What are YOU working on to pass the time?

[JazzHooked]

thank you ladies. the model is my 5 yr old daughter, Athena, who is "old hat" (pun intended) at modeling my crochet creations by now. lol. I tried to get my 11 year old stepdaughter to model for me this past weekend, but it didn't go over too well...too bad too, cuz that brown/auburn hat would look great on her with her red hair and pale skin. (yes, i have a red-headed step-child).

I'll probably force Athena to model the last hat for me later today. If I do, I'll post pics of that one too. I still have to write out the pattern for the last one and post it on Ravelry. in my copious free time.....

jaz

Thanks for the pics--they are great and an inspiration--love the colors. I have lots of bits of this and that which would make great hats. My mom goes for monthly injections that are a type of chemo but she still has her hair. The next time we go, I think I will ask the nurse if she knows of anyone who would like a hat and what color that person might like.

that's an excellent idea. If you're on ravelry, I really like the "butterfly hat" listed on there. I altered it slightly to use a thin yarn, but otherwise it's that hat. The only thing to keep in mind the yarn HAS to be super-soft...the scalp is so sensitive without hair anyway, then chemo makes their skin even more sensitive. Caron Simply Soft works well, although i try to use the silk/bamboo blends, or straight bamboo.

good luck!

jaz

[Mist8012]

I remember feeling that way. I made my first sweater with some very inexpensive cotton yarn, and the sweater had short sleeves. It was much easier than I thought it would be, and I love how it turned out! I still wear that sweater.

Thanks Shandeh,

I always seem to do that. I'll attempt to do something really hard and after I'm done I sit back and say ...
that wasn't so hard.

Maybe, an idea for a future CAL?? Lol

I've actually been thinking of doing a basic knitted sweater as a KAL here in the forum.
Maybe we could do a crochet vest CAL sometime. That would be an easy way to start garment work in crochet.

Oh absolutely! Either or I would love to learn both

[Shandeh]

....that brown/auburn hat would look great on her with her red hair and pale skin. (yes, i have a red-headed step-child).

I was a red-headed stepchild when I was younger! Now, I'm a white haired stepchild.

[JazzHooked]

....that brown/auburn hat would look great on her with her red hair and pale skin. (yes, i have a red-headed step-child).

I was a red-headed stepchild when I was younger! Now, I'm a white haired stepchild.

can I tell her that you survived the experience, and she will too??? lol

[Azim]

These are the hats I made for a family member who is going through Chemo. This is what distracted me from finishing my CAL.

Wow..... these are amazing! Beautiful work! Lovely model! Lota "luven" there! Great hints on what type of yarns to use on sesitive scalps. I love working with the natural fibers. They are usually not too bright or intense but often that is just the look you want. I cannot say they are "easy" to work with but I so love the way it feels ! Angel wings for you! Azim

[dcrozier]

that's an excellent idea. If you're on ravelry, I really like the "butterfly hat" listed on there. I altered it slightly to use a thin yarn, but otherwise it's that hat. The only thing to keep in mind the yarn HAS to be super-soft...the scalp is so sensitive without hair anyway, then chemo makes their skin even more sensitive. Caron Simply Soft works well, although i try to use the silk/bamboo blends, or straight bamboo.

good luck!

jaz

Thanks, I am on Ravelry and will look up the hat. I love Bernat Cottontots and they are making some really cool colors that do not look like baby yarn--might try some of that--love the way it feels.

[dcrozier]

....that brown/auburn hat would look great on her with her red hair and pale skin. (yes, i have a red-headed step-child).

I was a red-headed stepchild when I was younger! Now, I'm a white haired stepchild.

I LOVE your white/silver hair--I was in my 30's when I went silver and used to try to color it--gave up. I earned every one of these unpigmented hairs teaching for 38 years, middle schoolers no less!!!!

[Shandeh]

....that brown/auburn hat would look great on her with her red hair and pale skin. (yes, i have a red-headed step-child).

I was a red-headed stepchild when I was younger! Now, I'm a white haired stepchild.

can I tell her that you survived the experience, and she will too??? lol

Definitely! I went through all the "Carrot-top" names, braces, pimples, being a tom-boy, being a band geek, and being ridiculed for my religion! I wouldn't want to go through it all again, but it all made me who I am today. I'm confident, happy, and talented.....so it was worth it all.

[Shandeh]

I LOVE your white/silver hair--I was in my 30's when I went silver and used to try to color it--gave up. I earned every one of these unpigmented hairs teaching for 38 years, middle schoolers no less!!!!

Thanks! I love white hair too. Back when I was in my 20's and 30's, I used to know some ladies at church who had white hair. I always thought they looked like angels! I used to tell them how I felt, and that I hoped my hair would be white one day. Most of those ladies told me that they used to have red hair like mine.....so I was very hopeful!

When my hair first started fading from red, I was a bit disappointed. I tried to color it, but always looked like Ronald McDonald's sister. So, I gave up on the hair color. I'll just let it go white, because I love white hair.

[Deria]

It's fun looking at the things everyone's making. Last week I started making a hooded baby blanket for an expectant mom at my church. It's currently on hold as I had surgery on my hand 2 days ago. I've been waiting 4 months for the surgery and have been having pain in my hand for 3 years now. This surgery is my "hope" of my hand being normal again. I won't know for several weeks still if it worked, but I'm already going crazy not being able to crochet! I picked up the recently started blanket and my yarn tonight, while my husband glared at me, but it was still too painful so I set it back down. I guess I'll take it easy for a bit (at least until the stitches are out) Until I can get back at it, I'm enjoying looking at the new projects and all the beautiful CAL/KAL's.