Happy Birthday Mom!

Today is mom's birthday and I went and dropped off hats 51-75 at the Kaiser Chemo ward.    I'm hoping they  like my hats and they are comfy enough.  Now to begin work on my next round of hats for next year.    At the moment though I'm working on snowflakes to give out for Xmas.  They are both easy to do and frustrating at the same time.  Working with crochet thread takes some patience for me.

Hat 75!

This week is mom's birthday so I'm going to try and take 25 hats into the chemo ward.  I was thinking about taking it to where they do radiation treatments, but after emailing them got no response.  It's a different hospital and not sure about their rules on bringing in homemade items for patients.   If they do get back to me by Thursday I will go there instead, but so far it'll be the Chemo ward over at Kaiser.

Anyway, here is hat 75 done with some Caron Super soft yarn and the last of the green yarn that I used in hat 19.  My favorite color is green so I definitely love this hat.  You can't see it very well but the green yarn also has a little sparkle to it to add a little extra.

Hat 74!

Hat 74 is just a simple bucket hat using some grey yarns I had gotten. Not sure on the brands.  Everything done with a HDC stitch.

Hat 73

When I first started crocheting I bought a cone of Chenille yarn off of ebay.  Not knowing anything about yarn it came and was way too thin for me.  So I paired it with another thin yarn and made this hat.  It's a bit holy since I used a DC but since the yarn was so light I wanted the hat to be light and cool. 

Hat 72

For hat 72 I used my new book Crochet Edgings and Trims again.   I used a HDC stitch throughout then ended with the "Papyrus Fans" trim.  I think it makes it look a bit like a flapper hat.  The yarn is a very soft Bamboo yarn I had, I love love love bamboo yarn.

Hat 71

For hat 71 I used Caron simply soft in Plum and Bernat Baby in soft lilac.  The top is done with a HDC stitch twining the two yarns together.  I had recently bought Crochet Edgings and Trims from Interweave books since they were having a sale and started using it for my hats.   The bottom of the hat is "Grouped Relief Strands"  though in the book it's all in one color. I thought it might look a bit neater separating the colors to make it stand out a bit more. I will probably make another hat using that same edging since I really like the way it turned out. 

Hat 70!

Hat 70 is done with Caron simply soft in Harvest Rose and some very soft aqua yarn I had.  It was all done with a HDC stitch and I would do one color then twine the two colors then the third color so the pattern turned out pretty neat. 

Hat 69

 Hat 69 done with some light yellow Fun Fur yarn and Caron's Simply soft in Dark Country blue.  I only added a few rounds of yellow just in case the fun fur makes the hat itchy.  I don't think so though since they do hats, scarves, etc in the stuff.

Hat 68

Hat 68 is another quick simple soft hat.  The light blue is one of my few remaining balls of  bamboo yarn and the pink is Caron Simply soft.  I wanted to make a light summer hat which is why I used a DC instead of my normal HDC.

Hat 67

Simple little beanie cap with some light purple Bernat Baby's Breath on top and some Caron Simply Soft on the bottom in Plum.