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GENEie - The Next Generations

Update: The GENEie Hat Collection now has 5 different knitting patterns, including a Pussyhat and a headband for warmer climates. Earlier this month, I released GENEie, the DNA Beanie Thinking Cap for Scientists. These free knitting patterns come in two versions: the cable GENEie and the stranded colorwork GENEie.  I designed these patterns in support for the upcoming March for Science on Earth Day, April 22, 2017.  I have received an AMAZING response to the GENEies on Facebook, and take all of the suggestions you have given me seriously.  On the original pattern posts I hinted at the evolution of the GENEie, and I am pleased to present today GENEie - The Next Generations! I started designing and knitting the samples for the first GENEie hats before a date for the March for Science had been announced.  Full wool hats might be too warm for April but some knitters were discussing knitting them in cotton.  (Wool hats might be perfectly fine in Boston, but are rarely fine in other parts of the county!)  The original GENEies would not work well as a headband since it would truncate too much of the design, so I wanted to flip the chart 90 degrees and tweak it a bit to form GENEie - The Next Generations.

The entire knitting patterns for the GENEie Next Generation headbands and hats are available in this post for free.  The entire pattern is written in this post.  The PDF with full line-by-line written instructions is coming as soon as it has been tech edited.


Model Head Measurements & Fit notes - The Models (AKA the ChemKnits family) have the following head sizes:

Abbreviations Used in this Pattern - If you need more help with the techniques, I have a whole playlist of videos to help with the construction of the GENEie collection. Make sure you check out an introduction to stranded colorwork for help creating these designs.

Sideways DNA Helix Knitting Chart
Chart Key Line-by-line Written Instructions for the DNA Helix Knitting Chart Knitting Instructions: GENEie - The Next Generation Headband (Toddler, Adult L) The Adult L Headband on Lucky - 20" head

What is a headband if not the bottom of a hat?  I was knitting the toddler hat sample as I released the original GENEies.  As soon as people started discussing headband possibilities I knew that it would be easy to create both versions from with this single DNA knitting chart. Knitting Instructions: GENEie - The Next Generation Hat (Toddler)

Knitting Instructions: GENEie - The Next Generation Hat (Adult L), not pictured.

Notes on the samples:
At the time of writing this post, I have only knit two samples of the four pattern options.  After knitting the toddler size hat I removed one row from the knitting chart to create the version published in this post.  While the DNA helix is slightly different the total row count remains the same.  The GENEie Next Generation Adult Headband shows the published version of the chart.

I ran out of yarn when knitting the headband adult (L) sample so the sample is two yards short.  The size measurements reflect the size of the headband as written in the pattern, not the one shown in photos.  The yardage calculation reflects the amount I would have needed to knit those last two rounds. I hope you enjoyed these DNA Helix knitting patterns!  Don't forget to check out the first generation GENEie DNA Beanie Hats - the GENEie Cable Version and the GENEie Colorwork Version. GENEie - The Next Generation Colorwork Hat & Headband Knitting Patterns © 2017 ChemKnits & Rebecca Roush Brown.  This pattern is available for free via www.ChemKnits.com for your personal or charity use.  You are not to copy or distribute this pattern without the permission of the publisher, ChemKnits.

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Posted by Rebecca Brown at 8:36 PM Labels: Free Patterns by ChemKnits, Knitting Charts by ChemKnits, Molecular Charts, Project Archive, Science!
