Jofrog is Knitfrog!
November 1 2005
Many of you know the beautiful chemo cap from last year's Knitty Breast Cancer Special Edition. It's a beautiful hat. I loved it immediately, but hoped I'd never make it for someone I know. Unfortunately that time has come. Mike's best friend's girlfriend is battling breast cancer. She's very young, and has a good prognosis, but is currently undergoing chemo and will be through March. She's a wonderful woman, beautiful, and stylish. She needed something special to help her through this with panache. I used the one leftover skein of Calmer, from my Sirdar cardigan, to make this hat. I had about a ball and a half left, so I wasn't too worried about running out. Because of that, I felt free to alter the pattern in one itty bitty way. I twisted all of my knit stitches. I really like the way that K1tbl, P1 ribbing looks as compared to K1, P1. It's so crisp, and with all of the cabling just being one stitch that moved at a time, I decided to twist my knit stitches always. It turns out that it used less yarn this way, so I was well in the clear for leftovers! ...and I think it looks great. Check out this closeup! Mike's friend is being the most supportive boyfriend he could be and in his own way has started educating friends and collegues and is collecting money to help other people in their situation who don't have the means to get the best care. In addition to this, he has shaved his head to support her hair loss. A guy like this certainly deserves a hat of his own as well, don't you think? His is made out of Royal Tweed, which is such a soft yarn for a tweed. Mmmm, mmm, good! I've been wanting to do a project out of it for a long time and this seemed just right. I used size 9 needles to make it a bit tighter knit and did a K2,Garder rib for the whole hat. Both are being sent off today with wishes of good health.Unfortunately I knit Shedir
