Hairy and Sally (Beauty Supply) Hurley Catch Some Rays

Light colored hats don't show up well against their white styrofoam skin, so I turned them loose on the beach. 

One coat Mod Podge to give a smoother surface for the paint.

Three coats of acrylic craft paint.

One coat Mod Podge as a a sealer and to toughen them up.

Like usual, the guy gets the better skin. Sally's pores are so large, I am giving her a backstory of wicked chicken pox when she was just a baby styrofoam head. 

Lace-Edged Chemo Hat BOLD Version

When I posted a link on Facebook to my blog for the cream colored lace edged chemo hat, a friend saw it and requested one in black or bright colors for a friend of hers who is being treated for cancer.

My friend is a beautiful woman with several piercings and sleeve tattoos, and her friend's style is similar. Through some covert investigation and skulduggery, she found out the favored colors would be red and black. I hope the recipient will receive some comfort from wearing it and knowing that our mutual friend wanted her to have something in keeping with her wardrobe preferences.

The pattern is at http://stitcheryprojects.com/2011/04/07/lace-edged-chemo-caps/
This is the top cap on the pattern, the Madeira. I used 25 grams, or 42 yards of the red and 44 grams, or 73 yards of the black. Both yarns are Bernat Handicrafter Cotton Delux. This yarn was great to work with. It's more tightly wound than the regular Handicrafter, so stitch definition is better. It didn't want to split. I washed little lengths of it to make sure it wouldn't bleed, and it didn't

On to other projects now.

Cheers,

Holly Nan

Lace-edged Chemo Cap

This was fun to knit, and it only took a couple of days commuting, once I got the lace done.

The pattern is at http://stitcheryprojects.com/2011/04/07/lace-edged-chemo-caps/
This is the first cap, the Madeira. I used 54 grams, or 86 yards of worsted weight cotton yarn. I hope it will be soft and cool for someone who needs it this summer.

Now to do a couple of plain ones for fellas, and then I'll do the other lace cap, the Scallop Lace.

Cheers,

Holly Nan

Fringed prayer shawl

I used a pattern available for free on Ravelry. http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/rocking-chair-wrap

I used Size 19 needles and 1 1/2 large  balls of Bernat Baby Blanket: one for the body of the shawl and 1/2 for the fringe.  It will go the prayer shawl ministry at church.

Floppy Brimmed Sun Hat

I liked that this pattern is written for worsted cotton, which will be cooler in the summertime.

The pattern: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/floppy-brimmed-sunhat

The details: I used #8 needles and  147 yards, or 83 grams of Lily Sugar and Cream in this hat.

I am not a friend of the sun, and I wanted a wider brim. I added one more increase after Row 9, and then knitted three extra rows before putting on the garter stitch border.. I went a little nutso with the ribbing, and it is about 2" wide, instead of the recommended 1 1/2".

I'll probably end up making some more for myself and any friends who might ask. I definitely intend to make some for Sunflower Headhuggers to give to chemo patients.

Getting a start on my Royal(s) blue wardrobe for this year

I had been drooling over, and possibly on, some mulberry silk yarn at Angelika's Yarn Store in Independence for some time. I bought a ball of it, and I have made it into a cowl called "I had a bad day, I deserve luxury yarn" from the pattern on Ravelry.

http://winelips.blogspot.com/2009/03/some-things.html

There is enough left over to make a traditional flat scarf from this pattern.
http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/tire-tracks  I haven't started it yet.

So I won't be accused of posting only the successes

This is how a mobius cowl made from Plymouth Yarns Eros turned out. I had several false starts, got some new plastic needles, finished it, and then realized I'd dropped a stitch somewhere. When the holes are this big, I am not capable of finding and repairing disasters such as this, so I frogged it and put it down to begin anew some other time.