hats and other clothing that doesn't suit the weather.

on friday after work, i headed over to the new local yarn store to get some nice, soft, cotton yarn for a chemo hat for my friend. she is currently mending from surgery, but they found that the cancer has spread to at least one lymph node, which pretty much just sucks because she's such an awesome, amazing, wonderful woman. i started this hat friday night and just sewed on the button today! i love it so much that i'm making one for myself.

i used crystal palace's maizy print doubled up and the pi topper chemo cap pattern - the yarn is made out of corn (and elastic)! despite what you might think about corn yarn, it is ridiculously soft, and i couldn't turn down this colorway. i was getting so frustrated with the baby colors of most finer, cotton yarns - pink? baby blue? no, thank you.




just me being silly. oh, and the button.


i also just finished the nob hill shrug for myself. i'm pretty happy with it, although it has to be put away until the fall. i used a much larger needle size to make it more lofty and less structured/thick. i'm pretty happy with it, but time will tell how much use i get out of it! i'm not necessarily a shrug kinda gal. (oh, and those jeans? i got them for $3 at goodwill at their 50% off sale! woot!).




now, it's time to fold some laundry and start packing up books! i'm moving, peeps!