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VENTILATOR
BONNET WITH FLAP FOR SCANNING
Supplied by Haslington Machine Knitting Club's Version
NOTE: All units
do not use this bonnet check with your own local unit first. |
Using 4 ply
wool (If you use 3ply change your tension to suit-as long as this bonnet
would fit a SATSUMA it is not too small.
KNIT FLAP FIRST
FLAP
Using Full needle rib, cast 20 stitches 10-0-10. Knit 3 tubular rows
Row Counter 000 Change to tension 4 and knit 2 rows.
Next row make a small buttonhole over centre two stitches, by transferring
stitches to adjacent needle. Knit 19 rows
Cast off 1 stitch at each end of the next two rows (both beds)
Transfer stitches to main bed, knit 1 row Remove the remaining 18 stitches
onto waste yarn
BONNET
Using 1x1 rib Tension 0/0 Cast on 70 sts Knit 3 tubular rows. Change to
tension 3/3. Knit 8 rows . transfer stitches to main bed .Tension 7 Knit
1 row
Transfer stitches onto alternate needles push empty alternate needles into
non working position. (950i owners use 532, take lace carriage across twice
push alternate needles to NWP) Knit 1 row
Put 26 needles on opposite end to the carriage, on HOLD Carriage on hold
Knit 1 row
Cast off 18 sts at centre Knit 1 row
Row counter 000
Tension
7 Knit 12 rows
Tension
6 Knit 10 rows
Break off yarn, Leave 26 sts on hold Return other 26 sts to working position
Tension
7 Knit 12 rows
Tension
6 Knit 10 rows
Break off yarn Transfer stitches held on waste yarn (Flap) onto centre 18
needles. Carriage on the right Tension 5 Knit 6 rows. Transfer stitches
onto alternate needles, push back NWP needles. Tension 3 Knit 8 rows. Break
off yarn, leaving a long end. Thread end through sts using a bodkin,and
release from the machine. Pull up and secure.
Join seam approx 5cms. Sew on ribbons (NB Do not thread yarn through the
holes in the bonnet, they are for the Hospital's use.) Attach a small button
to fit buttonhole in flap. To make hat smaller or larger just adjust the
number of stitches you cast on.
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