Breast Cancer Awareness Scarf & Hat in Plymouth Baby Alpaca Worsted - F292

Breast Cancer Awareness Scarf & Hat in Plymouth Baby Alpaca Worsted – Pattern F292

This free downloadable knitting pattern from Plymouth Yarn Design Studio (pattern number F292) offers knitters the opportunity to create a coordinating Breast Cancer Awareness Scarf and Hat set. Worked in the luxuriously soft Plymouth Baby Alpaca Worsted, this duo makes a meaningful and stylish project, whether knitted as a gift, a personal accessory, or a contribution to awareness efforts. The pattern is available as a free downloadable PDF with yarn purchase.

Materials & Gauge

Both pieces in this set are worked using the same yarn and needle size, making this a wonderfully streamlined project from start to finish.

• Yarn: Plymouth Baby Alpaca Worsted – 4 hanks total for both pieces
• Needles: Size 8 US straight needles
• Gauge: 5 stitches = 1 inch over stockinette stitch

Plymouth Baby Alpaca Worsted is prized for its exceptional softness, warmth, and natural sheen. Baby alpaca fiber is notably hypoallergenic and gentle against sensitive skin, making it an ideal choice for accessories worn close to the face and neck. Its worsted weight provides excellent stitch definition, allowing the textured pattern stitch in this design to show beautifully.

Finished Measurements

• Hat: Approximately 8 inches tall by 24 inches in circumference
• Scarf: Approximately 8.5 inches wide by 49 inches long

Pattern Stitch

Both the hat and the scarf feature a distinctive six-row repeating pattern stitch that combines several classic knitting techniques to create a rich, textured fabric. This stitch pattern adds visual interest and dimension beyond a simple stockinette or garter fabric, giving the finished accessories an elegant, handcrafted appearance.

The six-row repeat is worked as follows:

• Row 1: Purl across
• Row 2: Knit across
• Row 3: K2, then alternate slip 1 with yarn in back and k1 to end – creating a subtle woven or mosaic-like texture
• Row 4: Alternate k1 and slip 1 with yarn in front to last 2 stitches, k2 – continuing the slipped-stitch texture on the wrong side
• Row 5: K1, then yarn over, k2tog repeat to last stitch, k1 – introducing a delicate eyelet lace element
• Row 6: Purl across

This combination of slipped stitches, yarn overs, and k2tog decreases produces a fabric that is simultaneously textured and lightly lacy, with a rhythm that experienced knitters will find satisfying and newer knitters can use to build their skills.

Stitches & Techniques Used

• Stockinette stitch – the foundational knit/purl fabric used throughout the body of both pieces
• Slipped stitches (with yarn in back and yarn in front) – used to create the woven texture in Rows 3 and 4 of the pattern repeat
• Yarn over (YO) – used in Row 5 to create decorative eyelets
• K2tog (knit two together) – a right-leaning decrease used in the lace row of the pattern stitch
• K2togtbl (knit two together through the back loop) – a left-leaning decrease used during hat crown shaping
• Cast on – the hat begins with 80 stitches cast on
• Crown shaping decreases – worked in a structured sequence of decrease rows to shape the top of the hat neatly

The Hat