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What a crazy year this has been!! It seems that time has been going by in this big blur...as is obvious from the lack of posts. But...
I sent a care package off to Desi this week that contained SIX chemo caps. I was in such a rush to get them done and gone that I didn't take any pictures of them. They were all made out of the same yarn as her cherry red hat--Luscious. Hobby Lobby had a sale on it some months ago and I bought every color that I thought she'd like. It didn't take long to get them made as any loomer knows--it was just getting to the doing.
I've discovered that looming seems to be a cooler weather project for me. Don't ask me to explain my convoluted brain for I can't. I mean I knit and crochet afghans in the summer and loom in the winter. Is there any sense to that? I don't think so.
Anyway, the six hats were colorful, to say the least. I made them more skullcap style this time instead of with the foldup brim. The hats were made in the following colors:
I sent a care package off to Desi this week that contained SIX chemo caps. I was in such a rush to get them done and gone that I didn't take any pictures of them. They were all made out of the same yarn as her cherry red hat--Luscious. Hobby Lobby had a sale on it some months ago and I bought every color that I thought she'd like. It didn't take long to get them made as any loomer knows--it was just getting to the doing.
I've discovered that looming seems to be a cooler weather project for me. Don't ask me to explain my convoluted brain for I can't. I mean I knit and crochet afghans in the summer and loom in the winter. Is there any sense to that? I don't think so.
Anyway, the six hats were colorful, to say the least. I made them more skullcap style this time instead of with the foldup brim. The hats were made in the following colors:
Buttercup--a soft, mellow yellow
Party Mints--you know those small, melt-in-your-mouth mints they have at weddings, showers, etc. That's the same color as the yarn variegation. I thought it was supposed to be for baby projects until I looked at the name.
Spearmint--picture a softened lime green and you'll have the color right.
Pink--more a cross between a medium rose and a medium hot pink
Black Raspberry--this was a variegated yarn...black, white, raspberry pink. It was gorgeous in the skein and also made up. It reminds me of the 50's for some reason.
...and last, but not least...
Peanut Butter and Jelly--when first viewed in the skein this doesn't resemble PB&J. When you see it made up, it does sorta look that way. It's another variegated yarn that streamed from one color to the next--blue, reddish, brown, gold, yellowish. I know it doesn't sound particularly appetizing, but it looked pretty nice.
All of the variegated yarns formed spiral stripes. They were really pretty cool. The PB&J and Black Raspberry hats were mildly spiraled but the Party Mints hat was really spiraled. I'm not sure what made the difference but there was a definite difference in the look.
The package left the Albuquerque sorting station early a.m. yesterday. It has not updated so it will probably deliver today. She has no idea that I sent the package this week.
She knew I was thinking about making her another hat because I wrote her that in a letter several weeks ago. I got a letter from her Thursday in which she said if I was going to make her another hat, she could really use it and that color didn't matter--within reason. I love her disclaimers. I just chuckled when I read that. Will she be surpised....
