Soft Crochet Chemo Cap Pattern: The Irene Beanie
How to Crochet The Irene Beanie, a Soft Crochet Chemo Cap.
This Easy Crochet Irene Beanie Chemo Cap Pattern is meant to help you make a simple, soft hat that will brighten the day of a chemo patient and make them feel cherished and uplifted. Chemo treatments are such a difficult time for so many and its alway nice to have something special to wear to make you feel a little better.
The Irene Beanie is an Easy Crochet Chemo Cap Pattern and it was created especially for the 2025 Crochet for Cancer Challenge hosted by Sweet Potato 3 Designs. It is a lightweight beanie made with a soft bulky weight (5) yarn and it is so easy to make as it uses only the double crochet stitch and the single crochet stitch.
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This So Soft Irene Beanie Crochet Chemo Cap Pattern is dedicated to my late mother in law, Irene, who sadly passed away from Lymphoma. I made this hat in green as lime green represents lymphoma.
This Beanie makes up so soft and it is the perfect project for someone needing a pretty hat to wear while having chemo treatment, but it is also great for an season as it is so stylish. I used the soft Caron Latte Cakes yarn for my Irene Beanie. It a bulky weight (5) yarn and it is variegated so you get lots of beautiful shade of green and grey green.
It is also available as a pdf in my Ravelry Shop.
Description of the Easy Irene Beanie Crochet Chemo Cap Pattern.
The Irene Beanie pattern is a top down beanie. The body of the beanie is made up of granny stripe stitch and it is worked on an K hook, so it has a soft texture. The brim is made with back loop only single crochet stitches. This type of brim is simple and elegantly stylish.
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Are you a visual learner?
I have just added the video tutorials for the Irene Beanie Chemo Cap to my youtube time just in time for the Crochet Cancer Challenge. I hope they help you as you make your crochet hats.
Here is the right handed tutorial.
And here is the left handed tutorial for you.
Here are the video tutorials on how to make another popular crochet Chemo Cap Beanie.
This is the right handed version of how to make the Diane Beanie,
And the Left Handed Version is here.
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So Soft Irene Beanie Chemo Cap
Pattern by Pam Carr ©2025
Introducing my So Soft Irene Beanie Chemo Cap. This slouchy hat is a soft and warm, fashionable beanie hat. The yarn used makes it super soft for those needing a gentle chemo cap to wear.
The Irene Beanie uses the Granny Stripe stitch and this stitch is very popular right now. This hat is so versatile and can be worn with practically any outfit you desire. It is a beginner hat and it is a great accessory for everyone during the Fall, Winter or even the cool days and nights of Spring.
Size: Teen/Adult
Finished Hat Size: 20”-22“/ 51-56 cm in circumference. 9”/23cm tall approximately.
Supplies you will need:
Yarn: I used a Yarnspirations Caron Latte Cake, which is a (5) bulky weight yarn. You will have lots of yarn left over to make more chemo caps, or a matching scarf etc.
The hat is these photos uses the colourway Open Field, which is a beautiful, variegated yarn in shades of green and green/grey. This yarn is super soft and squishy as it is a 58% acrylic/42% nylon blend, so it will be great for those with sensitive skin or allergies to wool etc.
Hook: size, K -6.5.00 mm.
H – 5.00mm for the brim
Notions: Tapestry needle and scissors.
Gauge: 3.5 (3dc shells) and 6 rows = 4”/10cm
Abbreviations (uses US conventions)
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Ch = chain
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st = stitch
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dc = double crochet
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sl st = slip stitch
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blosc = back loop only single crochet
This pattern uses US terminology. The US and UK crochet terms are different, but they use the same terms to describe different stitches. Here is a simple conversion chart for anyone in the UK.
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How to do the Single Crochet Back Loop Only Stitch.
I have a video for how to do the SCBLO stitch here.
There is a left-handed version on how to do the SCBLO stitch here.
Instructions:
Do not turn at the end of each round as it is worked in the round.
Ch 4. Join with sl st to first ch to form ring, or make a Magic Loop to start.
Round 1: Ch 3 (counts as dc), (1 dc. ch1) in ring. (2 dc. ch1) 4 times into the ring. Join with sl st to top of ch 3. (10 dc)
Round 2: Ch3 (counts as dc), make (1 dc, ch1, 2 dc) in the ch1 sp in the row below and behind the ch3 * make (2 dc. ch1. 2 dc) in next ch1 sp. Rep from * around. Ch1. Join with sl st to top of ch 3. (10 2dc shells and 10 sps.)
Round 3: Ch3 (counts as dc). 2 dc in the ch1 sp in the row below and behind the ch3. *Ch1. 3 dc in next sp between 2 (2dc shells). Rep from * around. Ch 1. Join with sl st to top of ch3. (10 3dc shells)
Round 4: Ch3 (counts as dc). 2 dc in the ch1 sp in the row below and behind the ch3. *Ch1. (2 dc, ch1, 2 dc) in next ch1 sp. Ch1, (3 dc, ch1, 3dc) in next ch1 sp, Rep from * around to the last ch1 sp, make 3dc into the last ch1 sp, Ch 1. Join with sl st to top of ch 3. (18 ch1 sps.)
Round 5: Ch 3 (counts as dc). 2 dc in the ch1 sp in the row below and behind the ch3 *Ch 1, 3 dc in next ch1 sp. Rep from * around. Ch 1. Join with sl st to top of ch 3
Repeat Round 5 until the hat from the beginning of the crown to the bottom edge measures 8” [20.5 cm].
The Brim:
With the smaller 5mm hook
Round 1: Ch 1. Work 1 sc in each dc and ch-1 sp around. Join with sl st to first sc. 72 sc. If you are out one or two stitches it will work out ok.
Rounds 2- 4: Ch 1. 1 blosc in each st around. Join with a sl st to the first sc.
Fasten off, weave in ends.
If you have any questions or need help with the patterns, please email me at carrowaycrochet@outlook.com, and Iʼll be glad to help you.
Join the Crochet Cancer Challenge 2025
The 2025 Crochet Cancer Challenge encourages crocheters to create and donate hats for cancer patients. This initiative highlights the power of handmade items in providing comfort and support to those facing difficult times. This event has had such success that it is a highlight every year for so many fellow crocheters and I am honoured to be a part of it.
How the Crochet Cancer Challenge Works
The Crochet Cancer Challenge is designed to encourage you to take some time each day to crochet a hat from a featured hat pattern. The patterns are new designs and are given away for free (for a limited time) by the pattern’s designer. However, the patterns are being offered free in EXCHANGE for your PLEDGE to make a minimum of one hat from that design to donate to a cancer patient
Get Your Free Pattern for the So Soft Irene Beanie Chemo Cap.
You can download the Irene Beanie Chemo Cap PDF for free on October 7th and I will leave it as a free download for the month of the 2025 Crochet for Cancer Challenge.
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Thanks for the pattern! What a great concept.
I am giving it a try and am not sure how there are only 18 spaces at the end of round 4. Aren’t there two for every cluster in the previous row?
hi therel RIght at the end of round 4 you only do 3dc not the (2 dc, ch1, 2 dc) and this makes is 18 spaaes. I had to do that to make it work out. It is easy to miss as you just automatically think it follows to repeat to the end. I hope this helps you.
Round 4: Ch3 (counts as dc). 2 dc in the ch1 sp in the row below and behind the ch3. *Ch1. (2 dc, ch1, 2 dc) in next ch1 sp. Ch1, (3 dc, ch1, 3dc) in next ch1 sp, Rep from * around to the last ch1 sp, make 3dc into the last ch1 sp, Ch 1. Join with sl st to top of ch 3. (18 ch1 sps.)
Thanks! I’ll give it a try.
Nice pattern, thanks
Thank you so much. This has been such a great Cancer Crochet Challenge.