OT - Chemo caps

My son has asked me to make a chemo cap for a friend of a friend. The
friend saw the doo-rag I made for my son out of Boise State fabric & thought
the friend going through chemo would love one. Since I have no idea the
size of this woman's head, I thought I would just make a triangular scarf
for her that would fit regardless of her head size.

Or should I make it square instead of a triangle? I looked on the 'net and
found some for sale that were either 30", 32" or 36" squares that wrapped
around and were tied behind the head. Seems to me a 36" square would be
awfully big.

Do you think that would be a feasible way to make a quick cap for someone
you don't know?

I've made 3 doo-rags for my son, none of which has fitted him exactly the
way he wants it. One from a pattern I bought, two more from tearing apart
a store-bought doo-rag and using that for a pattern. He thinks all of them
are too big, but it's really hard to alter a pattern like that with curved
seams and get it to come out right.

Donna in SW Idaho

I asked a similar question back on 9/8/2008 -- and several folks posted
links and added additional information as well.

You might want to just search for Chemo Caps -- you should be able to find
them.

--
Kate in MI

http://community.webshots.com/user/K_Groves


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"Donna in Idaho" wrote in message
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My son has asked me to make a chemo cap for a friend of a friend. The
friend saw the doo-rag I made for my son out of Boise State fabric &
thought the friend going through chemo would love one. Since I have no
idea the size of this woman's head, I thought I would just make a
triangular scarf for her that would fit regardless of her head size.

Or should I make it square instead of a triangle? I looked on the 'net
and found some for sale that were either 30", 32" or 36" squares that
wrapped around and were tied behind the head. Seems to me a 36" square
would be awfully big.

Do you think that would be a feasible way to make a quick cap for someone
you don't know?

I've made 3 doo-rags for my son, none of which has fitted him exactly the
way he wants it. One from a pattern I bought, two more from tearing
apart a store-bought doo-rag and using that for a pattern. He thinks all
of them are too big, but it's really hard to alter a pattern like that
with curved seams and get it to come out right.

Donna in SW Idaho

I don't want to buy a pattern since I have no idea of her head size.
Probably will just make the scarf then it will fit regardless! I did look
around on the 'net for patterns. That's where I found the scarf ideas.

Donna in SW Idaho

"Kate G." wrote in message
...
I asked a similar question back on 9/8/2008 -- and several folks posted
links and added additional information as well.

You might want to just search for Chemo Caps -- you should be able to find
them.

--
Kate in MI

http://community.webshots.com/user/K_Groves


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"Donna in Idaho" wrote in message
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My son has asked me to make a chemo cap for a friend of a friend. The
friend saw the doo-rag I made for my son out of Boise State fabric &
thought the friend going through chemo would love one. Since I have no
idea the size of this woman's head, I thought I would just make a
triangular scarf for her that would fit regardless of her head size.

Or should I make it square instead of a triangle? I looked on the 'net
and found some for sale that were either 30", 32" or 36" squares that
wrapped around and were tied behind the head. Seems to me a 36" square
would be awfully big.

Do you think that would be a feasible way to make a quick cap for someone
you don't know?

I've made 3 doo-rags for my son, none of which has fitted him exactly the
way he wants it. One from a pattern I bought, two more from tearing
apart a store-bought doo-rag and using that for a pattern. He thinks all
of them are too big, but it's really hard to alter a pattern like that
with curved seams and get it to come out right.

Donna in SW Idaho

This site contains a "not quite doo rag that is more adjustable.
Might work--

http://www.nancysnotions.com/jump.do...ril03ar ticle

Anna Belle in Palm Bay



On Wed, 22 Oct 2008 13:39:04 -0600, "Donna in Idaho"
wrote:

My son has asked me to make a chemo cap for a friend of a friend. The
friend saw the doo-rag I made for my son out of Boise State fabric & thought
the friend going through chemo would love one. Since I have no idea the
size of this woman's head, I thought I would just make a triangular scarf
for her that would fit regardless of her head size.

Or should I make it square instead of a triangle? I looked on the 'net and
found some for sale that were either 30", 32" or 36" squares that wrapped
around and were tied behind the head. Seems to me a 36" square would be
awfully big.

Do you think that would be a feasible way to make a quick cap for someone
you don't know?

I've made 3 doo-rags for my son, none of which has fitted him exactly the
way he wants it. One from a pattern I bought, two more from tearing apart
a store-bought doo-rag and using that for a pattern. He thinks all of them
are too big, but it's really hard to alter a pattern like that with curved
seams and get it to come out right.

Donna in SW Idaho

Second answer--this is the site I was looking for:

http://fosteringlove.tripod.com/id12.html

Hope it helps, been there/done that
Anna Belle


On Wed, 22 Oct 2008 13:39:04 -0600, "Donna in Idah
http://www.bphobbies.com/view.asp?id=C3351880
o" wrote:

My son has asked me to make a chemo cap for a friend of a friend. The
friend saw the doo-rag I made for my son out of Boise State fabric & thought
the friend going through chemo would love one. Since I have no idea the
size of this woman's head, I thought I would just make a triangular scarf
for her that would fit regardless of her head size.

Or should I make it square instead of a triangle? I looked on the 'net and
found some for sale that were either 30", 32" or 36" squares that wrapped
around and were tied behind the head. Seems to me a 36" square would be
awfully big.

Do you think that would be a feasible way to make a quick cap for someone
you don't know?

I've made 3 doo-rags for my son, none of which has fitted him exactly the
way he wants it. One from a pattern I bought, two more from tearing apart
a store-bought doo-rag and using that for a pattern. He thinks all of them
are too big, but it's really hard to alter a pattern like that with curved
seams and get it to come out right.

Donna in SW Idaho

Several were links to patterns posted on line... and yes, some were patterns
for purchase.

--
Kate in MI

http://community.webshots.com/user/K_Groves


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"Donna in Idaho" wrote in message
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I don't want to buy a pattern since I have no idea of her head size.
Probably will just make the scarf then it will fit regardless! I did look
around on the 'net for patterns. That's where I found the scarf ideas.

Donna in SW Idaho

"Kate G." wrote in message
...
I asked a similar question back on 9/8/2008 -- and several folks posted
links and added additional information as well.

You might want to just search for Chemo Caps -- you should be able to
find them.

--
Kate in MI

http://community.webshots.com/user/K_Groves


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"Donna in Idaho" wrote in message
...
My son has asked me to make a chemo cap for a friend of a friend. The
friend saw the doo-rag I made for my son out of Boise State fabric &
thought the friend going through chemo would love one. Since I have no
idea the size of this woman's head, I thought I would just make a
triangular scarf for her that would fit regardless of her head size.

Or should I make it square instead of a triangle? I looked on the 'net
and found some for sale that were either 30", 32" or 36" squares that
wrapped around and were tied behind the head. Seems to me a 36" square
would be awfully big.

Do you think that would be a feasible way to make a quick cap for
someone you don't know?

I've made 3 doo-rags for my son, none of which has fitted him exactly
the way he wants it. One from a pattern I bought, two more from
tearing apart a store-bought doo-rag and using that for a pattern. He
thinks all of them are too big, but it's really hard to alter a pattern
like that with curved seams and get it to come out right.

Donna in SW Idaho

I made several dozen from this pattern and donated to the cancer center.
Also made matching ones for son and dil to wear under their motorcycle
helmets.
http://sewabout.home.att.net/ChemoHat.pdf

--
Mary
http://community.webshots.com/user/m...host=community
"Donna in Idaho" wrote in message
...
My son has asked me to make a chemo cap for a friend of a friend. The
friend saw the doo-rag I made for my son out of Boise State fabric &
thought the friend going through chemo would love one. Since I have no
idea the size of this woman's head, I thought I would just make a
triangular scarf for her that would fit regardless of her head size.

Or should I make it square instead of a triangle? I looked on the 'net
and found some for sale that were either 30", 32" or 36" squares that
wrapped around and were tied behind the head. Seems to me a 36" square
would be awfully big.

Do you think that would be a feasible way to make a quick cap for someone
you don't know?

I've made 3 doo-rags for my son, none of which has fitted him exactly the
way he wants it. One from a pattern I bought, two more from tearing
apart a store-bought doo-rag and using that for a pattern. He thinks all
of them are too big, but it's really hard to alter a pattern like that
with curved seams and get it to come out right.

Donna in SW Idaho

While following the nancysnotions links, I stumbled onto this lady -
http://www.chemohatpatterns.com/welcome.html - she has some really nice
patterns. When I emailed her, she said she is releasing a new pattern in a
couple weeks. Even better :-) she makes blankets for Project Linus and
donates to her local chapter!

Donna in SW Idaho

"Anna Belle" wrote in message
...
This site contains a "not quite doo rag that is more adjustable.
Might work--

http://www.nancysnotions.com/jump.do...ril03ar ticle

Anna Belle in Palm Bay



On Wed, 22 Oct 2008 13:39:04 -0600, "Donna in Idaho"
wrote:

My son has asked me to make a chemo cap for a friend of a friend. The
friend saw the doo-rag I made for my son out of Boise State fabric &
thought
the friend going through chemo would love one. Since I have no idea the
size of this woman's head, I thought I would just make a triangular scarf
for her that would fit regardless of her head size.

Or should I make it square instead of a triangle? I looked on the 'net
and
found some for sale that were either 30", 32" or 36" squares that wrapped
around and were tied behind the head. Seems to me a 36" square would be
awfully big.

Do you think that would be a feasible way to make a quick cap for someone
you don't know?

I've made 3 doo-rags for my son, none of which has fitted him exactly the
way he wants it. One from a pattern I bought, two more from tearing
apart
a store-bought doo-rag and using that for a pattern. He thinks all of
them
are too big, but it's really hard to alter a pattern like that with curved
seams and get it to come out right.

Donna in SW Idaho

Anna Belle kindly included the link for the free Creative Kindness Patterns
at Nancy's Notions. (Yea Nancy for making this available!!) I would like to
add a tip from a friend who had the bald head from chemotherapy. She said
that the scarf or such would sit on the head better, and look better too, if
she used a woman's shoulder pad on top of her head! This would be a pad from
shirt or blouse. I passed this tip along to another friend, and she was
pleased. HTH.
PAT in VA/USA

Pat,
This is one idea I have never heard before. I used bandana scarves a
lot and now own a "Head Warmer Quilt:. Completely made of the
bandanas and Quilt for the Cure fabrics. Found I had to wear
something at night to keep from being cold, and this is when I used
the Chemo Caps. Gave them all to Cancer Society when finished.
Several came from members of RCTQ.
8 year survivor!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Anna Belle




On Thu, 23 Oct 2008 16:16:18 -0400, "Pat in Virginia"
wrote:

Anna Belle kindly included the link for the free Creative Kindness Patterns
at Nancy's Notions. (Yea Nancy for making this available!!) I would like to
add a tip from a friend who had the bald head from chemotherapy. She said
that the scarf or such would sit on the head better, and look better too, if
she used a woman's shoulder pad on top of her head! This would be a pad from
shirt or blouse. I passed this tip along to another friend, and she was
pleased. HTH.
PAT in VA/USA