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4/8/2004 6:51:13 AM
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benne
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Here`s a short list of the many sites out there:
ChemoCaps.com
knittingabout.com
berroco.com
headhuggers.org
http://bhfg_webspinner.home.mchsi.com/Patterns.htm
Benne
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4/8/2004 8:08:16 PM
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acb
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You`ve all made this a special day for me, as you`ve got me thinking about chemo hats once again. I don`t know if many of you know this, but I lost my mother to breast cancer on December 29th, 2003 - I still haven`t quite gotten used to the idea that she`s no longer a part of my life. She was a remarkably strong and beautiful woman; she battled cancer for 6 years with a strength and grace I still can`t quite believe. She underwent chemo and lost her hair four times over those 6 years, but she didn`t wear caps - she wore scarves, to match every outfit, beautifully tied into chic turbans. Through those years, I also sewed her cap-like turbans of jersey cotton and lycra, and I`ve always had it in the back of my mind that if I ever have to go through what she did, I wouldn`t want to wear toques - I`d want to wear something easy, yet stylish - a knit hat that would resemble a tied scarf or high-fashion turban. This morning, after I read your posts, I hit upon the realization that if you took a mobius scarf measuring about twice the circumference of your head, and twisted it around your head twice, it would become an instantly beautiful, magically comfortable turban! I also hit upon the idea that if you did this in Esprit cotton/lycra, it would be non-slip and head-hugging. I have my first draft on the needles, and will be sure to let everyone know if anything materializes. If it works out, I`ll post it with instructions, and photos to show what I mean about twisting it around your head!
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4/8/2004 9:16:05 PM
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Les
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What a great idea, Ann! Esprit comes in such lovely colours too. And, it would enlarge the head too somewhat. And the properties of cotton would make it great for summer.
Lesley
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4/8/2004 9:17:00 PM
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benne
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Ann,
I`m so sorry you lost your mother. Words cannot define that loss. My mother died very suddenly when I was 36 and I still miss her every day fifteen years later. I know there is nothing to say that eases that sorrow, just know you and your mother will be in my thoughts and prayers.
I think your hat/turban idea is inspired. The Esprit (Fr.-spirit) would be a perfect yarn for any type of chemo hat. Could we make them up as a group and donate them on a regular basis as an ongoing project, perhaps in your mother`s memory?
Benne
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4/9/2004 12:32:05 PM
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bets
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Oh Ann,
I am so sorry to hear about your mother...the breadth of breast cancer just stuns me. Every year I go to the Race for the Cure (well, ok I don`t actually run it) and every year, it brings me to tears at some point. And my list of survivors vs. victims in the scope of my life gets longer every year...it lets me know we can do more.
Is it possible to get your ever so talented Peter to put in another section on the site-just for charity caps? I expect to see your mobius there! I was thinking yesterday how the Salsa Peruvian style hat might work well for the "bared" nape of the neck feeling, because it had a flap, didn`t it?
I think a lot of people would be willing to pitch in a cap or three.
Bets
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4/9/2004 7:30:13 PM
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ChristineC
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Ann,
I`m so sorry to hear about your mother. I lost mine 10 years ago, to leukemia. She battled that for 10 years, chemo, daily injections, diet, medications. (She had a truly wonderful, immensely knowledgeable oncologist) She never really lost all her hair, but it did become very wispy at times. She bought wigs to cover it, but seldom wore them. She found them too confining, too uncomfortable. I think she would have loved your turban.
Christine
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4/10/2004 9:05:12 AM
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acb
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My heartfelt thanks for your kind words Les, Benne, Bets, and Christine. I`m about halfway there on my first Esprit turban attempt, and I`m going to finish it, but I don`t think it will be "the one"! I guessing that I`ll have to make at least 2 or 3 before I hit on the right gauge, drape, etc. I`ll keep you posted!
I really like the idea of a chemo cap page on the Elann website. If I can get my turban idea of the ground, I`ll ask Peter to program a page, and I think it would be wonderful if we could work together as a group for this cause. I`ve had my thinking cap on about this for several days now -- perhaps if we all put our heads together, we could all think of ideas for the page - e.g. free patterns, a gallery for pictures of chemo caps knit by our group, etc.
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4/10/2004 12:04:34 PM
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patw
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I`m in on the knitted cap donations. My very best friend Lin is two years cancer free after a breast lumpectomy. She did not have to have chemo, only radiation after her surgery. Is it my imagination, or are more and more women getting breast cancer?
Ann, I am very sorry to here of your loss and I will hold you and your mother in my prayers. I am new to this chat site, but I am starting to feel like I have just gained a lot of new friends! Thank you. Keep us posted on your pattern progress.
Patw
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4/10/2004 10:39:27 PM
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I can`t think of anyone I know that hasn`t had some experience with cancer of some kind. I just recently discovered that a very special woman in my life, my adopted Grandmother passed from brain and bone cancer. And another one of my biological Grandmothers passed from colon cancer years ago.
Ann-I`m so sorry for your loss. No words can ease the pain. Sometimes not even time. I always like to think they aren`t ever truly gone from us.
In memory of these fine women,I would be honored to participate in this project. Count me in!
Heather
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