Recent caps made for the Joyce's Chemo Caps Project

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Caps

We received a lot of yarn as a donation. Really pretty yarn but we weren't sure how the yarn would look in a cap. Well, Vivian made some. Beautiful.

Luisa, one of our crocheters called. She is going to try and knit one of the caps for us.
I cast on 60 stitches but it is a little large. So I will start another one with just 50 stitches.
I told Luisa to wait until I had finished the cap so I could send her the pattern.
Angel brought us caps but they are a little large. She was sorry about the size and said she would make them smaller. She said that they fit her head. But I told her to remember that most of the people do not have hair. Angel is so nice...
The yarn is called Phentex....



Vivian,
I tried the new Phentex yarn. The outcome's beautiful! It took 1.5 hour to make one. It's very hard to know where the beginning, one has to mark the first stitch. I honestly had a tough time to do it. It could be done with a single string & turned out fine without too big a hole. I used a 1/9-5.50mm hook. It takes 1.5 balls to make a hat. If you have any questions please call me.

Check out these caps!!

Here are some very pretty, bright and cheerful caps.

Happy New Year and a Blessed 2009

Our prayer is for everyone in 2009 to find peace, happiness and good health for 2009. May God be with everyone who will undergo chemotherapy for the first time in 2009, for those that have ended their chemo treatments, for those who are in remission and for those that will not survive. May God be with all of you and your families.

Joyce's Chemocap Project will continue and we are hoping that we can increase the amount of caps made. We are getting a lot of requests for caps. One of the volunteers at the oncology center said that it was such a joy to see the faces last week as they were going through the box to find just the right cap for them. We need more knitters and crocheters. Anyone reading this, if you knit or crochet, please give us a call. If you know of someone who can knit or crochet for us, please refer them to us. It doesn't take a lot of time to complete a cap and can be made at your leasure. What is the saying about 'idle hands'?
And thank's to all who have made caps for us in 2008. We truly appreciate you.

New lady on our team

Yes, we have a new lady on our team. Her name is Sally. She doesn't have much of a personality or looks but she sure is a help to us. She's going to show you some of the caps we've been making. She showed us a better way to show off our caps. We'd love to have more knitters, by the way. So, how do you like our caps and our new model, Sally?

We are so busy

I can't believe it has been two months since we last wrote in the blog. We have been so busy making caps and delivering them. We delivered 125 caps last week to Baylor and Texas Oncology in Plano. As usual they were so happy to get the caps. We were privileged to go to the Infusion center at Baylor Hospital to witness some of the patients going through our new caps. Jackie, the administrator, told us that it is the highlight of their day while getting chemo to look and choose a cap.

To date, we have made more than 2500 caps and it hasn't even been a year yet.
We have met so many wonderful people from this project. We have new knitters and crocheters and we are thrilled when they bring the caps to us. You can see the pride in their smiles when they give us the caps. Today, there were many caps brought into the center to us. Sure makes our hearts warm.

And the variety is really something. Everyone wants to make different caps and as long as they are made of soft yarn, we love them all. You couldn't find prettier caps in a department store. We have a lot of red, white and blue caps for the 4th of July. Those with cancer cannot be thought of as someone who must stop everything to let cancer take over their lives. They are just like everyone else, wanting to celebrate holidays, looking forward to happy times and not dwelling on their illnesses. And we feel so happy that we can help them in their efforts. Cancer affects everyone. We can't forget that!

Some new spring caps

Here are some new caps that were sent to Joyce.

Spring Caps

Now that spring and summer are approaching, our knitters and crocheters are making light, soft (as usual) and springy caps. And we're even making flowers to put on the caps. Hmmm, maybe Mary can make butterflies too! Do you remember when all the ladies wore fashionable hats? Now our 'cappers' can wear beautiful caps for Easter or for just strutting their stuff in their spring caps. Here is a picture of a few of our completed spring caps.