My friend’s daughter has cancer. She’s 17. The doctors removed a tumor (8lbs. I think) from her ovary. She’s going through chemo right now. I have to pause to get this through my head. She’s 17. She has enough to go through at her age to have to worry about this. It’s not fair or right or anything. Little girls should be worrying about school and boys and college and what to wear tomorrow….not CANCER! She’s going through chemo. She’s done her first round. She made it through ok but they say the first round is the easiest. She is not a girlie girl. She is like me at her age. She’s different. She likes skulls and black. Not dresses and Pink and flowers. She told her mom she wanted to look for a wig. I thought that she’s not going to want to wear that wig everyday. I’m part of the Ravelry crew and in that crew I belong to a knitting group that loves skulls and everything that goes with that. This is the pattern and hat I decided to knit for her to wear on those days when she just doesn’t want to do anything. I made it out of cashmere to make it the softest for her head. I have been working on this hat for a couple of days. Wednesday I decided to put everything on hold and finish this hat. I just had a feeling it needed to be done. I wrapped it up and sent it to school with my daughter (in the picture modeling the hat) to give to her little sister. My friend emailed me last night to tell me thanks and mentioned that she had just finished shaving her daughter’s head because her hair was falling out in chunks. Sometimes you just know when something needs to be done. I’m glad I finished this hat for her. Maybe she will wear it to school today. Maybe it will give her head and heart that little lift that she needs right now. From one mother to another and from one child to another no matter the age. It was made with love. Good luck little skullie….we love you!
