The Chakra System of the body is a system of energy distribution in the body that helps the fluid flow of life and energy throughout the body, for physical, emotional, and spiritual health. Check out this video about the Chakra System and the Mind Body Connection, with Seane Corn.

Welcome to Stacey Namaste Designs. This hat is part of my Knitting for Healing series. Trauma can be defined as “Anything that overwhelms our capacity to cope and leaves us feeling hopeless and helpless,” ~Seane Corn, Yogi and Author. This series was inspired in order to provide choice and control for the maker in size, color scheme, design, and patterning. I hope you have fun, and every time you sit to knit this pattern, you can create a new design of your choosing with yarn and color choices.

This beanie was designed incorporating all of the colors of the Chakra System, and I chose to use Manaya yarn from Hobbii. Feel free to choose any yarn that features the Chakra colors, which are the colors of the rainbow. The pictured sample uses Manaya color 08. Manaya is a wonderful worsted wool mix, 65% wool and 35% acrylic, that is soft and warm, with merging colors that flow together, like the Chakra System. Sample used around 100g of the 200g skein with size 8 needles. Gauge is 18 sts, 24 rows for 4.” This beanie is knit in the round using circular needles and a cable needle, along with double pointed needles for the crown. This hat fits an average adult head circumference of 16-24” and is 8 ½” long.