Chemo Caps for a Friend

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Chemo Caps for a Friend

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A friend was diagnosed with breast cancer and lost her hair after undergoing chemotherapy. I decided to try a variety of hats for her. These are some of them.

Rolled brim rose with stripe hat is knitted using a traditional rolled brim hat, knit in the round with Lion Boucle Rose and stripes created with a bobble stitch in Tutti Fuitti.

Red brimmed hat with turquoise flower. Knitted in 100% cotton using a pattern posted as a shared file on this yahoo group
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/KnitHatsNow/

Blue loopy top hat. Knitted in Pound of Love Denim color. This hat began with this pattern "Slightly Loopy Hat"
http://woollywormhead.com/page28.htm
and became half knitted and half crocheted, when I didn't like the way the knitted loop stitch was turning out, so I used this tutorial and did the loop part in crochet.
http://www.crochetme.com/loop-stitch-tutorial

Pink Cable and Rib Hat. Done in Bernat Cottontots in Strawberry color and using a traditional cable and rib hat pattern like these
http://smariek.blogspot.com/2006/01/chemo-hat-8-completed-3am-blue-cable.html

Blues Ballband Hat, done in Paton's Classic Merino Wool Worn Denim and Denim Marl colors and using a pattern found here
http://www.crafterati.com/2006/09/08/textured-bands-hat-pattern/

Light Pink hat with flower on brim is knitted top down using Caron Simply Soft yarn in Soft Pink and a pattern found here and called "Pi Topper Chemo Cap"
http://www.elann.com/ShowFreePattern.asp?Id=182024