Hi folks. I’ve got the urge to knit right now, and I’m making myself a chemo cap. I’m not having chemo — I’d rather not, but three times through ‘wack it out and toss it’ treatment makes me think that eventually chemo will be in my future. Caps are quick and this one is going fast, and I want to keep making them for a bit.
So here’s the deal. Do you need one? I’ll make it. Well, don’t swamp me. :-) You can choose and order the yarn from one of the links below, and have them send it to me. I’ll knit the hat (see hat pattern link below for a picture) and send it to you. I make no promises to my speed — right now I’m going fast, but stuff happens. You’ll have to email me to set up, so if I don’t think I can get to it, I’ll say so.
Easy steps:
1. Look at the picture of the cap I’m willing to make. I may offer more options as I get bored with this one, but this eon is quick and easy. You get to add your own pin or other adornment to it. I’ll post a picture of mine when I finish it. http://www.elann.com/ShowFreePattern.asp?Id=182024
2. Look at the choices of yarn. Mine is in one from Angelika’s cause I wanted variegation, and I’ve used that yarn before. I’ve ordered from both places before, and they’re fine to work with. I think Angelika’s is smaller, but there’s a ton of colors to choose from in the yarn. Both are mainly cotton stretchy yarns and should make soft hats.
Angelika’s yarns Cascade Fixations http://www.yarn-store.com/cascade-fixation-yarn-colors.html
Elann’s yarns Esprit http://www.elann.com/productdisp.asp?NAME=elann.com+Esprit&Cat=&ProductType=5&Count=1
3. Email me natureschain at gmail dot com and make sure I’m ok with taking on another one, get my shipping address, all that jazz. Send me the measurement across the top of your head from ear top to ear top to do our best to have the hat fit you.
4. Choose your yarn, place your order and have them ship to me, or ship to you and then you send it to me.
5. I knit and send the hat to you.
Note, the stripy Fixation yarns will give you kind of circular stripes around the hat, that are wider at the top and get narrower. They may change at the band, I’m not sure yet cause I’m not there on mine.
Any questions? Let me know. I’ve knit for years, but not so much recently. I don’t guarantee perfection, but it’ll be unique and yours.
Here’s a deal – you do a chemo cap someday for me (I haven’t had to have chemo either, just ‘wack it out and toss it’ like you), and I get to get you a Coolibar hat for you now. Just let me know! Sending you cool day howdies from Omaha from the Cheeky one.
Hell that would be easy, is there a yarn color you’d like. Or two if it’s the Fixation. I just looked, it takes two balls of that or one of the Elann kind, so I could always do stripes too.