omg hats!
The randomly-chosen winner of my cheeky Atlas Shrug contest was Lisa Gutierrez, of goodknits and omgknits. If you haven’t checked out her blog or her Etsy shop, you should. The photography is beautiful, and she sells these tiny doily pins that are freaking adorable.
Along with her skein of Manos Wool Clasica (in Citric, a colorway close to my own heart), Lisa asked me to knit a cap to donate to a cancer treatment center. She probably didn’t know it at the time, but that’s a cause that’s also close to me. I’m a two-time leukemia survivor, and I swear to kittens sometimes during the Chemo Years the only thing I could stand to put on my naked, sensitive head was one of my mom’s handknit hats. My own treatment center here in Flint is usually pretty flush with hats, but Lisa introduced me to headhuggers.org, which distributes hats to cancer treatment centers that need them. Win!
(So what hat pattern should use to knit or crochet a chemo cap? Do you have a favorite? Share!)
And then I realized that I have at least five unblogged finished hats sitting on my Ravelry projects page. Let’s knock a few of them out right now! I knit all three of these hats in 2009, gave them away, and completely forgot to blog about them.
First, Rose Red by Ysolda Teague. (Remember January 2009 when I still bothered trying to look serious? Good times.)
[raveled]
I love this pattern. It’s quick and pretty, and has just the right amount of slouch. Love. I gave this one away to a pink-loving friend, but I obviously need to make another for myself.
Second, the Wood Hollow hat, by Kirsten Kapur. A perfect cabley cap that also has a matching mitten pattern.
[raveled]
And third, another of Kirsten’s patterns that I changed up a bit. Her super-popular Thorpe is a simple earflap hat knit in chunky yarn. I just switched out the colorwork chart and skipped the garter stitch trim.
[raveled]
Aaaand the end of 2009, when I’d given up on pretending to be a Serious Model.
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June 17th, 2011 at 4:11 pm
total wins all around! The Woodhollow hats/Mittens have been on my “to knit” list for a while now. maybe i should do that…
June 17th, 2011 at 4:26 pm
I still maintain that you should have given that Rose Red to ME.
June 17th, 2011 at 4:35 pm
I think I like the Rose Red you made here, better than the promotional photos. Either way, Ysolda is such a lovely knitting designer.
June 17th, 2011 at 6:48 pm
Actually when I started reading the post I thought you had decided to donate the Rose Red. I actually think that would be a nice idea. People seem to make mostly simple bland hats for charity, but I think it would be nice to give the persons going through such a rough time a little mental comfort too - I suggest you make a soft Rose Red and make the end recipient feel like a star despite their bald head!
June 17th, 2011 at 8:09 pm
When I saw the photos, I thought I’d rocketed back in time and had hit an archive page. Hurray for not being the only who hasn’t blogged finished stuff! That Woodhollow hat has been on my list for ages.
June 18th, 2011 at 5:14 am
Hrm. The first thing that came to mind is Elena
by Jatta Saukko, maybe because I just favourited the pattern on Ravelry. So pretty.
June 20th, 2011 at 10:18 am
Heh. I still have to blog the big, heavy sweater that I finished this spring. At this point I might just wait and blog it in the more-appropriate-for-sweaters fall.
June 26th, 2011 at 10:56 am
I made a Wood Hollow vest and seeing that hat makes me now want to make the hat as well. I recommend making a Shedir–fits snugly in a very nice way and the intricate pattern says “I don’t know you but I made this special thing for you”.
August 6th, 2011 at 4:54 pm
This site rocks. Thanks for the particular cockney etymology!