I discovered that, while in the hospital with my beloved husband, in the cancer ward of the best hospital in the area, that the patients they admit regularly have no hair, caused by the chemo treatments they receive, and the hospital rarely has hats to give to them. So, since I had yarn, and I had time, (I spent over a month sleeping on one of those awful chair-couches) and I had the inclination, I’d make a few. I did. Many of them were the simple hat patterns I have posted on my hats page. Others were “grab some yarn and make a beanie” patterns. I did have lots of fun, and I have lots of leftovers for my son’s (age 2) twin-sized Scrapghan. It’s a work of scrap,  in the solid granny rectangle pattern. I found Michael’s had dollar yarn,and I used all of that I could get. I even found a pound of a garish (omg) orange, that will perfectly match his hair. So he’s a coppertop, and the orange is going to be the border color. I will take pictures, and publish them, but the pattern is so easy. Looks like I’m going to have to post the pattern as well, since I cannot find it for some silly reason. So, I encourage you, find a hat pattern you like, grab out that old yarn stash, or get lucky and find dollar yarn, and start crocheting. The hats only take about a ball of yarn, maybe 2 if they’re small, and half of one if they’re bigger. I made 4 from Tweedledee, and that was a little over half the skein. And I made 1 from Sugar’n'Cream, cotton, that one will take a little over a ball. So buy two, and hope for the best. Cashmere yarn, one ball, one hat. You get the idea. Hats are so easy, and fun to make. and so many people can benefit from it. One hour’s labor for a smile, and a guarantee that they’ll wear it with pride. I’ll take that trade.