Helllloooooo.. time to make caps

Did you miss me?  Hee, hee.  I've been busy, busy, busy, but I am still knitting away (just too busy to blog).  After finishing up a few more stockings for Operation Holiday Stocking and mailing them off, I found a new project which has me rather enthralled... caps for folks undergoing chemotherapy. 

Several months ago, my long lost friend Kerri mentioned Head Huggers (they make chemo caps for folks) as a knit-along/charity project we could do together.  I liked the idea and made a few hats.  Before I could mail them off, a gal I know (Mrs. C) was diagnosed with breast cancer. She shaved her head before her hair could fall out and I gave her three caps:

Cap for Mrs. C
Pattern:  Lace Edged Women's Hat

Cap for Mrs. C
Pattern:  Hermione Hearts Ron 

Cap for Mrs. B
Pattern:  Hermione Hearts Ron

Cap for Mrs. C
Pattern:
3AM Cable Hat (in worsted weight)





Cap for Mrs. B
Pattern: 3AM Cable Hat (in DK weight)

Now a gal at work (Mrs. B), within the past month or so, was also diagnosed with breast cancer.  I made three hats for her as well.

I've recently joined a few groups on Ravelry.  One group is called "12 months = 24 hats", another group is called "Halos of Hope", and yet another is called "Hearts of Love". They are just a few of the groups on Ravelry centered around making caps to give away. 

As my local yarn shop was closing down over the past few months, I bought enough Berroco Comfort DK yarn at half price to make at least 20 hats, so that will keep me busy.  When I met Mrs. B for the first time, after I had already given her two hats, I asked her what her favorite color is.  She thought for a moment and said, "Pink!"  Hot dog... I lucked out since I already had a pink hat in progress for her. I must be psychic!   She went on to tell me that her grand daughter will really like the pink hat because pink is the color for breast cancer and God has been making the sunsets pink lately... just for Grandma.  

Autumn Socks are Complete

Yay!  My Autumn Socks are done.  DONE!

  The pale green reminds me of the Granny Smith apples on my counter top in the kitchen.

The pale yellow reminds me of the golden leaves clinging on the cottonwood trees in my back yard.

The blue and white speckles remind me of white clouds in the bright blue sky on a crisp, cool Autumn day.

The dark green reminds me of the grass clippings all over my laundry room floor...

my son is a good young man and mowed the yard today.

I LOVE FALL!

Yarn:  Schoppel Wollle "Ambiente" 

Colorway: Kiwicoctail

Pattern:  "Ribbed Socks for Bigger Feet" by Susan B. Anderson

Autumn Socks

Love this yarn!
A gal I know, Dawn, opened a knit shop in the town where I work. 
The shop is called "Knitsense".  It's a gorgeous shop.  A sun drenched space, neat and tidy, filled with great yarn. So dangerous that I drive by this shop each & every day on my way home when all I want to do is go home, put up my feet, & knit!   This sock yarn was my purchase on opening day a few weeks ago. This yarn is knitting up nicely I think... the colors remind me of Autumn. 
http://www.knitsense.com/

Sagey Cable Cap

Pattern:  "3AM Cable Cap" 

Yarn:  Berroco Comfort DK

Crimson Cable Cap

I made this hat the other day thinking it might be a nice chemo cap to give away.  A friend at my Thursday knitting group mentioned the yarn might not be soft enough since it does contain about 25% wool. Decided to give the hat to my friend's almost-15-year-old daughter. I was hoping she might find it "cool" or fashionable.  Today, I was leafing through a catalog which showed up in my mail box out of the blue the other day and, wouldn't you know, I found a hat which is quite similar.  Click the LINK HERE and see what I mean.  The clothes in the catalog are quite stylish.   The pattern can be found HERE.  I made this hat once before but I added extra to the ribbing the first time around so the bottom of the hat can be folded up to make a nice brim.  I like this pattern since it's a great use for worsted weight yarn and it knits up really quickly.

Market Bag

I did a little sewing this week.  Click HERE to check out my Market Bag.

My Knitting Corner

This is the view from my knitting corner.  The little space I have next to the window.  This is my view.  Pretty nice, huh?  The space between the window and my chair is where I stow projects in progress... I have a difficult time keeping it tidy since I usually have too many projects going at once. I've not been having a lot of time to knit this week; it's been rather crazy around here... to say the least.  My husband severely sprained his ankle playing tennis with our son.  This week, we've been to the Emergency Room, the Orthopaedic Specialist, a Physical Therapist, and then back to the Orthopaedic Specialist. My husband does so much around the house, so this week I've been busy helping him get around and taking care of his chores and mine... and tennis playing since our son misses his Pop for playing tennis.  Despite this, I started a scarf with beads and I made a cover for my husband's amazing foot brace/boot/walking contraption.  The boot reminds me of a snow ski boot with an open toe.  It's padded inside and has straps for adjustment and is rigid enough for support but allows for movement (walking).  It actually has an air bladder built inside it so he can pump it up for more support or release the air if it's too tight.  Here's a photo of the cover I made (he wanted the cover to keep it clean when he has to go out and about).  It has a zipper and a drawstring top.

A few shots of the beaded scarf...

On another note, our son had a football championship tournament on Monday.  His team was undefeated this season and they won the championship as well.  You can see the final score in the background... Home Team 40; Visitors 14!  It was a good end to our son's football career; next year, he's switching to tennis.