Lil Blast o’ Sunshine Hat

1 ball each:
Lily Sugar’n'Cream in Sunshine Yellow (CA)
Lily Sugar’n'Cream in Lavender (CB)

Bottoms-Up Hat

ch8 with CA
row 1: sc in each ch across
row 2: sc in back loops only (blsc), ch 1, turn
row 3-77: blsc across
row 78: join row 1 & 77, sc across
Now turn the work 90 degrees sideways and work in the side loops
round 1: sc in every row around. work in continuous rounds.
round 2: continue sc around.
Change colors, drop CA, pick up CB, do not cut yarn.
rounds 3-5: sc around.
Change colors, drop CB, pick up CA, do not cut yarn.
round 6: sc around.
Change colors, drop CA, pick up CB, do not cut yarn.

Top

rounds 21-23 repeat first two rounds of 3-5, then decrease over every 8th & 9th sc on 3rd row.
change colors, drop CB, pick up CA, do not cut yarn.
rounds 23-32:decrease in every decrease, follow previous stripe pattern.

Detail

Turn hat inside out. Decrease last decrease. Gently pull 3″ extra yarn through the aperture. Cut lavender yarn. Cut yellow yarn 4″ long. Tie off the two colors with a square knot. Trim ends.
Turn hat right side out. Place on head. Wear. You’re done.

This hat is a good “donation” hat, for cancer patients who have lost their hair. I have a husband in the hospital suffering from gastric cancer, and he’s undergoing chemotherapy. I know not all who take the treatments lose their hair, and I hope that it doesn’t. He has long, beautiful, thick, glossy brown hair. And if it does fall out, I have this hat pattern that I can use to make a few hats for him. He also has a sensitive scalp, so I used cotton yarn. He likes mine, so maybe I can convince him to let me make him a green one… with brown stripes. I’m totally in love with the color combo, and he likes it, too. So, if you have a loved one in the hospital, or undergoing chemotherapy, this is a great hat. Maybe not in the colors I chose, but then, I’m weird. You do what you like.