Cocoon pattern for Bond (ISM) Knitting machine
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Finished cocoon in use.
It takes approx 5 hours non stop to make a cocoon on the knitting machine. The main body of the cocoon goes very quickly. Pull out 80 needles – 40 on each side of center.  Hang your weighted hem with the elastic thread. Knit with worsted weight and plate 3. (This is what I use but you can make the cocoon out of whatever you want).
Knit for 20″.
Next row:
Decrease every 8th stitch. Knit the row and the next.
Decrease ever 7th stitch. Knit the row and the next.
Decrease every 6th stitch. Knit the row and the next.
Cocoon being knitted on the machine
Decrease ever 5th stitch. Knit the row and the next.
Decrease every 4th stitch. Knit the row and the next.
Decrease ever 3th stitch. Knit the row and the next.
Decrease every 2th stitch. Knit the row and the next.
With a darning needle threaded with the same yarn, run the thread through each one of the stitches left on the needles. Take the knitting off the machine and pull the stitches up tight into a circle.
Seam up the side of the cocoon with a darning needle and same thread to make a tube – one end is open and the other a gathered rounded end. It looks like a bean hat, just long.  I use a mattress stitch for an invisible seam.  Make sure all ends are threaded in and trimmed off. Fini 
12 Comments
January 15th, 2011 at 1:34 PM
I’m new to machine knitting and would love to make this. But I’m not sure how to do the decreases in the middle of the row. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
February 1st, 2011 at 5:57 AM
Please email info@ReliefShare.org and we will be happy to walk you through it
Not only does it help the babies, it’s fun!
April 7th, 2011 at 12:48 AM
WHAT TYPE OF YARN WORKS BEST — WILL WOOL YARN WORK?
April 14th, 2011 at 11:05 PM
Any kind of yarn you want to use works well – worsted weight or sport weight is best but we’ve used bulky yarn and doubled fingering or baby weight
April 14th, 2011 at 11:50 PM
[...] Machine knitting pattern for the baby cocoon – click here. [...]
July 20th, 2011 at 10:38 PM
I’ve made several of these baby cocoons since finding the pattern through the Yahoo ISM/USM group. Just a couple more and I’ll be ready to mail them your way! Thanks so much for the simple, fun pattern for the needy and precious bundles of joy.
July 23rd, 2011 at 3:31 AM
How wonderful, Mary
You are so kind to help us take care of the sick and needy babies. God bless you for your help! Hugs, Carol Green/President
August 11th, 2011 at 9:46 AM
I just made this from your pattern with baby weight yarn and it turned out great! I can’t wait to put my little on it and hopefully make more to donate. Thanks for the pattern!
December 2nd, 2011 at 5:40 PM
I cannot find a pattern for the baby cocoon for a standard gauge knitting machine, I would appreciate the pattern please to knit for charityxBeth
December 2nd, 2011 at 5:47 PM
The only knitting machine pattern we have is for the Bond Ultimate Sweater Machine written by Heather. If you would like to write us a pattern, we would love to publish it for others to use here on our blog. We need the help as we don’t have a standard gauge knitting machine (but would love a donation of one as we could help a lot more babies and their families).
The cocoon pattern is quite simple – cast on 80 stitches in worsted weight (more stitches if a lighter yarn is used ) and knit for 18″, then decrease. If folks don’t know how to decrease, you can knit for 23 to 24″ and run yarn through all the loops and pull. When the cocoons get here, I either open the gathering and hand knit the decreases or if the gathering isn’t too bulky, I donate it out like that.
The need is so great that we are excited to have extra helping hands to bless the lives of the babies who need warm cocoons and hats this cold winter.
Thank you so much for asking, Beth, maybe we will get the pattern needed for the standard gauge knitting machines because of your post
Carol Green
President/Founder
ReliefShare.org
info@ReliefShare.org
March 21st, 2012 at 4:47 PM
Carol:
Re: your 12-2-11 post above
I too have a standard guage, single bed machine. If you can tell me how many inches the 80 cast on stitches (from the Bond) equal, I can probably figure out a simple standard guage pattern. You have already given me the 24″ length measurement.
March 26th, 2012 at 2:07 PM
The general sizes are:
XXS – 14″ long x 50 stitches wide (6″ across) – 12″ diameter
XS – 16″ long x 60 stitches wide (8″ across)
S – 18″ long x 70 stitches wide (10″ across)
M – 20″ long x 80 stitches wide (10″ across)
L – 23″ long x 80 stitches wide (12″ across)
XL – 25″ long x 80 stitches wide (12″ across)