springtime chemo hat

Since it's already so warm, I thought David's mom might like to shift to a springtime hat. This one calls to mind her Irish heritage. I made it with Cascade Calmer, a decent cotton blend (supposedly discontinued, though).

The pattern is Shedir. It's a really nice pattern -- just interesting enough. The only modification I made was using a tubular cast-on, which I am pretty into these days. This is a good project to do without cable needles. Because otherwise it would be a real pain.

For the record, I would like very much to be put out of the chemo hat business.

What took me so long?

Here are the beautiful mitts my daughter Simma made me for Christmas.  I love them!  The yarn is Madeleine Tosh and the pattern is Annabella by Anna Aponte.

Chemo Hats

I've been knitting a lot of chemo hats these days.

Some, like these first three, are for people I don't know -- patients at Simma's hospital.

This is Ysolda's Urchin pattern, made with some yarn I'd had in my stash for years:

This one is the Hurricane hat pattern, made with superwash leftover from the Monkey Blanket.

And this one, my favorite, also made with leftover Monkey Blanket yarn (all gone now!!) is Wurm. It has a bright blue lining which you can't really see here:

Sadly, I've also been knitting chemo hats for someone I do know. David's mom, who's losing her hair now.

This is the Butterfly hat, made with a loosely spun wool from Lang:

And Molly, made with the softest Cascade Eco Duo, 50% undyed merino and 50% undyed alpaca:

Here's hoping there's a moratorium on chemo hats for a while. Although they're enjoyable to knit, I can't say I enjoy having to knit them.