m
Super bulky weight, plied yarn

Needles & Notions
Set 8mm/UK0/US11 DPNs/Circular or size needed to obtain gauge
Stitch marker as necessary
Tapestry needle

Sample details
Shown in Schachenmayr Lumio [82yd/75m per 150g; 91% Acrylic, 9% Polyester]

Shown in size 22in/55cm on model with 20.5in/52cm circumference head.

Sample weighs 102g.

Gauge
8 sts x 12 rows to 4in/10cm on 8mm needles over Moss (Seed) Stitch

Sizes
To fit size: 18 [20, 22, 24] in/45.75 [50.75, 55, 61] cm
Finished size: 15.5 [17.5, 19.5, 21.5] in/39.5 [44.5, 49.5, 54.5] cm
Not sure which size to make? Check my handy size and measuring guide!

Skills required
Moss (Seed) Stitch

Knitting in the round

Alternate Cable Cast-on

Crochet Bind-off

How to

Using Alternate Cable cast-on method, and treating the slip knot as the first stitch cast on (i.e. a purl stitch) cast on 31 [35, 39, 43] sts. The last stitch cast on will also be a purl stitch.

Foundation Row: K1, *P1, K1; rpt from * to end

Join in the round, being careful not to twist sts. Place stitch marker to indicate start of round.

Body

Rnd 1: P1, *K1, P1; rpt from * to end

Rnd 2: K1, *P1, K1; rpt from * to end

These 2 rounds create Moss (Seed) Stitch in the round. The pattern is worked across an odd number of stitches as knitting in the round is akin to knitting in a spiral; this then keeps the pattern continuous (a knit stitch always follows a purl stitch, and vice versa)

Repeat these 2 rounds until work measures 6 [7, 8, 9] in/15.25 [17.75, 20.25, 22.75] cm.

Crown

Fold work in half so that WS are together and perform Crochet bind-off to close the top.

Finishing

Weave in all ends. A gentle wash and blocking is recommended; avoid over-stretching the Hat.

Our boy turns 7 today - seven! And he's growing up fast.

In digging around for the perfect photos to share today, I found these, and these are some of my favourite shots of Aran from last year. They were taken 5 months after he went into renal failure, and despite still being underweight and still being on kidney-watch and still going back and forth to hospital for continual tests, he was still smiling and larking around.

This Hat was one of my sanity knitting projects when we were in Bologna hospital last January, and it was the Hat he wore when we were allowed off ward for the first time for a few hours, to walk a little, see the sky and get some fresh air. Lots of memories wrapped up in this Hat.

And as I sat here this morning looking at these shots, I remembered I hadn't yet published the pattern for it - and figured that today's a good a day as any!

Happy birthday Aran, our young hero x

ps/ if you knit this Hat, would you please consider donating to your national kidney charity? In the UK you could consider Kidney Research UK, and in the US you might consider the National Kidney Foundation. We don't know yet whether Aran will have chronic kidney disease for life; there are so many variables to consider... they tell us his chances are good but they can't rule it out. Having lived with acute kidney disease for these last 14 months, with 2 uncommon conditions that each consultant that we've seen knows relatively little about, it became pretty clear that more research is needed. Every penny helps :)