Hat

I think this will be the last cancer hat for Mom, at least for a while. I'm out of hat mojo. Managed to use up every scrap of the purple colour so that was nice.

Pattern: Sockhead Slouch Hat by Kelly McClure
Yarn: Knit Picks Shine Sport in Blush, Sailor, Cream, and Serenade
Needle: 3.0mm
Gauge: 27 stitches and 36 rows = 10 cm

Current Weather
13C and partly cloudy.

Hat

Another cancer hat for Mom. Her favourite colour is purple. Mostly followed the Sockhead Hat patern but fudged the gauge or the fabric would have been so stiff it would stand up like an elf-hat. Probably not in a good way either.

Pattern: Sockhead Slouch Hat by Kelly McClure (mostly)
Yarn: Knit Picks Shine Sport in Serenade
Needle: 3.0mm
Gauge: 27 stitches and 36 rows = 10 cm

No attempts at artistry this time

Current Weather
-5C and cloudy. The weather is certainly encouraging everyone to stay home and practice social distancing.

Hat

Another hat for Mom to wear during her cancer treatment. I've made three Wurms so far, two for winter wear and this cotton one. I struggled with the gauge on this one, it took three tries to get the right number of stitches in the right size. Adventure awaits even those who check their gauge.....

Pattern: Wurm by katushika
Yarn: Cascade Yarns ® Paradigm Shift in 3
Needle: 3.5mm & 4.0mm
Gauge: 24 stitches and 34 rows = 10 cm in stockinette stitch

Current Weather
11C and mostly cloudy. Don't let the temperature fool you there's no signs of Spring yet and we're supposed to get snow later this week.

Chemo Cap

It felt like a wild ride to finish another Chemo Cap for my Mom. Even though I only lost a game of yarn chicken once:

Well, that sucks

And I had the right amount of yarn after frogging back a few rows, it still felt like an adventure. That's what passes for one around here.

Pattern: mostly the Sockhead Slouch Hat  by Kelly McClure - I massaged the numbers a little since my gauge was different
Yarn: Lang Yarns Denim Cotton Recycled in 802
Needle: 3.0mm
Gauge: 23 stitches in 10cm

Trying to be artistic....

Current Weather

-19C and cloudy.

Cancer Comfort Cap

I don't think I've actually said this here before but my Mom's health problems are Breast Cancer, she was diagnosed just a couple weeks before Christmas last year. Just when she found out she could have her hip surgery any time; gotta take care of the cancer first though. In order to make sure she has something from me to keep her warm during what will likely be a difficult time as she goes through chemo treatment I plan to knit her several hats. This is the first.

I hope to do at least two more so she has a choice of hats to wear since, unfortunately, she has been told that this type of chemo almost guarantees hair loss.

Pattern: Cancer Comfort Cap by Universal Yarn
Yarn: King Cole Cotton Top DK in Grey
Needle: 3.25mm & 3.5mm
Gauge: 24 stitches and 32 rows = 10 cm in Reverse Stockinette

Fun fact, it is one of my pictures that shows up when you look at the yarn's Ravelry page.

Ahab
Also, unfortunately it's more bad news; I found  lump on Ahab. When I took him to the vet she found three more, she did an ultrasound and did not find anything untoward inside him but I still want to have the lumps removed and biopsied so we know what we're dealing with here.

Every time I turn around this year there is more bad health news. I'm actually done with 2020 and I'm quite prepared to skip to 2021 anytime now.

Current Weather
-3C and partly cloudy.