Jack and Jill

Here are the hats I knit for my parents this weekend:

Bus Hat (dark blue, for my dad) by Kylie McDonnell-Wade / Sideways Grande hat (for my mum) by Laura Irwin

I will write more about them individually, and there's info on both on my Ravelry Projects page.

I'm quite happy with each from a size perspective. The Bus Hat was knit with stash yarn (Cascade 220). The Sideways Grande was knit with a new-to-me, Canadian yarn called Zen Yarn Garden. It's merino and cashmere DK (which I knit using a double strand to approximate chunky weight).

So, what do you think?

Updated with Photo: Liberty

Quick post to tell you that my mum just Face Timed me and she's bald (got her hair buzzed). And she looks really freakin' awesome. People, I am not just saying this to put a brave face on things. Seriously, she looks 10 yrs younger (not like she looked her age in the first place), with a complexion that is healthy pink, and a face that's entirely symmetrical. And her head is a great shape.

After weeks of agonizing over what covering to wear, she's opted to just be bald. And since then, a haze of anxiety has lifted. Today she and my (now also totally bald) father went to the food store, the lipstick store and the Apple store. With nary a care! (Happily, she has much more energy today than she has had since she started chemo. In truth, last week was like a really bad drug trip that went on  for a fucking long time.)

It's a rare person who looks as good bald as with hair and I'm really grateful that my mother falls into this category. As is she.

Update: So that you can see I wasn't lying, my mum sanctioned posting this photo:

See what I mean?!