Hope you are looking forward this Saturday's Stitch 'n Ride as much as we are here at Capitol Corridor!
I wanted to show you my most recent finished object (FO), which is the pink hat you see here. The hat is for an 11-year old girl who was recently diagnosed with Acute Myelogenous Leukemia (AML) and has just started her chemotherapy treatments.
The hat is from a Stitch Diva pattern, but the yarn I used wouldn't felt, so I didn't make the brim. Instead, I added a flower.
My next project will be to knit a chemo cap for our own chemo cap drive that we are holding for this Saturday's Stitch 'n Ride train. Not sure what pattern I will use, but surely I have plenty of yarn in my stash to make several hats. Now I just have to find the time!
I'm sure you have plenty of yarn in your stash too, so I hope you will join our chemo cap drive, and knit or crochet some warmth for someone else! You can knit one ahead of time, or knit one en route to Stitches West. Either way, a knit or crocheted chemo cap is your entry into the much-anticipated prize drawing that we hold on board.
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Team in Training folks will be waiting for us in Santa Clara as we offboard the train. We hope to have a train full of caps to hand over to them!
See you soon!
Hi there! I just received my tickets for the train today-- excited!!
One thing, I hope that this year's Stitch and Ride train will WAIT to start prize drawings until ALL riders are on the train (start the prize drawings at Oakland Jack London)... I've ridden the stitch and ride train for 2 years now, and every time the prizes have all been pretty much given away when I boarded in Oakland. Hopefully the extra price I paid this year for the ticket will help!!
Thanks, can't wait til Saturday!
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