Doing what I can.

We're still at somewhat of a loss as to how to help our friends, J & D. But one way I decided to help was to use my knitting talent to make some caps for her now that she has had another surgery and is undergoing chemo.

Last Friday I selected the softest DK weight yarns I could find at the LYS and decided on the Odessa pattern by Grumperina. I chose two colors of Rowan Cashsoft (the blue and the minty green) and one ball of Lavold Silky wool in pink. But when I got home and knit the blue one I decided that I needed a dark wintery-er color too so I stash raided for the elderberry left over from my Millennium Vest.



I had these iridescent sea glass colored beads in my stash that I got from Earth Faire sometime in the last year or so. They matched the light green yarn perfectly. If I can put my hands on the tube of pearlescent ones that I know I also bought at the same time, I'll use them with the pink silky wool.

This is a lovely pattern and knits up pretty quick. I also really like the fit. Best of all it is an economical knit, it took just under a 50g ball of DK weight yarn.