30 Days Are Done

My 30-day chemo cap challenge officially ended today. I started this project on July 8th and posted about it here. The question at that time was whether I could knit 30 hats in 30 days and the answer is: NO!

I made a valiant effort, but the circumstances of normal, daily home life and work interfered with my female super (knitting) powers. As you can see below, I knitted 24 hats (including that one I'm still working on in the picture and finished 20 minutes ago).

That's 80% of my 30 cap goal and I'm certainly satisfied with that. I dream of a day when a cure for cancer is discovered and there won't be any need at all for chemo caps. But in the meantime, I hope whoever gets one of my caps is comforted by the thought that someone hand-knitted a cap to keep their head warm and cover up the hair loss side-effect of their chemotherapy.

Now I'm going to get on with my normal life and work on finishing some of the other knitting projects that have been patiently laying around and waiting for me to finish knitting caps.

30 Chemo Caps in 30 Days -- Can She Do It?

I decided to keep a visual record of the progress on my 30-day chemo cap challenge. Every day I finish a cap, I'll post a picture, so you can track my progress (or lack of it!). I've found some more new patterns, so I'll have a good variety of styles. (I'm sure this is going to be way easier than a 30-day/30-pound weight loss challenge!!)



Day 17 - July 24, 2009
13 Hats to go










Day 16 - July 23, 2009
14 Hats to go








Day 15 - July 22, 2009
Halfway to the goal with this cap
#15 completed.

Day 14 - July 21, 2009

I got 2 hats done this day, so I'm caught up &

almost to the halfway point with hats 13 & 14!

Day 13 - July 20, 2009
18 Hats to go









Day 12 - July 19, 2009
I was unable to get a hat
done on Saturday, so now I'm
one behind (19 hats to go)








Day 10 - July 17, 2009
One-Third of my goal completed
and 20 more hats to go








Day 9 - July 16, 2009
21 to go!







Day 8 - July 15, 2009
22 to go!
I love this hat!! I'm going to make one for myself once I finish this 30-day challenge.







Day 7 - July 14, 2009
23 to go!
There's a little eyelet lace pattern in the middle band on this hat, but the tweedy textured yarn doesn't show it very well.





Day 6 - July 13, 2009
24 to go!
I decided to make a few hats in "guy" colors too. This camouflage colored yarn really blends in with the leafy background, doesn't it?






Day 5 - July 12, 2009
25 to go!









Day 4 - July 11, 2009
26 to go!
I hope the "bumpiness" of these stitches flattens out a little once it's been washed.





Day 3 - July 10, 2009
27 to go!
(I didn't have enough pink yarn for the entire cap, but fortunately, I found a small ball of the pastel variegated with some pink that matched perfectly--I really like the way this one turned out)






Day 2 - July 9, 2009
28 to go!










Day 1 - July 8, 2009
29 to go!