This hat follows the Fuck Cancer Hat published in Knitty Deep Fall 2019! This hat was designed to celebrate my friend who is four years cancer free now!

My friend asked for this hat to wear to this year’s Run for The Cure (a fundraising event in Canada). I am grateful that my friend is the beneficiary of many years of breast cancer research and is now enjoying life with many new adventures. Please support your local cancer research centre.

This hat is worked in the round from bottom up. The Survivor motif is created with slipped stitches. Only one yarn is worked at a time. The stitches and construction are very similar to those used in the Fuck Cancer Hat.

This hat requires two fingering-weight yarns. The pattern is very forgiving if your two yarns are slightly different weights. The writing (MC) looks best with a solid or tonal yarn. The contrast colour (CC) is used for the brim. This is a great project for using up scrap yarn.

Over the last few years, I have been asked several times to change the Fuck Cancer hat to a Fuck Covid hat. An unexpected bonus of the Survivor hat is that all the letters except the “d” are now available for Fuck Covid by combining the Fuck Cancer & the Survivor. If you would like to knit a Fuck Covid Hat, you can make a “d” from an “a”.

I primarily design reversible knitting by “drawing” on both sides of the fabric with slipped stitches.

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