Search Bev's Country Cottage Afghans / Armed forces / Babies / Preemies / Amazon Bookstore / Doll clothes / Children / Christmas / Cross Stitch/ Hospital / Household / Humanitarian Aid / Recipes / Seniors / Size Charts / Winter / What's New / Bev's BLOG / Mojave Blessing Pebbles Chemo/Brain Surgery Caps 
There
are so many children and adults in need of a bright colored cap to wear
when they lose their hair to chemotherapy. At a time when their lives
are
in enough turmoil, perhaps having a cap someone has made just for them,
will bring some renewed hope into their life. Please help today. For info on and places
to donate neuro-caps for brain surgery patients CLICK HERE Page updated February 2009 A
few helpful guideines for making caps
1) Softer
yarns: cotton, baby yarn, soft worsted like 'Caron Simply Soft' or
'Lion Brand Pound of Love' are more comfortable to wear,
and
cotton is really nice for summer.
2) Thinner, seamless (crochet or knit in the round), non-lumpy caps for sleeping/increased comfort on the recipients heads. 3) Please use yarns without WOOL content. 4) Please wash and machine dry hats before sending, as this will often soften them. 5) Do not use scented fabric softeners as many people are allergic to them. 6) From Breast cancer survivor, Barbara B.: "I DO want to pass on my personal feeling, relative to cancer caps, that when I was bald, I wore hats and caps to cover that up. So speaking only for me, I preferred solid caps and hats. A shell stitch or a V-stitch or a granny-square cap would show the baldness through the spaces."
Patterns you can use for chemo/brain surgery caps/beanies
Knitting Looms Tags to attach on Slumber Caps @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
KNIT
beanies
~ including 'Josh's Beanie - several patterns at Bevs (K) Cabled Chemo Hat (K)- ARCHIVED posted at Elan Carlsbad Cap (K)- Marnie McLean Chemo
Cap and Keyhole scarf
(K) ARCHIVED Mushroom Cap -(K) rib knit from Morehouse farm - good for men too
Pismo Cap
- (K) good for men too KNIT LINKS for kids chemo
beanies Beehive
Hat Eyelet
Rolled
Brim - at chemocaps Ribbed Cap at tiajudy Where's
Waldo Hat- archived CROCHETED
PATTERNS on the WEB CROCHET ~ several patterns Durango Hat Headhugger
Pattern 7 SEWING
PATTERNS
Chemo Cap from hancock fabrics Turban
Cap from sewing.org
CANCER CAP WEBSITES
ADULT
Chemo CAPS - a page with
chemo caps to make for adults and older
teens)
DECO
PATTERNS FOR CAPS Cool
stuff to decorate your cancer hats Appliques for Baby stuff- - would be cute on hats too Cute Flowers (c) Plethora of Petals from Knitty.com Bev's Quick Flower
Various
Places to Donate Chemo Caps for kids 
Nov. 2008 The
PA Breast Cancer Coalition is a 501c3 and one of our programs is a
Friends Like Me care package. We
send them at no cost to PA residents who have been diagnosed with breast cancer
within the past 6 months. We’d love to include soft chemo caps or
pretty pink scarves if your volunteers would donate some. Visit http://www.pabreastcancer.org/friendsbox.html to see a package and read about them Kim Eubanks
HAT BOX FOUNDATION Aug 2008 Thanks to Cindi
for sending
this info: Before cutting
your hair,
pull into a ponytail (and/or braid). Your hair must be clean and
dry. Cut above the holder to be able to cut off a minimum of 12
inches.
Then mail to the above address. They take the hair and make the
wigs
for the kids who have lost their hair due to the cancer treatments. CANCER INFO. links Since my
mom and her sister both died of breast cancer and my older sister now
has been diagnosed with it, the research being done to cure this
disease is large in my heart! Back
to Bev's Country Cottage or HOSPITAL Patterns Thank you for helping to keep Bev's Country Cottage online: * © COPYRIGHT: All content is copyrighted to original creators. You may direct LINK to pages, but you may not post patterns anywhere in any media form. Any items made from patterns © to Beverly Qualheim may be sold, but please make one for charity too. Teddy Graphic courtesy of Mary's Little Lamb |
